Traditional Catholic Novena
Novena to Saint Therese of Lisieux
Prayed for childlike confidence, humility, love of God, and the graces sought through the Little Way.
St. Therese of Lisieux is traditionally invoked as patron of missionaries, the Little Way, childlike trust, humility, hidden holiness.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux devotional portrait
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
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
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Prayers to Be Said Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
Come, Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of the faithful, and kindle in them the fire of divine love.
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.
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.
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 Thérèse, that we may attain to an everlasting reward. Amen.
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