Patroness of Catholic Missions

Novena of Saint Therese of Lisieux

Opening Prayer

 

Saint Therese,
you who are a beloved child of God
and who boldly trusted God’s mercy,
teach me how to let myself be loved
by God, who is love.
Help me to fall into God's arms like the prodigal son,
and to give back to God my life and my death.
Help me to open myself freely to God's tenderness,
so as not to take away from his Father’s heart
the joy of loving me.

 

Our Father...

 

Saint Therese,
you who are in love with Jesus,
you were filled with passion
for the Gospel and the Eucharist.
Revive in me a thirst for the Word of God.
May it light my path on this “little way” of trust
where, with you, I take the elevator of love.
May your motto “living in love” free my deep desire.
In this way, like you,
all I want is to love Jesus and help others love him.

 

Hail Mary...

 

Saint Therese,
you who are embraced by the Holy Spirit,
you have become the Spirit’s burning flame of love around the world.
Allow me to be open to the action of the Spirit
in my prayer and my actions.
Prepare me to welcome the Spirit humbly
in the little things of every day with Mary,
who smiled at you in your time of testing.
May your hope inspire me in times
when I am not able to love.

 

Glory be to the Father...

 

 

Prayer for Vocations

 

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus,
you who have been rightly proclaimed
the patroness of Catholic missions throughout the world,
remember the burning desire
which you manifested here on earth
to plant the cross of Christ on every shore
and to preach the Gospel even until the end of the world.
I ask you, according to your promise,
to assist all priests, missionaries, and the whole Church of God.
Help us to implement the new evangelization
which our world and our diocese need.
Pray for us that Jesus will inspire
in the hearts of our youth a burning desire to serve him
as priests, sisters, and missionaries
so that the Gospel may radiate anew
to dispel the darkness of sin and death.
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church,
pray for us. Amen

 

Reproduction of these prayers is authorized.
With the approval of the Bishop of  Gatineau-Hull, 
Most Reverend Roger Ebacher, Hull, May 28, 2001.

 

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