Catholic kid humor

My son and I have been praying the St. John Vianney novena the past few days. The first day I was explaining how to pray a novena and I pointed to the parenthesis and said "Now you have to put Father's name here". He replied "Can I do it?" It then dawned on me that he wanted to put his name in each day "with a pen" from my purse(where it says "insert intention here"...yep). Ah, youth. To be young, naive and innocent again.

St. John Vianney Novena

I am on day two of this novena that started yesterday. Is anyone else on this? I'm praying this for a very dear friend. The story of St. John Vianney is one of my favorites too. Here is day two of this novena:

JULY 28 COMPLETE TRUST IN GOD

Saint John Marie Baptist Vianney, what confidence the people had in your prayers! You could not leave your old rectory or your humble church without being surrounded by imploring souls, who appealed to you as they would have appealed to Jesus Himself during His earthly life. And you, O good Saint, gave them hope by your words, which were full of love for God.
You, who had always counted entirely on the heart of God, obtain for me a deep filial trust in His Providence. As the hope of divine goods fills my heart, give me courage and help me to always obey the Commandments of God.
Holy Priest of Ars, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during this novena especially for ... (mention silently your special intentions).
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

The full novena can be found here:

Novena In Honor Of
Saint John Marie Vianney

Saint Gianna Novena

A fellow blogger reminded me that today is the day to start the novena to St. Gianna.
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Novena
This is so timely for me and I am so glad to be praying this along with everyone else for her intercession. Her feast day is April 28th. St. Gianna, pray for us.