"She made her family and kingdom holy by prayer and charity."
For us queens of homes, for mothers of large families, for us who must make families holy.
✝ Day 1 - November 7 - For Queen of Home
"She was queen of Scotland, but queen of home first."
Reflection - St. Margaret of Scotland, queen, yet queen of home first - made home holy before kingdom. For us mothers, wives who are queens of homes - our queendom is home. For us who seek to be queen outside while home not holy - Margaret shows queen of Scotland began as queen of home, making home holy by prayer. For us fathers - make wife queen of home as Margaret was queen.
Prayer: O St. Margaret of Scotland, queen of Scotland and queen of home, thou who didst make home holy first before kingdom, obtain for us mothers and wives grace to be queens of homes, making homes holy by prayer and love.
(State your intentions here... for queens of homes)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God who didst make Margaret queen of home and kingdom, through her grant us holy homes. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 2 - November 8 - For Large Family - 8 Children
"She bore 8 children and raised them saints."
Reflection - Margaret bore 8 children, raised them with holiness - 3 became saints, 1 king who was just. For us mothers of large families who struggle, who think many children burden - Margaret shows large family is blessing, can raise saints. For us with few children or none - motherhood is spiritual too, raising spiritual children. For us families with many children - like Margaret, make each child saint by prayer and example.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, mother of 8, raiser of saints, obtain for us mothers of many and few, for us large families, grace to raise children as saints, with prayer, discipline, and love, as thou didst.
(State your intentions here... for our children and large families)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God Lover of children, through St. Margaret mother of 8, grant us grace to raise saints. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 3 - November 9 - For Charity to Poor as Queen
"As queen, she served poor daily with her own hands."
Reflection - Margaret queen, yet served poor daily - fed 9 orphans daily, washed feet of poor, gave away treasury. For us who have little and give little, for us who have much and give little - Margaret queen gave much. For us queens of homes - teach children charity by serving poor yourself, not by servants. For us families - feed orphans daily as Margaret did, even one orphan, and God will bless family.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, queen who didst serve poor daily with own hands, obtain for us queens and kings of homes grace to serve poor personally, to teach our children charity by example, and to give generously from what we have.
(State your intentions here... for charity to poor)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Jesus in poor, through St. Margaret queen who served poor, grant us charity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 4 - November 10 - For Prayer and Reading
"She prayed hours daily and read Scripture - queen who prayed."
Reflection - Margaret prayed hours, read Scripture, made husband king pray. For us who have no time to pray because busy with family, queen duties - Margaret queen of whole Scotland found time to pray hours. For us who do not read Bible - Margaret read daily. Our families need queen who prays, who reads Bible, who makes husband pray. Prayer is queen's first duty.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, queen who didst pray hours and read Scripture daily, obtain for us busy mothers, busy families, grace to find time to pray hours, to read Bible daily, and to make our homes houses of prayer.
(State your intentions here... for prayer and reading)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God who lovest prayer, through St. Margaret praying queen, grant us prayer. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 5 - November 11 - For Reform of Kingdom by Family
"She reformed Scotland by reforming her family first."
Reflection - Margaret reformed Scotland - Church, laws, morals - by reforming family first. Husband Malcolm was rough warrior, she made him saintly king by love. For us who want to reform society but family not reformed - Margaret says reform family first, kingdom follows. For us wives whose husbands rough - like Margaret, reform husband by love and prayer, not nagging. Family reform is kingdom reform.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, reformer of Scotland through family, thou who didst reform husband king by love, obtain for us who wish to reform society grace to reform our families first, and to reform spouses by love and prayer.
(State your intentions here... for reform of family and society)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Reformer of hearts, through St. Margaret who reformed kingdom by family, reform us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 6 - November 12 - For Fasting and Penance as Queen
"Queen who fasted and did penance secretly."
Reflection - Margaret queen fasted, did penance secretly, wore hairshirt under royal robes. For us who think penance only for monks, for us queens who live luxury - Margaret shows queen does penance secretly under robes. For us families - do secret penance for family - fasting for husband, for children. Hidden penance under royal robes of daily life is powerful.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, queen who didst fast and do penance secretly under royal robes, obtain for us who live comfortable lives grace of hidden penance, fasting, sacrifice for our families and kingdom.
(State your intentions here... for fasting and penance)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Penitent Jesus, through St. Margaret queen who did penance, grant us penance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 7 - November 13 - For Holy Death - She Died of Broken Heart for Family
"She died 4 days after husband and son died in battle - broken heart of queen mother."
Reflection - Margaret died 4 days after husband Malcolm and son Edward died in battle - broken heart, offered for family. For us mothers whose hearts broken for children, for family - Margaret understands broken heart. For us who fear death of loved ones - Margaret died offering broken heart for family, became saint. Our broken hearts offered for family become holy.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, thou who didst die of broken heart for husband and son, obtain for us mothers and fathers whose hearts broken for children, for family, grace to offer broken hearts for families and to become holy through brokenness.
(State your intentions here... for broken hearts and families)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O Broken-Hearted Jesus, through St. Margaret broken heart for family, heal our broken hearts. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 8 - November 14 - For Scotland and Nations
"She is patron of Scotland - queen who made nation holy."
Reflection - Margaret patron of Scotland, made Scotland holy nation. For us who love our nation - India, our state - we must make nation holy like Margaret made Scotland holy - by prayer, by charity, by holy families. For us who complain nation not holy - become Margaret for your nation - queen of home who makes nation holy one family at a time.
Prayer: O St. Margaret, patron of Scotland, queen who didst make nation holy through holy families, obtain for us grace to make our nations holy - India, our homes - by making our families holy as thou didst Scotland.
(State your intentions here... for our nation and Scotland)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God of nations, through St. Margaret who made Scotland holy, make our nation holy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 9 - November 15 - For Final - Queen Who Became Saint
"Queen on earth, saint in Heaven, mother of saints."
Reflection - Final day - Margaret queen on earth became saint in Heaven, mother of saints. For us queens and kings of homes who end novena - our calling is same: queen on earth, saint in Heaven, mother/father of saints. For us who placed intentions - we ask through queen saint that our families become holy, our children become saints, our homes become Scotland made holy by Margaret. Greatest queen is saint.
Prayer: O St. Margaret of Scotland, queen on earth, saint in Heaven, mother of saints, on this final day obtain for us all favors we asked, especially for our families, children, that we may be queens and kings on earth who become saints in Heaven, and mothers and fathers of saints, as thou art.
(State your intentions here... our most important intentions for families to become saints)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: O God who didst make queen Margaret saint and mother of saints, grant through her our intentions and grace to be queens and kings on earth who become saints in Heaven and raise saints. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Margaret of Scotland - Pray for us!
This novena is a private devotion, prayed in communion with the Catholic Church, asking for intercession through the saints, always subject to God's will and the teachings of the Magisterium. Nihil obstat.
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