Christmas is coming... Praying a novena I have been praying a novena with my neighbors for seven days. Any men is praying with us. There are only women and almost all of them are old, more or less 70 years old. I like to pray a novena because I feel more connect with my neighbors and this get me the chance to know them better. I have noticed that they just want someone to talk or listen to them because the are getting old and feel abandoned. Many times we are touched by the catastrophes that we saw on the news but we don't see that someone who is near us is suffering too. On the other hand, I don't like when the people choose somebody's houses and say they won't go to certain houses because they don't like that person. Our commom goal is to pray and pray for the needier.Today we collect some food like packs of beans, pack of wheat flour and boxes of pastas etc and then we will give it to the ones who really need it. I like the Christmas spirit and I will be glad if it will last longer.