Day 4 of Novena to Our Lady of the Snows

Scripture
“I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” — Ezekiel 36:26

“Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst.” — John 4:14

Contemplation
What part of your spiritual life is God inviting you to renew?

Reflection:
There is a place within you… quiet… often hidden… where something longs to begin again.
A place where the heart has grown tired… where old habits linger… where distance from God feels all too familiar.
And yet—this is exactly where grace desires to enter.
“I will give you a new heart,” The Lord promises.
“A new spirit…”
“I will put within you.”
not by force… not by fear… but by mercy that restores from within.
Like the Samaritan woman at the well—you come carrying questions… thirsting for something more… perhaps unsure of what you truly need.
And Jesus meets you there.
Not with judgment… but with an invitation:
“If you knew the gift of God… you would ask… and he would give you living water.”
A water that does not run dry.
A healing that reaches deeper than the past.
A renewal that begins… here… within.
Our Lady, Queen of Angels… you who rejoice when a soul turns back to God, draw near to this sacred moment.
When the heart feels hardened… make it tender again.
When sin has left its mark… lead it to be washed clean.
When the soul hesitates… gently guide it forward.
You do not walk this path alone.
He is already drawing you… already calling you… already preparing something new within you.
And even now—grace is flowing.
Hope is rising.
A new heart is being formed.
Turn toward him… and live.

Prayer
Our Lady, Queen of Angels,
you who rejoice in every soul that turns toward God,
intercede for us as we seek renewal of heart and spirit.
Where our hearts have grown hardened,
ask the Lord to make them flesh again.
Where sin has left its wounds,
lead us to the living water that cleanses and restores.
As Jesus awakened faith in the Samaritan woman,
awaken in us a thirst for truth, holiness, and conversion.
May the angels rejoice as we walk more faithfully
in the grace of your Son.
Amen.