This is one of my promises~~~~~

25^th January 2012

0028a.m.

As I told earlier on my Facebook, it is time for me to share something that I had promised before..The “Novena Tiga Salam Maria”...I am not sure how many of you know the existence of this prayer..As for me, the first time I've found this prayer when I was having problems with my boyfriend last year in April. I was not aware of any novenas before.. I went, I go to church.. I prayed, and I pray like the others...But most of the time you will never see me do it in front of you...because I still believe that no one should see you pray...You can always do it quietly without showing it to anyone..except for when you are in the church.

“Novena Tiga Salam Maria”....The most memorable novena for me..It taught me a lot, and I've learn many from it...It all started when I found the page named Bonda Maria on Facebook..I saw many people like that page..and for a moment, I whispered to myself, among all of them who clicked on the LIKE button, how many of them really read the content of the page? Or did they just click on it to show that they really know the real purpose of the page?.. So there I was browsing on the page, reading every posts that have been posted..and I've found another page called “Novena Tiga Salam Maria”.. Time orang tengah bersedih, tu lah kerja..Online memanjang..heheeee...This page I just clicked on the LIKE button..Only then I began to browse and read..And I've found the prayer...Here it is:

And I started to Google every pages, every links on the internet to find out what is that Novena is all about.. Hairan kan, I go to church every Sundays and yet I don't know anything about Novenas..Seriously say, I don't know anything about it..Pathetic....

After I read the origin of the prayer,and how it should be done and performed, for the first time, I did the prayer for 9 days 9 nights..Every nights for 9 days...The first 9 days I did the prayer, all that I asked for in my prayer was to bring back my boyfriend to me..Every nights for 9 days..Crying, sobbing, and asked to bring him back to me again..and protected him from any dangers in this world..Ironically, after I've completed the novena for 9 days, I started to think whether I did it correctly or not because nothing happened..and I started to think whether or not I should asked for things like that, etc. bring him back to me...Until about two weeks after I did the prayer, I realized instead of asking things like that, why not I asked something for me, my family, and a bit for him..So there I was doing the same novena again for 9 days..And this time with different intentions.

The first intention was to help me to get through the hard times that I had with my boyfriend..If he was not meant for me, perhaps there will come the real one...And my prayer for him was I hope he will be fine and alright and will be protected from anything that is bad..Bless and protect him and his family too..And if he is meant for me, one day he will come back but this time, he will come back dengan keadaan yang lebih baik dari sebelum ini.

The second intention was I hope everything will be alright with my family especially my mother..Keep her healthy and stronger, to keep her closer to God, protect and bless her...and hope everything will be alright for the rest of my family too.

The third intention, I believed that everything happened for a reason.. and I have faith that something good will come in my way..I wasn't ready to receive it but I hope I can handle it properly..I always remember this saying which I can't remember from where did I get it, but I keep it in my phone until now..”When things are going well for you, be glad and when trouble comes, just remember: God sends both happiness and trouble..You never know what is going to happen next..” All I asked that time was, Mother Mary,give me a job..Lord, give me a job..Jesus,give me a job..And with that job, I hope I can make a new move, and can forget everything that happened to me and him...

The fourth intention was I just said I am thankful for the friends that I have, all the people that surround me..they have been very supporting..

And lastly, show me whatever you want to show me..I don't have to ask around, I don't have to tell everyone..but if you want to show me something, just show me...

And I did that novena for 9 days...9 days in a row...at the end of the novena every nights for 9 days, I concluded it with two promises..The first one, if any of my intention that is fulfilled, I'll tell and spread the Novena around.. I shall tell this novena...Tell what it had done to me,and what had happened..The second one, before I go to sleep and after I wake up every morning, I shall say the prayer Hail Mary...I did and still doing and hoping that I'll never forget to do the second promise..and the first promise, I shall fulfilled it today and hoping that you will start doing the novena, regardless you are in troubles or not..In my case, I was lucky to found this novena..I felt so hopeless and lost when I first found it..And I am very thankful after what I've received today..Not long after I did the novena, I got a job..Now, I have a job even better than the first one..I'm very thankful for it..And I've been shown with many things...Most of the things hurt me inside, but I really thank God for showing those to me..I couldn't mention here, a few of my friends knew about it..I shared a lot with them..Just like what I said before, I am truly thankful with my friends that I have....And to Mother Mary, thank you for hearing me..and helping me to go through all the difficulties...I see and found many things that I never know before..I hope many people will do the novena..Don't wait until you are in trouble, then you do the prayer..I was just one of the luckiest person that have been shown with all these before something bad happen to me..

Every letters that I wrote and left at Mount Hosanna Chapel, I never forget to mention about myself, a career, my family, my friends, about him, his family...and recently, I can't believe I'm sharing this one on my blog, I replaced this prayer “Lord,bring him back to me again” to “Dear Lord, send the one who can take care of me, my family, accept everything about me and my family, accept my friends, knows how to share responsibilities, can guide me always, love me with all his heart, and care for me and ready to commit and has commitments..”

Hahahaha..seriously, that was what I've written in my letter... and often I will say, show to me when the time comes...

With the “Novena Tiga Salam Maria”, pray with all your heart..Put your trust and have faith in it..This is not for showing off, these are all that I can share with you..It's a part of my promises...Sooner or later, you will get what you want...But I don't dare to guarantee that you will get anything that you want..It is all God's will...Just have faith in it..Faith teaches you to be patient... Patient will show you many things, even on the things you were not paying attentions to....Someone told me and you can always find it in the bible, “Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you..”

And always remember this one too, “When you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you..” And when you pray, don't use a lot of meaningless words..Just recite the prayer “Our Father”.......And when you do deeds, you don't have to blow the trumpet to tell everyone..do it secretly...

Forgive me if I said something wrong here..This is all that I can share with you for this time being..I am not perfect, and so are you...I still do wrongs sometimes, hoping that I will never do wrong again..Sometimes I just can't help it..I'm just an ordinary people, still growing by doing mistakes, and growing by learning from mistakes too...

God bless,everyone...