Saint
Joseph
Saint
Joseph
Novena to Saint Therese
Start
with:
O
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, who during your short life on earth
became a mirror of angelic purity, of love strong as death, and of
wholehearted abandonment to God, now that you rejoice in the reward
of your virtues, cast a glance of pit on me as I leave all things in
your hands. Make my troubles your own, speak a word for me to Our
Lady Immaculate, whose flower of special love you were -- to that
Queen of Heaven “who smiled on you at the dawn of life” Beg
her powerful intercession the grace I yearn for so ardently at this
moment...and that she join with it a blessing that may strengthen me
during life, defend me at the hour of death, and lead me straight on
to a happy eternity. Amen.
O
God, who did inflame with the Spirit of Love, the soul of your
servant Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we also may love you
and make you much loved. Amen.
{The
above prayer can also be said on it's own}
DAY
ONE
O
Therese of the Child Jesus, well beloved and full of charity, in
union with you, I reverently adore the majesty of God, and since I
rejoice with exceeding joy in the singular gifts of grace bestowed
upon you during your life, and your gifts of glory after death, I
give Him deepest thanks for them; I beseech you with all my heart’s
devotion to be pleased to obtain for me (...mention request here).
But if what I ask of you so earnestly does not tend to the glory of
God and the greater good of my soul, do you, I pray, obtain for me
that which is more profitable to both these ends. Amen.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
TWO
Almighty
God, giver of all good gifts, who did will that Blessed Therese,
being watered by the heavenly dew of your guiding grace, should bloom
in Carmel with the beauty of virginity and patience in suffering,
grant that I your servant may go forward in the order of her
sweetness an may be found worthy to become a devoted and loyal
follower of Christ. Amen.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
THREE
O
Therese of the Child Jesus, lily of purity, ornament and glory of
Carmel, I greet you, great saint, seraph of divine love. I rejoice in
the favors our Lord so liberally bestowed on you. I humility and
confidence I ask you to help me, for I know God has given you love
and pity as well as power. Tell Him, now, I beseech you, of the favor
I seek in this novena... Your request will crown my petition with
success and bring joy to my heart. Remember your promise to do good
here on earth. “I shall spend my heaven doing good on the Earth
After death I shall let fall a shower of roses.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
FOUR
O
Little Flower of Jesus, who at an early age had your heart set on
Carmel and in your brief earthly life did become the mirror of
angelic purity, of courageous love and of whole hearted surrender to
Almighty God, turn your eyes of mercy upon me who trusts in you.
Obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena...and the grace to keep
my heart and mind pure and clean. O dear saint, grant me to feel in
every need the power of your intercession; help to comfort me in all
the bitterness of this life and especially at its end, that I may be
worth to share eternal happiness with you in heaven. Amen.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
FIVE
O
Little Flower of Carmel, Almighty God endowed you, consumed by love
for him, with wondrous spiritual strength to follow the way of
perfection during the days of your short life. Sickness touched you
early but you remained firm in faith and prayer was your life. O pray
for me that I may benefit by your intercession and be granted the
favor I ask in this novena...
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
SIX
O
Little Flower of Jesus, you have shown yourself so powerful in your
intercession, so tender and compassionate toward those who honor you
and invoke you in suffering and distress, that I kneel at your feet
with perfect confidence and beseech you most humbly and earnestly to
take me under your protection in my present necessity and obtain for
me the favor I ask in this novena...Vouchsafe to recommend my request
to Mary, the merciful Queen of Heaven, that she may plead my cause
with you before the throne of Jesus, her divine Son.. Cease not to
intercede for me until my request is granted.
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
SEVEN
Therese
of the Child Jesus, most loving Saint, in union with you I adore the
divine Majesty. My heart is filled with joy at the remembrance of the
marvelous favors with which God blessed your life on earth and of the
great glory that came to you after death. In union with you, I praise
God, and offer him my humble tribute of thanksgiving. I implore you
to obtain for me, through your powerful intercession, the greatest of
all blessings -- that of living and dying in the state of grace. I
also beg of you to secure for me the special favor I seek in this
novena...
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
EIGHT
O
glorious St. Therese, who, burning with the desire of increasing the
glory of God, invariably attended to the sanctification of your soul
by the constant practice of prayer and charity so that, becoming in
the Church a model of holiness, you are now in Heaven the protector
of all those who have recourse to you in faith, look down upon me who
invokes your powerful patronage and join your petition to mine that I
be granted the favor I seek in this novena...
St.
Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
DAY
NINE
O
St. Therese, seraphic virgin, beloved spouse of our Crucified Lord,
you who on earth did burn with a love so intense toward your God and
my God, and now glow with a bright and purer flame in paradise,
obtain for me, I beseech you, a spark of that same holy fire which
shall help me to put things of the world in their proper place and
live my life always conscious of the presence of God. As I conclude
my novena I also beg of you to secure for me the special favor I seek
at this time...
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
