The Novena to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, begins on September 22 and is recited for nine days. St. Thérèse is a powerful intercessor. I am sharing three separate novena prayers below. The novena prayer I recite most often is the novena Rose Prayer below. I like it because it is both short and effective.
Novena Rose Prayer to Saint Thérèse
O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Please pick for me a rose
from the heavenly garden
and send it to me
as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus,
ask God to grant the favors
I now place with confidence
in you hands
( mention your special prayer request here )
Saint Thérèse, help me to always believe
as you did, in God’s great love for me,
so that I may imitate your “Little Way” each day.
Here are two other novena prayers to recite:
Saint Thérèse Feast Day Novena Prayer
Saint Thérèse, Flower of fervor and love, please intercede for us. Fill our hearts with your pure love of God. As we approach and celebrate your feast day, make us more aware of the goodness of God and how well He tends His garden.
Instill in us your little way of doing ordinary things with extra-ordinary love. Give us the heart of a child who wonders at life and embraces everything with loving enthusiasm. Teach us your delight in God’s ways so that divine charity may blossom in our hearts.
Little Flower of Jesus, bring our petitions (mention your petitions here) before God, our Father. With your confidence, we come before Jesus as Gods children, because you are our heavenly friend. As we celebrate the Feast Day of your homecoming in heaven, continue to shower roses and grace upon us.
Miraculous Invocation to Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
O Glorious Saint Thérèse, whom Almighty God has raised up to aid and inspire the human family, I implore your Miraculous Intercession. You are so powerful in obtaining every need of body and spirit from the Heart of God. Holy Mother Church proclaims you “Prodigy of Miracles… the Greatest Saint of Modern Times.” Now I fervently beseech you to answer my petition (mention here) and to carry out your promises of spending Heaven doing good upon earth… of letting fall from Heaven a Shower of Roses. Little Flower, give me your childlike faith, to see the Face of God in the people and experiences of my life, and to love God with full confidence. Saint Thérèse, my Carmelite Sister, I will fulfill your plea “to be made known everywhere” and I will continue to lead others to Jesus through you.
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