What's a Novena and scripture study?
A Novena is a Catholic thing where we pray for 9 consecutive days for special grace.
Every Tuesday evening, members of our Parish come together for a novena, It is a devotion consisting of prayer asking to obtain special graces. It consist of reading through small prayer books, recitation of the Rosary, prayers and singing.
After Novena, we gather together and read the scriptures for the next Sunday. Fr. explains the historical background of the reading and then we talk about what the passage means.