NOVENA TO ST.

THERESE
Little Flower Novena

Special Prayers for Each Day:

First Day

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.
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.

St. Thrse, 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.

Thought for the day: Confidence in God. We can never have too much
confidence in the good God who is so powerful and so merciful. We obtain
from Him as much as we hope for.
If you are nothing, do you forget that Jesus is everything? You have only to
lose your nothingness in His Infinity and think only of loving Him.

Concluding Prayer Prayed Each Day:

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 Thrse, that we
may attain to an everlasting reward. Amen.

Concluding Prayer

Second Day
Third Day
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.

Thought for the day: Sin. The only grace I ask, O Jesus, is never to offend
Thee.
By love and not by fear, does a soul avoid committing the least fault.
Yes, even if I have on my conscience every possible crime, I should lose none
of my confidence; my heart breaking with sorrow, I should go and throw
myself into the arms of my Savior.
The remembrance of my faults humbles me and makes me afraid to rely on
my own strength, which is nothing but weakness.

Concluding Prayer

Thought for the day: The Use of Gods Gifts. How much benefit have I
received from the beauties of nature, bestowed in such abundance. How they
raise me to Him who placed such wonders in this land of exile which is only to
last a day.
O sparkling nature, if I did not see God in you, you would be naught but a
great tomb.
With your little hand which caresses Mary, You sustain the universe and
bestow life; and You think of me, O Jesus my little King.
I do not wish creatures to have one atom of my love. I wish to give all to
Jesus, since He has shown me that He alone is perfect happiness.

Concluding Prayer
Concluding Prayer
Fourth Day
Fifth 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 Gods 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 Gods Will,
and pray in the words you used, that I "may ever be perfectly fulfilled in me."

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.

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.

Thought for the day: Abandonment to God. I fear only one thing---to keep
my own will; take it, my God, for I choose all that You choose.

Thought for the day: Patience in Sufferings. I do not fear trials sent by Jesus,
for even in the most bitter suffering we can see that it is His loving hand which
causes it.

The only happiness here below is to strive to be always content with what
Jesus gives us.
I can demand nothing with fervor, except the perfect accomplishment of Gods
will in my soul.
O my Beloved, I offer myself to You, that You may perfectly accomplish in me
Your holy designs, and I will not allow anything created to be an obstacle in
their path.

When we are expecting nothing but suffering, we are quite surprised at the
least joy; but then suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek
it as a precious treasure.
Far from resembling those beautiful saints who practiced all sorts of
austerities from childhood, my penance consisted in breaking my self-will, in
keeping back a sharp reply, in doing little kindnesses to those about me, but
considering these deeds as nothing.

Concluding Prayer

I cannot perform brilliant works; I cannot preach the Gospel or shed my blood.
But what matter? My brothers work in place of me, and I a little child, keep
very close to the royal throne. I love for those who are carrying on the warfare.
My deeds, my little sufferings, can make God loved all over the world.

Sixth Day

St. Thrse, 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.

Concluding Prayer

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.

Thought for the day: Zeal for souls. Let us work together for the salvation of
souls. We have only the day of this life to save souls and to give them to the
Lord as proofs of our love.

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.

I tell Jesus that I am glad not to be able to see, with the eyes of my soul, this
beautiful heaven which awaits me, in order that He may vouchsafe to open it
forever to poor unbelievers.

Thought for the day: Love of God. I will love God alone and will not have the
misfortune of attaching myself to creatures, now that my heart perceive what
He has in store for those who love Him.

What attracts me to the kingdom of Heaven is the call of our Lord, the hope of
loving Him as I have so desired and the thought that I shall be able to make
Him loved by a great number of souls who will bless Him forever.

Thought for the day: Death. It says in the catechism that death is nothing but
the separation of the soul and body. Well, I have no fear of a separation which
will unite me forever with the good God.

When Christ said, "Give Me a Drink," it was the love of His poor creatures that
He, the Creator of all things, desired. He thirsted for love.

I am happy to die because I shall be able to help souls who are dear to me,
far more than I can here below.

Remember that the dear Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you, for
you alone. Remember that He is consumed with a desire to come into your
heart.

Life is not sad; it is very joyous. If you say, "This exile is sad," I understand
you. We are wrong to give the name "life" to something which will end; it is
only to the things of Heaven that we should apply this beautiful name.

Concluding Prayer

Concluding Prayer

Eighth Day
Ninth Day
Dear St. Thrse, 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. Thrse, 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.

grant us the favours we beg in this novena,

above all the grace to live and die
as she did in your most Holy Love.

Thought for the day: The Mission of the Little Flower. I do not intend to
remain inactive in Heaven. I want to work for the Church and for souls. I have
asked this of God and I am certain that He will grant my request.

Amen.

I will spend my Heaven doing good upon earth. This is not impossible, since
the angels though always enjoying the beatific vision, watch over us. No, I
cannot be at rest until the end of the world.
I beseech Thee, O Jesus, to cast Thy divine glance on a great number of little
souls. I beg of Thee to choose in this world a legion of little victims, worthy of
Thy Love.
Concluding Prayer

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 Thrse, that we
may attain to an everlasting reward. Amen.
NOVENA TO SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI

First Day

O Seraphic Saint Clare,

first disciple of the Poor Man of Assisi,
who hast abandoned all riches and honours
for a life of sacrifice
and of highest poverty,
obtain from God for us the grace we ask
(State your intention here...),
that of always submitting to the Divine Will
and of living confidently
in the providence of our Heavenly Father.
Amen.

Second Day

Invocation

O most Holy Trinity,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
we praise your Holy Name
and the wonders of grace
you worked in your servant, Saint Clare.
Through her powerful intercession

O Seraphic Saint Clare who,

notwithstanding living separated from the world
hast not forgotten the poor and the afflicted,
but hast become a mother to them,
sacrificing for them your riches
and working for them innumerable miracles;
obtain from God for us the grace we implore
(State your intention here...),
Christian charity towards our brethren

in all their spiritual and temporal needs.

Amen.

that you would be a light illuminating the world.

Be a light to us in the sorrows
and anxieties of this earthly life,
and lead us into the eternal light
of our home in Heaven.

Third Day
Amen.
O Seraphic Saint Clare,
light of your country,
who hast delivered Italy from barbarous invaders;
obtain from God for us the grace we implore
(State your intention here...),
that of overcoming all attacks of the world
against faith and morals
thus preserving in our families
true Christian peace
with a holy fear of God
and a devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
Amen.

Fifth Day
O Seraphic Saint Clare,
whose virginal heart was great enough
to love the whole world,
take our petitions into your pure hands
and present them to God.
Pray for us that we may one day
enter joyously before the throne of God.
Let the light of your perfect purity
consume the shadows of sin
and corruption that darkens the world.
Intercede by your innocence for our youth.
Safeguard the peace of our homes
and the unity of our family.
Plead with your chaste love for all in peril.
Amen.

Fourth Day
Sixth Day
Blessed Saint Clare,
whose very name means light,
illumine the darkness of our minds and hearts
so that we might see
what God wishes us to do
and perform it
with a willing and joyful heart.
Before your birth,
a Heavenly voice foretold

Generous Saint Clare,

who left wealth and pleasure
and all earthly goods
to become the first spiritual daughter of Saint Francis
and to serve God in the cloister,
help us to commit our lives to God
without limit or measure
so that He may live in us
and shine forth from us

to all whose lives touch ours.

You who loved souls so much
as to make your life a continual sacrifice for them,
obtain for us the graces we now implore
and win for us the strength to praise God
in suffering as well as in joy.
Amen.
Seventh Day
Faithful Saint Clare,
loyal daughter of the Church,
friend and confidante of popes,
intercede for the holy Church
and look graciously from Heaven
on our holy Father Pope.
Enlighten us to remove from our souls
all that hinders the progress of the Church on earth.
Grant that we may share
your great love for the church of God
and spread His kingdom on earth
by a holy life. You,
who worked miracles
in the presence of the pope on earth,
obtain for us the graces we need,
now that you stand
in the presence of the most high God in Heaven. Amen.
Eighth Day
Valiant Saint Clare,
who fearlessly stood alone
against the barbarous Saracens,
trusting in the Blessed Sacrament
as your only protection,
enkindle in us a tender love for Jesus Christ;
help us to live Eucharistic lives.

You who saved your city of Assisi

from plunder and ruin,
protect our city and archdiocese,
plead for our beloved country
and the suffering world.
A voice from the Sacred Host
rewarded your trust with a promise:
"I will always take care of you."
Glorious Saint Clare,
from your high place in Heaven,
take care of us now
in our earthly needs
and guide us by your light to Heaven.
Amen.
Ninth Day
Gracious Saint Clare,
who fulfilled your womanhood
by a life of love in prayer and penance,
help us to fulfill our destiny
that we may one day greet you in Heaven.
You who were consoled at your death
by a vision of Christ band His Mother,
obtain for us the grace that we may die
under the special protection of God
and enter into the life
and bliss you now enjoy.
Have pity on us who struggle,
on us who mourn,
and win for us the favours of God
so that after this life
we may come home to Him
who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.

Closing Prayer

V. Pray for us, Saint Clare.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us Pray:

as the patron of hopeless cases,

and of things despaired of.
Pray for me who am so distressed.
Make use, I implore you,
of that particular privilege accorded you
to bring visible
and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.
Come to my assistance in this great need
that I may receive the consolation
and succor of Heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations and sufferings, particularly....
(Make your request here.)

We Pray You, Lord,

Grant us Your servants
who celebrate the festival of Blessed Clare your Virgin,
by her intercession,
to be partakers of the joys of heaven
and coheirs with Your only-begotten Son,
Who being God,
lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.

and that I may bless God with you

and all the elect throughout eternity.
St. Jude, apostle, martyr,
and relative of our Lord Jesus Christ,
of Mary, and of Joseph,
intercede for us!
Amen.
Recite the appropriate prayer for each of the 9 days.
DAY ONE

(Monasterio De Santa Clara, Quezon City,

Philippines)

Novena to St. Jude

Patron of Desperate Causes
Begin by reciting the prayer:
St. Jude, glorious apostle,
faithful servant and friend of Jesus,
the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many.
But the Church honors and invokes you universally

O blessed apostle St. Jude,

who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many lands,
and performed numerous miracles in needy
and despairing cases,
we invoke you to take special interest in us and our needs.
We feel that you understand us in a particular way.
Hear our prayers and our petitions
and plead for us in all our necessities especially...
(Make your request here.)
May we be patient in learning Gods holy will
and courageous in carrying it out.

Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!
DAY TWO
O blessed apostle Jude,
who has been instrumental in gathering us here together this day,
grant that we may always serve Jesus Christ
as he deserves to be served,
giving of our best efforts in living
as he wishes us to live.
May we dispose our hearts and minds
that God will always be inclined
to listen to our prayers and petitions,
especially those petitions which we entrust to your care
and for which we ask you to plead for us...

we who are gathered together today in your honor,

ask and petition you to remember us and our needs.
Especially do we pray for...
(Make your request here.)
May it also please our Lord
to lend an ear to your supplications in our behalf.
Grant that we may ever pray with fervor and devotion,
resigning ourselves humbly to the divine will,
seeing Gods purpose in all our trials
and knowing that he will leave
no sincere prayer unanswered in some way.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FOUR

(Make your request here.)

Grant that we may be enlightened as to what is best for us,
in the present and future,
not forgetting the blessings we have received in the past.

Saint blessed Jude,

you were called to be one of Christs chosen apostles
and labored to bring men to a knowledge and love of God;
listen with compassion to those gathered together to honor you and ask;
your intercession.

Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!

In this troubled world of ours we have many trials,

difficulties, and temptations.
Plead for us in the heavenly court,
asking that our petitions may be answered,
especially the particular one we have in mind at this moment...

DAY THREE
(Make your request here.)
O holy St. Jude,
apostle of Jesus Christ,
you who have so faithfully
and devotedly helped to spread his Gospel of Light,

May it please God to answer our prayers

in the way that he knows best,
giving us grace to see his purpose in all things.

Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FIVE
O holy St. Jude,
apostle and companion of Christ Jesus,
you have shown us by example
how to lead a life of zeal and devotion.
We humbly entreat you today to hear our prayers and petitions.
Especially do we ask you to obtain for us the following favor...

and what is best for our salvation.

These, our petitions...
(Make your request here.)
we submit to you,
asking you to obtain them for us,
if they are for the good of out souls.
We are resigned to Gods holy will in all things,
knowing that he will leave no sincere prayer unanswered
in some way though it may be in a way unexpected by us.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!

(Make your request here.)

Grant that in praying for present and future favors
we may not forget the innumerable ones granted in the past
but often return to give thanks.
Humbly we resign ourselves to Gods holy will,
knowing that he alone knows what is best for us
especially in our present needs and necessities.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!

DAY SEVEN
O holy apostle Saint Jude,
in whose honor we are gathered today,
may we never forget that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
chose you to be one of twelve apostles.
Because of this and of the martyrdom you suffered for the Faith,
we know you are a close friend of Almighty God.
Therefore we do not hesitate to petition you
in our necessities, especially...
(Make your request here.)

DAY SIX
St. Jude,
apostle of Christ and helper in despairing cases,
hear the prayers and petitions
of those who are gathered together in your honor.
In all our needs and desires
may we only seek what is pleasing to God

We humbly submit ourselves to the will of God,

knowing full well that no sincere prayer is ever left unanswered.
May we see Gods good and gracious purpose working in all our trials.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us!
My Jesus, mercy!

DAY NINE
DAY EIGHT
O holy Saint Jude,
apostle of Christ,
pray that we may ever imitate the Divine Master
and live according to His will.
May we cooperate with the grace of God
and ever remain pleasing in His sight.
Especially do we ask you to plead for us
and obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation.
Forget not our special petitions...

O holy Saint Jude,

apostle and martyr,
grant that we may so dispose our lives
that we may always be pleasing to God.
In working out our salvation in this life
we have many needs and necessities.
Today we turn to you,
asking you to intercede for us
and obtain for us the favors we ask of God.
Especially do we petition for...

(Make your request here.)

(Make your request here.)

May we always be thankful to God

for the blessings we have received in the past.
Whatsoever we ask for the present or future,
we submit to the divine will,
realizing that God knows best what is good for us.
We know He will respond to our prayers
and petitions in one way or another.

May we not so much seek temporal good

but rather what will avail our souls,
knowing that it will profit us nothing
if we gain the whole world yet suffer the loss of our soul.

Amen.

Amen.

St. Jude, pray for us!

My Jesus, mercy!

St. Jude, pray for us!

My Jesus, mercy!

Therefore, may we incline ourselves toward the divine will,

seeing Gods good and gracious purpose in all our trials.