Novena to Saint Thérèse The feast of St. Thérèse is coming up! On the traditional calendar her feast is celebrated October 3rd. (It was moved to October 1st on the new calendar.) Novenas for her intercession can be said anytime, but we will be praying a few different...
~ Day Nine ~ 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...
A photo taken four days after the death of St. Therese, when she was still exposed in the choir adorned with flowers.~ Day Eight ~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...
This is a painting that St. Therese finished in 1892, when she was 19, and gave to her sister Celine.~ Day Seven ~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....
Given by Archbishop Fulton Sheen at the Carmelite church in Whitefriar St., Dublin, Ireland in 1973. You can watch the last couple minutes here. ~ Day Six ~ Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of the faithful, and kindle in them the fire of...
Therese at fifteen (April 1888)The enormous bow, called a chou, on the back of her dress has been colored over on the photograph. ~ Pierre Descouvemont, Therese and LisieuxThis photo was taken just a few days before Therese's entrance into Carmel on April...
Therese at thirteen (February 1886)~ Day Four ~ 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,...
Therese at the age of eightwith her sister Celine (1881)"This was the year Therese entered the Abbey school. The skipping rope Therese is holding was, along with the swing, her favourite game because she very much liked the movement, "Higher," she would tell her...
Therese at three-and-a-halftaken in July of 1876"Generally a happy child, she pouted that day becuase the big, black veil under which the photographer hid made her apprehensive."~ Pierre Descouvemont, Therese and Lisieux~ Day Two ~ Come Holy Spirit and fill the...
The feast day of St. Thérèse is coming up! Her feast is celebrated on the 1st of October and on the 3rd of October on the Traditional Calendar. The novena for her intercession can be said anytime, but we will be praying this particular novena in anticipation of...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
