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. Saint Therese of the child Jesus, please bring me peace in my life. Peace of mind, and in areas of my life that are difficult. Bring back good health to my life and my family. Saint Therese help my son who needs help in many ways bring him gently back to his faith. Stop all tarot card influences in his life give him peace of mind. Take away all evil directed towards us.

  2. I would like to dedicate my nephew Bradley Mathigah who is performing so poorly in school and is always in trouble.

    My parents health.

    My career.

    My business to breakthrough

    My brother who has been job searching for more than ten years

    My family’s prayer life.

    Praying for a God given spouse
    Financial freedom for me so I can help my family and other people in need 🙏🏿

  3. Please pray for Joshua Michael and Albino that they will return back to their faith. That Jesus and our holy Mother will heal their minds body and soul and find a full time job for Joshua and a good wife and a good wife for Michael Amen

  4. I pray for my nephew to be blessed with a miracle and Gods Favor over his entire life right now and for the rest of his life. May God Heal my nephew and bless him in his life with all of his needs, health, All of his Six Senses, strength and a sound mind. In Jesus’ Name, I Pray And Claim My Nephew’s Victory, Amen.

  5. I pray that may God help my wife Jane Rose to give birth to our baby safely how has now taken more than nine months without being given birth to. and may God keep both of them alive without any complications. Amen.
    I pray that may God help my mother Nabaka Suzanne and all the family members to hill from all the bad spirits that are attacking them.
    I pray for life and protection and blessings in all my life and in whatever I do. Amen.

  6. Dear St Therese I Pray that this Hurricane that’s coming to hit my town would weaken Please Lord Jesus I dont want to leave my Home my Mother is not in good shape Im really Pray that this Tropical Storm Ian would weaken and not hit my town I Pray in Jesus Name Amen

  7. Healing from psychological trauma after being beaten and robbed
    May the robbery nightmares be destroyed and n Jesus name
    I pray for Gods safety for me and my family. Amen

  8. Healing from psychological trauma after being beaten and robbed
    May the robbery nightmares be destroyed and n Jesus name
    I pray for Gods safety for me and my family. Amen

  9. Pray for my husband to stop drinking and sleeping outside wedlock, my son to stop taking drugs, he is supposed to go to qatar pray that his visa comes out this week, pray for me to get a job and also win the case that is in court concerning my employer sucking us with our notice. Also need anothet child.

  10. 1. For our country that it won’t turn into a socialist country. And that my grand children won’t be indoctrinated in public schools or groomed
    2. For my daughter and her family to come back to church.
    3. For health of my grand baby on the way and an easy delivery for my daughter.
    4. That my grand daughter will get accepted in this charter school next year.
    5. For health of Jolie R., Julia Rae M, Ellen S. Jeff L, Arlys L, Lisa, Jim B, Roger V, Rich L Judy P.
    6. In Thanksgiving.
    7 safety of Mitch K and v Ryan R, and Luke VE

  11. 1. For our country that it won’t turn into a socialist country. And that my grand children won’t be indoctrinated in public schools or groomed
    2. For my daughter and her family to come back to church.
    3. For health of my grand baby on the way and an easy delivery for my daughter.
    4. That my grand daughter will get accepted in this charter school next year.
    5. For health of Jolie R., Julia Rae M, Ellen S. Jeff L, Arlys L, Lisa, Jim B, Roger V, Rich L Judy P.
    6. In Thanksgiving.
    7 safety of Mitch K and v Ryan R, and Luke VE

  12. My only wish is to have no wishes. Still a Family (no Patchwork please I beg you) with the man TLo I love. I hope he decide to have me as his only sexual partner, all other is to stressful for me. So I wish to her and meet him much more often. My life sucks without him but he keeps running away to other women and this pains my heart so much I lose all my power and joy of life.

  13. We pray for our fertility team to be shown the correct path for my husband and I to conceive naturally within this novena and God give us our tiny miracle.

  14. Glorious Saint Therese,
    Please always watch over my family, keep us healthy, happy and safe. Watch over my children and please make them do well academically and socially. Please help make wonderful changes at my work, I pray that I get good news and that we get new leadership in my building. I also pray that my husband gets a flexible job and gets to work from home. Thank you for always listening. God Bless!

  15. St Theresa please pray for for me, that my grandson will be a happy baby, stop throwing tantrum and crying too much. Be able to express himself. In Jesus Mighty Name I pray amen

  16. Dearest St. Therese, please pray that the callus and corns in my feet will be healed and I can walk without any pain.
    Also, please pray that the hair on my head will grow and I will have a full head of hair.
    In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

  17. I ask St Therese for the healing of my daughter’s severe sleep apnea and her restless sleep.
    I would like to ask St Therese for the healing of my Father’s Parkinson’s disease and for his mobility to be restored. For the forgiveness of his sins.
    I would like to also ask St Therese to soften my Mother’s heart and her deep true conversion to mercy and kindness towards her family members, for her pride to change to humbleness and her attachment to materialistic things to spiritual gains. I pray for her loneliness and for the Lord to grant her wisdom of heart and mind.

  18. Dear St. Therese, you’re probably weary of hearing from me. My request hasn’t changed: please bring my boy back to me. This relationship he is in has changed him, and not in a good way. I feel that his future spouse has brought nothing but upheaval to what once was a very peaceful family. If there is something he needs to see, please open his eyes and let him see it! If there is something I need to see, please let me see it as well! Please ask the Lord to pour out His grace and healing. St. Therese, I would be so grateful for a lovely rose, but even a single petal would mend my broken heart.

  19. God please heal Mya and keep her intended travel safe
    God please give Ann the house
    God please give Aaliyah a companion
    God please bless Anisha and kiah with another child

  20. God please heal Mya
    God please give Ann the house
    God please give Aaliyah a companion
    God please bless Anisha and kiah with another child

  21. Please pray for Angela Borusso. She has MS and her husband left after 25 years of marriage. Please pray for Philip & Rosalie Mastrandrea. He is about 90 and still recovering from surgery 3 months ago. His wife is in a depression. Thank you.

  22. Dear St. Therese, I come to you with a fervent plea to bring our son and daughter back to their Catholic Faith. They were raised in an active Catholic family, received the Sacraments up to & including Confirmation.
    I have prayed for them daily thru rosary and at the Shrine of our Lady…I pray to St. Monica who never gave up on her son….but the world they live in is Godless.
    Thank you dear St. Therese!
    Sincerely, Sheila

  23. Prayers for my son, that he find healing in his mind and heart. Help him rid his body and mind of toxic thoughts, alcohol and drugs. Please

  24. Praying for guidance on how I can best help my family financially and for a best friend. I haven’t had a close friend since college and we all went our separate ways.

  25. Dear St. Therese, please heal my DME and restore my clear vision. Continue healing Dad’s ankle and make him stronger each day. May he be approved for Rehab for as long as possible. Help to keep me strong when he returns home. Please remove all cancer from his body. Thank you, St. Therese. Amen.

  26. Dear St. Therese please intercede to the Lord that my daughter will be able to reconcile her relationship with her brother. And that the brokenness in the family can be mended. Thank you dear St Therese.

  27. Conversion of those who support the killing of unborn babies, especially those in leadership positions; return of lapsed Catholics; happy death; and return to chastity.

  28. Dear Saint Therese,

    Please pray for me to find a good job, one with good pay, good benefits, and is works well for me and my two disabled adult children.
    Please pray for a financial miracle and a release of my financial debt.
    Please pray for healing of my son from suicidal ideations, severe depression, self-hatred, negative self-talk, severe anxiety, sleep apnea, obesity, video game addiction, autism, and anger.
    Please pray for healing of left leg, lower back, left shoulder, diabetes, and asthma.
    Please pray for healing of my daughter from panic attacks, autism, severe anxiety, depression, kidney problems, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, and risky behaviors.
    Please pray for healing of my mother and ex-husband.
    Amen

  29. God’s graces for Autistic son and his living situation, behaviors and health issues. God’s graces for my health and for me to handle all that needs to be done for my son. It is overwhelming.

  30. I am so thankful for past prayer intentions answered. I pray now to St Therese for the health of my daughters, my husband, and myself. Help us to become healthy in mind, body, and spirit. Help us to choose food and actions that nourish our bodies and souls. I pray for an active lifestyle for all of us. Amen

  31. Please pray for son to find suitable employment after his recovery from work injury. Also pray that the allegations filed against him are dropped, so he can move on with his life raising his children

  32. Your last two sentences said it all.. He is faithful! A song that ministers to me and perhaps will bless you is the song ‘Fires’ by Jordan St Cyr …. You can hear it for free on YouTube part of the lyrics are…
    I remember how You told me
    That life may not be easy
    And everything that I need
    You’ve already given me

    I remember how You told me
    I can trust You completely
    So why am I doubting
    When You proved that You’d fight for me

    You’ve walked me through fires
    Pulled me from flames
    If You’re in this with me
    I won’t be afraid

    When the smoke billows higher, oh and higher
    And it feels like I can barely breathe
    I’ll walk through these fires
    Cause You’re walking with me

    I’m changed by Your mercy
    Covered by Your peace
    I’m living out the victory
    Doesn’t mean I won’t feel the heat

    You’ve walked me through fires
    Pulled me from flames
    If You’re in this with me
    I won’t be afraid

    When the smoke billows higher, oh and higher
    And it feels like I can barely breathe
    I’ll walk through these fires
    Cause You’re walking with me“… I hope you hear it and it blesses you. Will be praying ❤️‍🩹💕❤️

  33. Holy Marie im asking you with all my Heart to pray for my Family Partners & Friends to bring them all back to you with all there Health the Holy Spirit Mind Soul & Body. Holy Marie help please.Thank you for all the Blessings. Amen

  34. Dear brothers and sisters,
    My prayer;
    I have been with my husband for 14yrs minus blessing the marriage. He was not willing to fund the traditional engagement and marriage. I thought he had money issues. So, I went ahead to fund them. Little did I know that he was not ready to marry me. But he was using me to help him.

    I suspected him of this and confronted him, but he denied. After many years, he has confessed this is true. Now, all these years especially now, I have never been at peace with this relationship, the lies,the over reliance on me. I feel stuck on this marriage.

    Lord have mercy and resolve this knot. I am a simple person, I didn’t want a lot from him, but still I got too little.
    Please help me in prayer so that I have the peace.

  35. Pray for my husband’s annulment to happen so we can get our marriage validated by the Church and for my family to grow closer to Jesus’s heart.

  36. Praying for a breakthrough in finance and stability.
    Protection over my home family and grand children.
    Lord Jesus has the week begins in this new Season of Auturm may everybody experience favour upon them let no hurt pain tears be with the ladies in my life🙏including myself amen. Protect and heal me from any sickness and may this week be a Blessed one for myself and my children at work..thank you father for all the time you have been there for me in answering my prayer and I know you gona answer my intentions to you in a Financial breakthrough Amen🙏🙏🙏

  37. Praying for a breakthrough in finance and stability.
    Protection over my home family and grand children.
    Lord Jesus has the week begins in this new Season of Auturm may everybody experience favour upon them let no hurt pain tears be with the ladies in my life🙏including myself amen. Protect and heal me from any sickness and may this week be a Blessed one for myself and my children at work..thank you father for all the time you have been there for me in answering my prayer and I know you gona answer my intentions to you in a Financial breakthrough Amen🙏🙏🙏

  38. St Therese of Lisieux please help me pray for financial liberation. I have so much debts now and I dunno where and how to start paying it.

  39. That my beautiful wife and daughter, Angela and Francesca, return to the Catholic faith they were baptised into, especially that they return to mass and believe in the Eucharist.

  40. I thank God through St Theresa for His mercies in my life and family and pray for peace, forgiveness and successful reconciliation program in the family. Also for success in my studies. Amen

  41. I appreciate your interceding for my intentions:
    May the Lord enlighten young people especially Isabella & Andrue, Victoria, Andrew, and Olivia & Paul – that they may turn to you and grow in their faith, and remain together in God’s Divne will.
    In Jesus’ name!🙏🙏🙏

  42. In thanksgiving for the gift of my vocation and for the grace to remain faithful and fulfilled in my vocation as a religious.
    Amen.

  43. Praying that my jaw issues are resolved easily without surgery.
    Also, that my daughter sign my grandchildren up for CCD and that she and my other daughter and their families return to regular Sunday Mass and the sacraments.

  44. Please pray for my daughter and I to stop getting into arguments, help my daughter STOP continuously belittling me, harassing me, telling me repeatedly to move out etc! Pray for us please and help her to stop coming at me with this evil minded harassment! Please intercede St Therese for me& bless me with an emergency financial miracle to move out/ away from her please before cold winter 2023! We are on a limited income/low income and are on long waiting lists for housing! Neither of us want to
    Love with each other so please come to my( our) aid!! Pray it doesn’t get any uglier than it has been! We separate & go in our bedrooms all day to avoid each other! I need financial miracle to buy my own 1 berm condo near ocean in South where my heart desires! Bless us both with these new homes! Bless us with new non addicted godly kind patient new boyfriends as we are trying hard to get out of toxic relationships with 2 unhealthy addicted men( her dad& her ex)! SOS Holy Family,St.Therese! Help my son too who’s in Military! Bless him & us with healthy godly loving support systems,mentors,earth angels, godly mates, neighbors,St.Joseph’s! Help my daughter STOP taking her anger out on me that she has for her ex boyfriend cuz they just broke up! I give YOUS all my prayers& intentions as well as everyone’s prayers to You St.Therese! JESUS I TRUST IN YOU!

  45. Praying for my daughter to realize the effect alcohol has on her and thus her family. Prayers for my 40 yr old son to find a job pleasing to God and pleasing to him. Prayers for all going my this novena. 🙏❣️

  46. Please intercede for my husbands health and for his recovery from stenosis in the neck that he may be able to walk again without surgery and not become paralyzed.
    For my children and grandchildren please guide them and get them closer to The Lord and back to the church once more.
    Please give me patience and strength as my husband is getting older and I’m so far from the spirituality that was my support and strength. Lord I surrender myself to you. May your will be done you take care of everything.

  47. Please pray for Joe and Sue, married for over thirty years. Both were diagnosed with different cancer within a month of each other. Sue will finish her last round of chemo and prognosis is good. Caught early. Joe has a type of colon cancer that is hard to diagnose so was picked up late. He just finished a 15 hour surgery. Please pray that the doctors removed all cancer and that his recovery is full and quick. The same for Sue
    Also, please pray for Bob who has had major back surgery and is in a lot of pain. Pray the surgery will allow him to be more mobile and comfortable.

    Thank you.

  48. I pray for the health and safety of my children. Tyler, James, Josh and our grand Dominick. I pray for Angels to surround them and keep them out of harms way. I plead the blood of Jesus upon them. I pray this for my husband Stonie as well.

  49. Praying for health and financial wellness for my sister and me, and eternal peace for our beloved deceased family members. Thank you.

  50. Prayers for my daughters Holly and Ashley to beat their addictions. For Holly, Ashley and Alicia to come back to their Catholic. Amen

  51. Lord hear my prayer I pray that I don’t get up in the middle of the night anymore after I go to sleep because I really need to lose weight. I also pray for Herb’s mother that you watch over her when she goes to the hospital. I also pray that I can get Casa Familia on zoom on Wednesday without a problem and that I can see Deborah and Anay and I pray that they don’t reschedule Dr. Santana’s appt on Tuesday.

    In Jesus name we pray Amen.

  52. Please pray for my brother Joey. He was told he has pancreatic cancer and we don’t know how long he will live. We need a miracle. Thank you for your prayers.

  53. Pray for me St Therese for the Lord yo bless me with a better job with better conditions and pay.
    Pray for my family for healthy, peace, love and provision
    Pray for me that the Lord bless me with a loving, caring, hardworking, respectful and Godfearing husband.
    In Jesus’ name i pray, Amen

  54. I would like to pray for two dear
    friends. I alienated one of them, and I will make amends. Friend #2 is going through something serious. Although we are good, close friends, she won’t talk to me. Please pray for my success in helping these two lovely ladies.
    “Jesus loves all, yes I know, for the Bible tells me so.”

  55. For my marriage that has long suffered with an add/adhd oppositionally defiant son causing much stress, hurt, anger and helplessness and my husband being radically non communicative. That we can find gods love in one another and start to rebuild our life as a couple. I’m so lonely

  56. Asking for prayers for my son, to return to his faith and beliefs. I’m also asking for prayers so that he can move forward on the next step of his career path by getting into graduate school in a very competitive field.

    I’m asking for prayers for myself as I navigate a challenging school year with students who need a lot of extra help. I want to do my best for them, but it’s been very hard. Please keep us in your prayers as we both are on a path to try to help others.

    Sending thanks and blessings your way for these prayers!

  57. Dear St. Therese of lisieux,
    Please pray for my father Xu Bin tomorrow doctor appointment will be smooth kg give. Please also pray my father Xu Bin coming Tuesday CT scan of liver result will be good and positive outcome. There will be no additional intervention for my father Xu Bin. Treatment remain the same for my father Xu Bin.
    Dear St. Therese of Lisieux, please pray my father Xu Bin’s condition is always stable and under control well. Targeted therapy medication is always effective and beneficial for my father condition. Tumor does not spread for very long long time.
    Thank you, St. Therese of Lisieux.
    I pray all these in your name,
    Armen ,
    your sincerely,
    Xu lan

  58. St. Therese, please pray that I retain my job, improve my performance, do well in this new position. and get sales this week. Pray that I also get a mortgage approved to pay off my debt. Pray for my oldest daughter that she is healed from her ailment, won’t require a transplant and stop drinking. I pray for my younger daughter that she be healed from her mental illness. Please also pray for my sister-in-law that she be healed from cancer.

  59. I would like to request prayer for my grandsons who need God’s help to keep them safe from harm and evil doing from their abusive father. I am asking God that they are allowed by the court to live with their mother. Due to “unsubstantiated allogations” the court is not protecting these little boys age 1 & 2. Please help me pray that thier father is recognized as needing psychiatric help and can receive that help and the children are safe with their mother alone throughout this process…. In Jesus name I pray.

  60. St.Therese please intercede for my son and daughter-in-law for the grace of wisdom to baptise my grandson soon. For my son and daughter to return to the Church and for a conversion in my daughter-in-law into the Catholic Church.
    For my grandson to be safe and healthy and to grow into a good, god-fearing child.
    For my daughter to be blessed with the right job. For her to meet the right person and to be able to settle down in marriage.
    For the gift of discernment for my children.
    Thank you St.Therese for your powerful intercession.

  61. Please pray for B and C that both will come to know the Lord and for C to treat his family better. Also for a healthy baby coming in Janauary, no complications with my daughters cervix. Doctor says her cervix is small. Let her angels be with all of them always. Also for A and that she will speak

  62. Please pray for my sister M and her healing, salvation , depression and addictions. Heal her from all wounds and the past. Holy Spirit let her know that she is loved and send the right doctors and nurses her way to help her. Let her live to see her grandchildren.

  63. Please pray for my work and May we get renewed for 3 offices .
    Lord
    Help my kids with school and health Z pray for Brent, d, ant .

  64. Please pray for my health , marriage, wife and kids . Pls pray for my moms lawsuit against , her evil brother , she is 80 , lord pls help stop this .
    Thank you

  65. Please help all the animals and people at Famous Fido. Embrace them with your love and that of the Holy Trinity.
    Please help me to get a rewarding and good paying job helping to heal the earth quickly.

  66. Anointed by God as I teach others about health products. I live,to live in Jesus.Healing for Bill, Maureen, Carol, Carol and Paul..

  67. My sister St Therese. Thank you for your kind assistance and intercession. I confide to you each member of my family. Help us to love and follow Jesus faithfully. Guide us in doing God’s will in our everyday life. Protect us against the snares of the devil. I love you sweet sister❤️

  68. Pray for me.. I’m a cancer survivor and just recently my blood test came but abnormal and now I’m going through testing to make sure that the cancer is not back .. I’m having CT and Pet scans and more blood test and I pray that all these tests come back that I continue to be cancer free..

    Also pray for my husband he had bladder cancer 4 times in the past three years and Thursday he’s going back to check his bladder and I pray that his bladder is continues to be cancer free .. ..

    Amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  69. Prayers that we will win our 60-day Social Security appeal and/or my dad wins his settlement within the 60-days, so we don’t have to go through this anymore. Prayers that my dad gets approved for a program and/or someone from no fault, from our car crash, can pay for the hearing aids.

  70. St Theresa please protect me and my mother and Wayne her devoted companion for health, stability and strength. Pls help during these difficult transitions that we are all facing. Please answer everyones request that is praying this Novena. Thank you

  71. St Theresa please intercede for my finances. The maintenance is going up $200 more and I am alone struggling. Please miraculously cancel all credit card debt and grant me peace from anxiety, depression and loneliness. Pls send me a spiritual man in my life a true loyal companion to marry. Remove these fears and panic. Please please help me.

  72. For my sister who is a fallen away Catholic. She is coming to visit after shutting out the family for years and my prayer is that her heart will be softened and moved and healed.

  73. So wish that TR had had time for me this morning. It destroyed so much for me. Please make that he will make up for it today and cancel everything and everyone else. It pains me too much, and I don’t him busy today or tomorrow or to go back to school without going to the gym with him.

  74. Prayers for blessings of good health and safety for our grandson. Please let him develop into a healthy little boy. 🙏
    Prayers for healing blessings for our daughter.
    Prayers for healing graces for family and friends experiencing health issues.
    Prayers for peace in this world.

    Amen

  75. That I may not only accept Your will but want it.
    For our children and their future spouses: that they may be whole and well matched entering into marriage or become whole within the marriage.
    For my parents to return to the Lorda d that Dad may have the opportunity to serve the Kingdom at the Children’s Hospital.
    Dan and Katie, come to the Lord.
    Kevin return to the Lord.
    That our children and grandchildren will live near us so we can be in on their lives.

  76. That TR has more time for me. I cannot handle it at the moment that he is so busy. I destroyed a picture and deleted his chat. It pains me so much I couldn’t tolerate being let down this morning. So wish things could be easier for me and leave so many negative karmic imprints on me and I miss the chat so dearly, and I fear to return to the AC.