How to Get an Answer From God feat. Annie Deddens

"It’s easy to be hyper-focused on the intention, and to be less focused on what God may want in our life. So we need to make that the right priority in our prayers."

How often have you asked "God, just show me what you want me to do and I'll do it?" Or said, "God, WHY WON'T YOU SHOW ME?" I know I said that to God daily during my discernment of religious life. Today's guest, Annie Deddens, is the founder of Pray More Novenas, a website dedicated to helping Catholics finish their 9 day prayers for specific intentions. We talk about how a novena CAN be used and how it SHOULDN'T be used, Annie's stories of hearing from half a million people around the world who are praying together, and some bonus advice for Catholic entrepreneurs on starting something new. Enjoy!

Topics Discussed

• What is a novena and what is it for?
• Fitting novenas into the bigger picture of discernment: it's not always about the answer
• How Annie and John-Paul started Pray More Novenas together
• When should you start something you feel called to?
• How a novena to St. Therese paved the way for being on my Reality TV show The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns

Resources

• Pray More Novenas- Sign up for FREE Advent Retreat featuring Stacey as a speaker here! (donations optional)
• @CatholicWifeCatholicLife on social media
• St. Joseph Novena: discerning what to study, moving, buying/selling a house, switching jobs
• St. Anne Novena: discerning marriage
• St. Therese Novena: discerning a call to religious life
• Meg Hunter-Kilmer’s episode on Called and Caffeinated
• St. Peregrine Novena- for those suffering from cancer
• Surrender Novena- great for discerning ANYTHING
• Unanswered Prayers on Catholic Wife, Catholic Life