Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Teresa of the Andes Novena
Prayed for young people, cheerful holiness, purity, courage in suffering, and a joyful love for Christ and His Church.
St. Teresa of the Andes is traditionally invoked as patron of young people, joyful holiness, purity, Carmelite vocation, Chile.
Teresa of the Andes, early twentieth-century photograph
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Day 1 of 9
The same principal prayer is used each day. Choose the day you are on, pray the main prayer below, and mark the day complete when you finish.
Private intention
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Day 1 of 9
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Day 1
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Merciful Lord, the joy of the saints, you set the youthful heart of Saint Teresa ablaze with the fire of virginal love for Christ and for His Church, and even in suffering you made her a cheerful witness to charity.
Through her intercession fill us with the delights of your Spirit, so that we may proclaim by word and deed the joyful message of your love to the world.
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Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary Glory Be
St Teresa of the Andes, pray for us!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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