A Novena to St. Therese of Lisieux

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The next novena we’re going to pray as a community is one of our favorites, it’s the St. Therese of Lisieux Novena! You can share your prayer intentions with us all below in the comments.

Pope Pius X called St. Therese “the greatest saint of modern times.” She’s well known for her “little way” spirituality of doing small, ordinary things with extraordinary love. She wrote in her autobiography, “What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love.”

We will start praying this novena on Thursday, September 22nd.

St. Therese suffered a great deal in her life. She lost her mom when she was a young girl. One of her older sisters became like a second mother to her, and St. Therese missed her when her sister entered a convent. St. Therese also suffered from chronic illness and depression. Through it all, she continued to look towards Jesus.

She’s a great example for all of us — a reminder to cling to Jesus through whatever each of us may be going through right now. Let’s look to Jesus!

You can sign up to pray with us here:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/st-therese-novena

We’re looking forward to praying with you and for you! 

God bless you!

John-Paul & Annie – PrayMoreNovenas.com

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  1. I would like to pray for my marriage that is wick for the pas few years now: no trust from my husband, no sincere and honest communication. I feel wounded and I am afraid of whatever action I do might hurt my loved ones and I am afraid of not being good for this marriage. I need your help Lord, Amen.

  2. I pray for my son to find a job that not only helps him financially but that makes him happy.

    I pray for my daughter to find a job that puts her on the path to using her given talent as an artist.

    I pray for my dad who is suffering so much with his health and memory. My St. Therese give him comfort.

    I pray for my siblings that we come together as a family to help my dad.

  3. Please pray for my children to come to love Christ, and for my husband and I to have a blessed marriage since we are not blessed by the church, for the grace to obtain an anullment for his invalid first marriage, and the father of my children’s conversion to faith.

  4. Pray for my Mom who passed in August. May she be at peace.
    Pray that I find what I am seeking and am at peace with that.
    Pray that all my loved ones be safe and kept in God’s love.

  5. Thank you God for all you have provided.I ask fo safe travels next week to Europe. You brought my daughter, Nicole, a job but she is worried about keeping it. Give her some job security so she can work on her mental health.
    Guide my daughter, Danielle in her search for a job.
    Bring us all closer to God.

  6. Please pray for my daughter Sarah, away from the Church for many years, and living in what I believe to be an immoral lifestyle! May just one of your prayers be the necessary means to tip the scales in favor of her soul, for which I’ve been praying for many years! St. Therese, please pray for her!

  7. that the feeling that my husband & I have about a terrible person that treated us unfairly leave our thoughts of anger and “tell her off” revenge. We have endured a 2 week project and it is is going on week 9. Please pray for us.

  8. Please pray for Marie for good results as she wears heart monitor for 30 days. Also to get help with other health issues.
    Thank you.

  9. I pray God tells me if Chuks is my spouse or not so I can have peace of mind and I also pray to pass my pre RM and RM with flying colours.
    Most of all to learn to be a lot like St Therese in all aspects of my life.

  10. For the conversation of my sons-in-law Mark and Richard
    For my children and their spouses that their Faith increases
    That my daughter remarried in the Church

  11. Total healing and breaking of soul ties on mind, body, spirit, soul. For a total desire to repent of the past and in word and deed offer atonement. To have a deeper spiritual life. To grow in grace and holiness and wholeness. The strength and desire to do this. Healing of any and all aspects of anger. Preservation and protection of my vocation. Removal from life those who would destroy it. Protection of any scandal. To be a loyal and faithful pastor in all aspects. For health issues

  12. My oldest son will not hold down a job. He has little motivation and as a mother, I have done so much to try to help him, but at this point I don’t know what to do other than show him tough love and pray.

  13. At Therese,
    I ask you with all My heart for my daughters health, that she recover quickly, that things turn out to be aa scare and that she stay healthy. Please make people be understanding and stay by her side.
    Keep her safe in this and during her travels for work, both physically and emotionally. Pray that if her relationship is the right one for her, that it blossoms and stays strong though these trials and beyond. Pray that all my children have healthy relationships. Keep them safe and healthy wherever they are.
    Pray for world peace, that leaders around the world come together to fight evils and keep the inocente safe.
    Take care of all people who are in the midsts of war or natural disasters, that they find comfort in God and that they are safe. For all the children of the world who are inocente in all the chaos that surrounds us. Shower them with roses, seen or unseen. Amen

  14. Dear Sweet Jesus, I thank you for the many blessings in my life, and for keeping me going when I feel that I can’t go on any more. Please, I beseech Thee to answer my prayer for a spiritual, emotional, and mental healing for my son John. This I ask with all my heart, Amen.

  15. St. THERESE INTERCEDE FOR MY FAMILY HELP US ON OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE SPECIALLY MY CHILDREN AND THEIR Family to depend on our lord every day of their lives.

  16. St Theresa
    Pray with us for our family, to save our souls.
    Pray for Michael in a crisis situation.
    Pray for Timmy and Joy,for healing.
    Thank you,dear God for all Your blessings .

  17. Through the intercession of St. Therese, I pray for complete healing and recovery from colon cancer. I pray that my 3rd chemo cycle will not bring much pain and other bad side effects. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
    Thank you.

  18. St. Theresa , interceed for the recovery of my fiance Steven , his mother, my mother Sophia and Courtney who are sick and pray for me to find a new jib very fast .May I give up my way and allow Jesus, the great director, to do all He wills to accomplish. Keep us all focused on Him. Amen

  19. Healing prayers for my daughter to be healed in body, mind, soul and spirit.
    Heavy tax to be waived. Searching for a new home for my family. Pls send us a sign in the form of a rose 🌹. Thank you.

  20. Praying for a holy marriage and to be able to conceive children in God’s timing. Pray that God will ease my anxiety and quiet my doubts replacing them with trust, faith, peace and hope.

  21. I pray for God’s guidance and direction on how best I can use my talent to serve in His vineyard. I pray He orders my steps on how best to go about this as I yearn to live a life of winning souls for His kingdom during my life time on earth.

  22. Prayers for all of my children:

    Guide Morgan through his life.

    Thank you for send my parents my 5th grade report card.

    Diane

  23. Please pray for complete healing for my husband Jim. Recent pet scan shows the return of aggressive, oral cancer that was surgically removed in February, followed by chemo and radiation. We ask our heavenly Father for complete healing and return to health.

  24. Prayers for our daughter in her last month of pregnancy for a safe, healthy and smooth labor and delivery of our 2nd grandchild.
    Prayers for safe travel for my husband and I on our trip to Germany and Italy and back home.
    Prayers for our son on his travels and in his single life finding his way in the world.
    Prayers for my husband getting ready starting to start prostate cancer treatment and radiation therapy.
    Prayers for us as we get ready to sell our house praying for a quick sale and a wonderful family to buy our home.
    Prayers for the building of our new home
    Prayers for our granddaughter on all the new changes in her life
    Prayers for our son-in-law with the stressors he is experiencing with his job in coping with these trials.

  25. Please pray for my boys, Christopher and Jeremy, and their wives, to return to church and to baptize their children. Please pray that our son Peter can get a job that pays better. Please pray for my husband Paul to get better, he has covid.
    Thank you. Amen

  26. Prayers for my two Sisters, and my nieces. Also a dear friend who is recovering from triple bypass surgery. Prayers for All in this PMN Community. Prayers for my Special Intentions.🙏🌹🙏🌹

  27. For the conversion of my wife and daughter as well as the continued conversion of myself. For the healing of our family and the deepening of our love for God and neighbors.

  28. My sister will have a peaceful death.

    My brother in law will have a peaceful death.

    My daughter will be healed from her cancer.

  29. Please let my son rest in eternal paradise with God and see feel and hear him every day please let me prevail this court case without even going and heal Melissa

  30. Pray for our country that we will find our way back to believing in the Providence of God.

    And that all pro-abortion proposals be voted on next month will be defeated. That people will choose life over the culture of death.

  31. Please pray that the many sicknesses that our family has will leave their bodies so they may enjoy good health. Pray that my daughters heart heals from a bad relationship. Pray that my niece loses the desire to be hurtful and disobedient. Help our families to grow in love and respect for one another

  32. I pray for St Therese to intercede for my sister Florence that God will bless her marriage with the gift of Children in Jesus name, Amen.
    I also pray for good marriage for my Children.
    All these I ask in the name of Jesus Christ our lord, Amen. Thank you Jesus for answers to our prayers.

  33. Dear lord,

    I pray for my son and his father and grandfather to change their hearts towards my son. For a loving family together

    Amen

  34. Lord heal my body mind soul and spirit. Heal my thyroid and what ever is causing me anxiety and fear and hormone out of balance. Heal me from my past in Jesus name Amen

  35. For the conversion of my grown children…that they will come back to God! For my granddaughter to one day know the Lord! For my friends who are suffering with cancer and other illnesses! For world peace! For immigrants looking for a better way of life! For wars to end! In Jesus Name, Amen

  36. St. Therese is hard at work! I won a beautiful bouquet of flowers yesterday, which includes exactly 7 roses, the number of people in our immediate family. It’s a sign to me that my prayers are being heard and will be answered in God’s timing, in His way!

    I would send a photo, if I could figure out how to, just trust me, its “spectacular.”

  37. St. Therese of Lisieux, Thank You for Praying for us every second of our lives. Help to make us live as You did, as a “Little Floer” that gave so much to others without expecting anything in return! St. There Pray for us who are spiritually, physically and mentally ill, who are lost from God, have left or never known God-Amen Amen Amen!

  38. Praying for Miranda on her trip abroad, for blessings on her, for peace and comfort. For Aunt Joan, Jean, Conrad and Doris for blessings and comfort upon them. And that I feel better. That depression lifts and and feeling sick go away for me. Thank you St Therese. In Jesus name I ask these favors. Thank you.

  39. Eligibility letter to practice
    Close practice location
    Success in all exams and assessments
    String family bond, health and safety
    Protection of kids
    Christian and good values for the kids

  40. For my SIL who is struggling with infertility, that she and her husband may conceive a child or become parents in the way God intends for them.
    For all families struggling with infertility, for foster and adoptive parents, and for children in need of loving parents and family.

    For my aunt who is awaiting biopsy results for a large tumor in her liver. Please pray that she is comforted during this uncertain and difficult time, and for courage and strength to face what may lie ahead for her.

  41. My fiancé Tom Cremeens is in Crestwood Hospital for days he has terrible MRSA in his face please pray for him to heal. Pray for my whole family our world and for Gods peace and mercy to cover the earth. Peace of Christ be with you.

  42. Please pray for healing of cancer, and the
    strength to cope and overcome the anxiety and fears and the ill effects of the treatments that are debilitating. To draw closer to Christ during
    this time and hopefully be able to handle this cross. Thanks for
    your prayers.

  43. Help both my son and daughter find their way! And also a place for my daughter to live that will be safe for her and her daughter.

  44. That a horrible lie told by a family member shattering our family will come to light. That all family members will return to Jesus and the church. That are elderly mothers will be comfortable and pain free.

  45. Please pray for my grandchildren and family that they stay healthy and safe in their endeavors. Also pray for peace in the world..Thank you St. Theresa, 🙏 Amen

  46. I ask for healing and grace from St .Theresa …. I pray for guidance in finding a much needed Spiritual direction/ spiritual mentor) …. I pray for protection… I pray for strength( will power) in overcoming the habits and unhealthy patterns in my life preventing from me becoming all that I’ve come here to do …. To accomplish …. My spiritual purpose and journey.
    Protection for my children and grandchildren 🙏

  47. PLEASE St.Therese help me get to heaven please help my children and grandchildren and great grandson to come to Jesus help me financially and help Jeremy be a good priest and Scott with his needs

  48. I am praying for my grandsons to attain gainful employment. Today I am praying for Anthony who has an interview

  49. Good health for all grandchildren and children and spouse and myself. Special prayer for two grandkids. Safety for family and friends. Thank you.

  50. I could use some help financially. I had my long term disability claim denied.my job let me go. Please pray for providence and health soon to return to work. Thank you

  51. I pray for Kate’s conversion to being a good, resposible, respectful, loving and great kid deapite of her condition. May she enlightened to do good and be good always. Amen!

  52. i pray that during this Novena my children, Ivan, Frank,Oliver and Kenneth my God provide them with jobs after gradation and also pray the i may get money to pay my sons tuition.
    In jesus NAME I PRAY.

  53. I am a missionary starting my second year and I’m in the midst of support raising my salary again, and I just want to be fully funded for my next year of mission so I won’t have to be so stressed about finances. Pray for my current and future donors.

  54. Teresa full recovery from Covid. She is immunocomprimised so it’s been a rough few weeks. But she is on the mend and I pray she has a complete recovery 🙏❤️

  55. Please prayers for my family. We are dealing with a lot of hurt, and strife. Our home is toxic to say the least. God please start with me first help me stand firm in faith and not cower in fear. Please send me wisdom and knowledge on how to deal with the broken relationship I have with my children and my marriage that is hanging by a thread. I’m growing weary and I’m emotionally and physically tired. Please hear my cry!! Help me!! In your precious and most loving name Jesus.

  56. St. Therese, Please pray and intercede for my nephew, Sean. He needs to desperately go into detox facility for his alcoholism. We are waiting for him to agree to
    go. In Jesus’ name.
    Amen.

  57. Please pray for my wife’s knee surgery and her full and painless recovery to normal activity. She is caregiver for her 96 yr old father and 88 yr old mother who need her help.

  58. My son Michael’s is not responding to treatment to build up his immune system due to a genetic issue. He’s been sick for 4 months and is in his last year of college. It’s tough at times as he chronically coughs. Praying the next round of antibiotics he is about to take works. Thank you for joining me in prayer. ❤️