Nine Holy Nights, the First

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Nine Holy Nights, the First

Today we start the first of nine nights leading up to the feast of Saint Cyprian of Antioch which takes the form of a novena honoring and praising the saint. The term novena comes from the Latin “novem,” meaning “nine,” a novena is nine days’ private or public devotion in the Catholic Church for thanksgiving or the request for particular graces. Owing to the saint’s popularity in Iberian piety as…

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