NOVENA PRAYER TO ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS

NOVENA PRAYER

O St. Thérèse 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 aban-
donment to God, now that you rejoice in the reward
of your virtues, cast a glance of pity 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 as queen of the heart of Jesus to obtain for me by
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 the
soul of Your servant with the spirit of love, Thérèse of
the Child Jesus, grant that we also may love you and
make you much loved. Amen.

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR EACH DAY

First Day

Saint Thérèse, privileged Little Flower of Jesus
and Mary, I approach you with childlike confidence
and deep humility. I lay before you my desires, and
beg that through your intercession they may be
realized. Did you not promise to spend your heaven
doing good upon Earth? Grant me according to this
promise, the favors I am asking from you. Intercede
for us all the days of our life, but especially during
this Novena and obtain for us from God the graces
and favors we ask through your intercession. Amen.

Second Day

O dear little Saint, now that you see the crucified
but risen Jesus in heaven, still bearing the wounds
caused by sin, you know still more clearly than you
did upon earth the value of souls, and the priceless
worth of that Precious Blood which He shed to save
them. As I am one of those children for whom Christ
died, obtain for me all the graces I need in order to
profit by that Precious Blood. Use your great power
with our divine Lord and pray for me. Intercede for
us all the days of our life, but especially during this
novena and obtain for us from God the graces and
favors we ask through your intercession. Amen.

Third Day

Dear Little Flower, make all things lead me to
heaven and God. Whether I look at the sun, the
moon, the stars and the vast expanse in which they
float, or whether I look at the flowers of the field,
the trees of the forest, the beauties of the earth so
full of color and so glorious, may they speak to me
of the love and power of God; may they all sing His
praises in my ear. Like you, may I daily love Him
more and more in return for His gifts. Teach me
often to deny myself in my dealings with others, that
I may offer to Jesus many little sacrifices. Intercede
for us all the days of our life, but especially during
this novena and obtain for us from God the graces
and favors we ask through your intercession. Amen.

Fourth Day

Dear Little Flower of Carmel, bearing so
patiently the disappointments and delays allowed
by God, and preserving in the depths of your soul
an unchanging peace because you sought only
God's will, ask for me complete conformity to that
adorable will in all the trials and disappointments
of life. If the favors I am asking during this novena
are pleasing to God, obtain them for me. If not, it
is true I shall feel the refusal keenly, but I too wish
only God's will, and pray in the words you used,
that it "may ever be perfectly fulfilled in me."
Intercede for us all the days of our life, but
especially during this novena and obtain for us
from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

Fifth Day

Little Flower of Jesus, from the very first
moment of your religious life you thought only of
denying yourself in all things so as to follow Jesus
perfectly; help me to bear patiently the trials of my
daily life. Teach me to make use of the trials, the
sufferings, the humiliations, that come my way, to
learn to know myself better and to love God more.
Intercede for us all the days of our life but especially during this novena and obtain for us
from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

Sixth Day

Saint Thérèse, Patroness of Missions, be a
great missionary throughout the world to the end
of time. Remind our Master of His own words, "The
harvest is great, but the laborers are few." Your zeal
for souls was so great, obtain a like zeal for those
now working for souls, and beg God to multiply
their numbers, that the millions to whom Jesus is
yet unknown, may be brought to know, love and
follow Him.
Intercede for us all the days of our life but especially during this novena and obtain for us
from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

Seventh Day

O Little martyr of Love, you know now even
better than in the days of your pilgrimage that love
embraces all vocations; that it is love alone which
counts, which unites us perfectly to God and conforms
our will with His. All you sought on earth was love;
to love Jesus as He had never yet been loved. Use
your power in heaven to make us love Him. If only
we love Him we shall desire to make Him loved by
others; we shall pray much for souls. We shall no
longer fear death, for it will unite us to Him forever.
Obtain for us the grace to do all for the love of
God, to give Him pleasure, to love Him so well that
He may be pleased with us as He was with you.
Intercede for us all the days of our life but especially during this novena and obtain for us
from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

Eighth Day

Dear Saint Thérèse, like you I have to die one
day. I beg you, obtain from God, by reminding
Him of your own precious death, that I may have a
holy death, strengthened by the Sacraments of the
Church, entirely resigned to the most holy will of
God, and burning with love for Him. May my last
words on earth be "My God, I love You."
Intercede for us all the days of our life but especially during this novena and obtain for us
from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

Ninth Day

Dear little Saint Thérèse by love and suffering
while on earth, you won the power with God which
you now enjoy in heaven. Since your life there began,
you have showered down countless blessings on this
poor world; you have been the instrument made use
of by your divine spouse to work countless miracles.
I beg of you to remember all my wants. Sufferings
must come to me also, may I use them to love God
more, and follow my Jesus better. You are especially
the little missionary of love. Make me love Jesus
more, and all others for His sake. With all my heart
I thank the most Holy Trinity for the wonderful
blessings conferred on you, and upon the world
through you. Intercede for us all the days of our life
but especially during this Novena and obtain for
us from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.

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LITANY OF ST. THÉRÈSE

Lord, have mercy on us.	Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.	Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,	Have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,	Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse of the Holy Face,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, child of Mary,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, devoted to Joseph,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, angel of innocence,	Pray for us.
St. Thérè,model child,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, pattern of religious,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, flower of Carmel,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, converter of
hardened hearts,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, healer of the diseased,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with love
For the Blessed Sacrament,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with angelic fervor,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with an
apostle's zeal,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with loyalty
to the Holy Father,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with a tender
love for the Church,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, filled with extraordinary
love for God and neighbor,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, wounded with
a heavenly flame,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, victim of divine love,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, patient in sufferings,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, eager for humiliations,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, consumed with love,	Pray for us.
St. Thérèse, rapt in ecstasy,	Pray for us.
Who desired always to be
as a little child,	Pray for us.
Who taught the way of
spiritual childhood,	Pray for us.
Who gave perfect example of
trust in God,	Pray for us.
Whom Jesus filled with a desire
for suffering,	Pray for us.
Who found perfection in the
little things,	Pray for us.
Who refused God nothing,	Pray for us.
Who sought bitterness in this life,	Pray for us.
Who told us to call you little Thérèse,	Pray for us.
Who offered her life to God for
priests and missionaries,	Pray for us.
Who gained countless souls for Christ,	Pray for us.
Who promised after her death,
a shower of roses,	Pray for us.
Who foretold: "I will spend my heaven
doing good upon earth,"	Pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,	Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,	Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,	Have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, St. Thérèse.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

LET US PRAY

O Lord, who has said: Unless you become as little
children you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven;
grant us, we ask You, so to follow in humility and
simplicity of heart the footsteps of St. Thérèse, the
virgin, that we may obtain everlasting rewards.
Who lives and reigns forever. Amen.