NOVENA
Little Flower Novena
September 23 – October 1
Little Flower Novena
September 23 – October 1
Saint Thérése of Lisieux
Saint Thérése of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
also known as The Little Flower of Jesus
Prayers to be said each day:
Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of the faithful, and kindle in them the fire of divine love.
Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of the faithful, and kindle in them the fire of divine love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray: O God, who have instructed the
hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant that by the
gift of the same Spirit, we may be ever truly wise and rejoice in His
consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love: O my God! I believe in Thee:
strengthen my faith. All my hopes are in Thee: do Thou secure them. I love
Thee: teach me to love Thee daily more and more.
The Act of Contrition: O my God! I am heartily sorry
for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss
of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend You, my
God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with
the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance , and to amend my
life. Amen.
O Lord, You have said: Unless you become as little children you
shall not enter the kingdom of heaven; grant us, we beg You, so to follow, in
humility and simplicity of heart, the footsteps of the Virgin blessed
Thérèse, that we may attain to an everlasting reward. Amen.
Special Prayers for Each Day:
St. 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 specially during
this Novena and obtain for us from God the graces and favors we ask through
your intercession. Amen.
O dear little Saint, now that you see the crucified 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.
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.
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 I "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.
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 more 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
St. Thérèse, Patroness of the 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.
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.
Dear St. Thérèse, like you I have to die one day. I beseech 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.
Dear Little St. Thérèse, by love and suffering while you were 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 an 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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