today is Day 5

1- 8th, 2 - 9th, 3 - 10th, 4 - 11th, 5 - 12th, 6 - 13th, 7 - 14th, 8 - 15th

9th day is the day of the feast, the 16th

I've always been told that the Ninth Day is the day before the feast …

… Novenas come from the 9-day period b/t Ascension & Pentecost (the tenth day after Ascension).

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said between the 8th and the 16th in this case

so as I understand it, it ends on the feast

let me ask my resident expert on this--hey, Pam Beeler!!

Ah, here's why!

in the Roman Rite, it was for the longest time uncommon to have vigil Masses every Sunday

but interestingly, Pentecost had a Vigil Mass, which drew largely from the Holy Saturday liturgy

so you would end the novena on the Vigil of Pentecost

Bingo! Thanks! (Um, is it still otay if I count this one the way I have? I'm kinda on-a-roll here?)

I think it still counts