Novena to
St Theresa
of the Child Jesus

First, recite the prayer...

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 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 powerful intercession 
the grace I yearn for so ardently at this moment...

(State your intention here....)

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.

Next, recite the prayer of the appropriate day...
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 

(State your intention 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 
and 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. 
In 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... 

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

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...

(State your intention here....)

St. Therese of the Child Jesus, 
pray for us.

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