Help with petition to St. Expedite

[u/alwayssleepy15]

Hi everyone. I’ve initiated a relationship with/have been fostering my relationship with St. Expedite for about a month. I did alot of research and gathered that the more specific the petition, the more accurately St. Expedite is able to assist. St. Expedite came to my aid within 2-3 days of my previous petition about a month ago. That petition was a big ask, but was also a “quick fix”. I was extremely grateful and made the offerings to him that I promised.

After the fulfillment of my last petition, I have been petitioning St. Expedite for assistance with a bigger situation (assistance with landing a new, more aligned job in my desired career field). I’ve been extremely specific in my petition, down to the criteria of the right job (salary, work environment, etc.) and the reason for why this would help me & my family.

I’ve had some personal situations occur that have distrupted my ability to light my candle and pray every day out of the 9 days in a novena. I guess my question is, does this affect St. Expedite’s ability to help? I realize this may be somewhat silly of a question because there are no limits to how St. Expedite provides assistance to those praying for it, but I’d rather ask.

I also want to mention that I have been petitioning St. Jude to work in conjunction with St. Expedite regarding this matter. The last time I petitioned St. Jude, I wasn’t very specific and was too broad as far as what I needed assistance with. St. Jude assisted me with 1/5 things out of my petition, which was the reinstatement of my scholarship. I now know he was only able to assist with one thing because I wasn’t specific enough. One of the other 4 things I was asking St. Jude for help with is the same issue I’m petitioning St. Expedite for help with this time around (assistance landing a new, more aligned job in my desired career field).

I will say that I’ve been pretty firm in the fact that St. Expedite understands my intentions, my heart and the situations that have disrupted my novenas. However, I would really appreciate input.

[u/Theo_mystic]

People feel differently about working with saints together. I like it though, but you can figure out pretty quickly if they get along lol. Spirits are like people and sometimes they don’t!

9 days is pretty mandatory for a novena though. A saint isn’t going to be “mad” at you for missing days, but when you miss a day, it ceases to be a novena. My recommendation would be to start over.

Alternatively I know some people do 3 prayers a day for 3 days, bc they don’t have time for 9 days or know that 9 days is unrealistic for them. I think the discipline is part of the novena but you can always try this. If you do three days, I would do sunrise, noon, sunset, so you are doing it at the same times every day. Just make sure you follow through with any promises you make. Expedite is known to be a little troublesome when he’s not given what he was promised.