Praying for a Catholic Literary Revival

Thank you to Debra Murphy of the wonderful Idylls Press for offering the following information about a wonderful prayer opportunity for the Easter Season. I've been a huge fan of Idylls since its inception and am currently touting Awaiting Orders as this month's fiction selection for the Catholic Mom Book Club. If you're looking for an incredible read, pick up Awaiting Orders which is a fabulous representation of the treasures Idylls has to offer.

Part of the mission statement at Idylls Press is to contribute to a new Catholic literary renaissance. There’s a great deal of work to be done toward that end, especially in the often overlooked area of writing, publishing and promoting quality Catholic fiction, but nothing will be accomplished without the wisdom and grace of God. To that end, Idylls Press is asking readers to join with them in praying this prayer as a novena (once a day for nine days, or once an hour for nine hours in a day) to the Eternal Word sometime during the Easter Season,to beg God for a new springtime in Catholic literature.

God bless you all, and thank you for your prayers and support.

Pray for a Catholic Literary Revival

O, Jesus, Who said, “heaven and earth shall pass away, but my Word shall notpass,” You are the Living and Eternal Word through Whom all that exists wasmade and is sustained. You delighted inproclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom by means of stories.

Throughthe intercession of Mary Most Holy, St. Joseph (Your guardian, Mary’s chaste spouse, and protector of Christ’s faithful), St. Francis de Sales (patron of Catholic writers), Cardinal John Henry Newman (patron of Catholic essayists and novelists), Pope John Paul the Great (patron of Catholic poets, playwrights, and personalists), and all the holy men and women throughout the ages who have spread the Kingdom by means of good, true, and beautiful words, we ask You humbly but confidently for the graces we need to contribute to a new CatholicLiterary Revival for our times.

1. Our Father
2. Hail Mary
3. Glory Be

Jesus, we trust in You.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Amen.