Today we pray Day One of our Novena to Matt Talbot for Alcoholics. We begin with: PRAYER FOR THE ADDICTED God of mercy, we bless You in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, who ministered to all who come to Him. Give Your strength to N., Your servant, bound by the chains of addiction. …
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Today we shall begin a Novena for Matt Talbot’s intercession. A novena is a series of prayers said over 9 days and is rooted in Sacred Scripture in the 9 days that the Apostles and Mary prayed between the time Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven and the Holy Spirit’s descent on Pentecost). We Catholics pray to …
There is a new site, actually a blog, dedicated to Matt Talbot. A Sober Catholic reader is the creator of the site, called “The Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center”, and it can be found here: http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/ Matt Talbot was an Irishman and alcoholic who died in 1925. He will probably be the Patron Saint of …