Saint
Joseph
Saint
Joseph
NINE DAY NOVENA TO St. Therese
Intention for the First day: Faith
Almighty God and Creator of all things, to overcome lukewarmness and inflame souls with your love, You have enriched the soul of Your Little Flower with such firm faith that she longed to give her life for you. I ask You, by the merits of her lively faith to infuse in me a like faith. Grant that I may believe all the truths taught by the Catholic Church and practice until death all virtues. Amen.
Our Father...., Hail Mary..., Glory Be...
Intention for the Sencond day: Hope
Almighty God, You Who are glorified in Your saints, grant me the gift of hope as was evident in the life of St. Therese, that I may believe firmly in Your words: "Whatever you ask in my Name shall be given to you." As St. Therese turned away from the vanities of this world and consecrated herself to You with, "O blessed apostle Jude, who has been instrumental in gathering usus here together this day, grant that we may always serve Jesus Christ as he deserves to be served, giving of our best efforts in living as he wishes us to live. May we dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be inclined to listen to our prayers and petitions, especialyy those petitions which we entrust to your care and for which we ask you to plead for us (request). the present and future, not forgetting the blessings we have St. Jude, pray for us
My Jesus, Mercy.
Intention for the third day: Hope
My Jesus, grant that I may love You as much as St. Therese, Your Little Flower, and say with her: "My Jesus, I beg You only for Your love, without limits and without bounds. Grant, my Jesus, that I may love You with the strength of a martyr. I wish to love You as You never been loved." And you, St. Therese, help me to be ever grateful to Him Who loves me so much. Amen.
Our Father..., Hail Mary...., Glory Be...
Intention for the fourth day: Submission
My Lord and My God, You always will what is best for me. As Your Little Flowers consecrated herself to you to endure all sufferings and pain, may I accept with perfect reignation and even cheerfulness all the hardships that come to me in life, that I may be able to say, as did Your beloved spouse: "Jesus, I offer my hardships to You in the name of Your love." Amen.
Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be...
Intention for the fifth Day: Patience.
My Lord, Innicence itself, You endured all forms of shameful treatment for love of me. Give me the humility, self-denial, and patience to imitate Your servant, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, and say with all my heart: My despised Jesus, grant me, by the merits of Your humility and patience, to bear with a calm spirit all the sufferings of this life, and then to enjoy Your company with Your servant, the Little Flower. Amen.
Our Father..., Hail Mary...., Glory Be....
Intention for the sixth day: Simplicity
My sweet Jesus, give me the charity and simplicity of St. Therese. She said her mission in Heaven would be to make others love God as she loved Him, and to teach others to not rest until I love God with all my strength and with the childlike simplicity of the Little Flower. Aman.
Our Father...., Hail Mary...., Glory Be...
Intention for the seventh Day: Humility
My Jesus, give the grace to practice virtue in little things. It is sometimes difficult, but I trust in Your goodness, and Your love for humble persons. I am too weak to climb the ladder of perfection alone, but I know that I shall obtain from You the help I hope for. I join the Little Flower in asking You for this blessing. Amen.
Our Father...., Hail Mary..., Glory Be...
Intention for the eight day: Doing for Others.
My God and my Love, give me on earth the same mission you gave Your Little Flower in Heaven, of spending my life doing good to me neighbor. My Jesus, help me to console all men and encourage them to love You. May all love You as Your Immaculate Mother, Your foster father, St. Joseph, Your holy angels, and St. Therese love You. Allow me to pray with her: "Let Your divine glance rest upon a vast number of little souls, worthy of Your Love." Amen.
Our Father...., Hail Mary...., Glory Be...
Intention for the Ninth day: Happy Death
My dear Lord, grant me the same child-like love for Your foster father and Your holy immaculate Mother as St. Therese had. And you, St. Therese, ask my great protector and father, St. Joseph, and my holy Mother, Mary, to obtain for me the grace of dying in the friendship of Jesus and expressing Your own words: "My God, I Love You." Amen
Our Father...., Hail Mary...., Glory Be.....
