Day 28: Thanksgiving

I have reached the halfway point in the 54 day novena. No longer will I pray the petition prayer; now, I turn toward Thanksgiving.


For anyone who may be saying this novena, below is a link to the novena and the Thanksgiving Prayer as well.

In Thanksgiving

Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary,

hail! At thy feet I gratefully kneel to offer thee a Crown of

Roses snow white buds to remind thee of thy joys each bud

recalling to thee a holy mystery; each ten bound together

with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen,

Dispenser of God's graces. and Mother of all who invoke

thee! thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its

binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my

thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor

I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what

I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown thyself my

Mother.

I felt slightly guilty about "loading up" on the petition; one of the petitions was answered about two weeks ago. In a wonderful way....

The honest and intellectual question I have is this: can I have enough trust to still be thankful even if all the petitions are not answered the way I hope they should be?

 I know in my heart that if they are not,

there is still a Divine Plan

to the whole answer.