Day 1 – St. Therese Novena 2015

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  1. i pray for Neela to get all the help she needs to grow up normally.
    I pray for my whole family to grow in holiness. I pray for the graces and blessings to live this world without difficulty. I pray for inner healing for every one.

  2. Santa Teresita
    Please pray for me and my husband, to be able to conceive and have a beautiful son or daughter; of if its not God’s will, to be able to become a family some other way. Guide us and give us the patience to believe and accept Jesus’ intention of our lives.
    Amen

  3. I pray my children return to active faith. I pray that my husband and I grow closer. I pray for healing- physically, emotionally and mentally.

  4. Dear St. Therese,
    Please intercede for a mom of 6 battling stage 4 cancer.
    Has spread to liver & lymph glands.
    Her baby is only 2. Her husband also needs support & strength.

    Please intercede for our son, suffering from shame of drug use damage & depression/anxiety. Free him from the evil grasp of this. He thinks having a life & friends again is unreachable.

    Please intercede for our grand babies & our children living far away. For their safety & fidelity to Christ.

    Thanks be to God for all of his blessings & mercy & love.

  5. That all here find their prayers and intentions are heard and fulfilled by our Lord, Jesus. My prayers are for my family…that we always enjoy good health, love one another, have those things that we need to live a good life and to help others enjoy the same. And that our Lord sees fit to bring financial security to us so that the constant stress will end and the lives of our children and grandchildren will be helped by our ability to see that they are financially cared for always. I ask these things in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
    I also pray for Annie and John Paul who brought us this blessed site and pray so hard for all of us. Thank you both and God bless you.

  6. That all here find their prayers and intentions are heard and fulfilled by our Lord, Jesus. My prayers are for my family…that we always enjoy good health, love one another, have those things that we need to live a good life and to help others enjoy the same. And that our Lord sees fit to bring financial security to us so that the constant stress will end and the lives of our children and grandchildren will be helped by our ability to see that they are financially cared for always. I ask these things in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

  7. Dear St Theresa I come to you for intercession to God . that my pressure which is anew health problem ho down as fast as it has been diagnosed. That my daughter c puts to bed safely. N should find truth in the new friend she has found so they get on well. That r comes back to church.

  8. I pray, dear St. Therese, for your intercession before the throne of God for my daughter Anna – that she may be healed of her misophonia, anxiety, and depression, and that she may return to our Lord Jesus and His Church! Thank you for doing so much good on Earth! I strive to be holy and to follow your example and that of all the saints.

  9. Please pray for me and my family for financial restoration from the very difficult past 7 years. Please pray that we continue to have faith in God.

  10. Please may i request for your prayers as i am going through rough times away from my family and children. I wish for my good future to have me directed to the right path where i am right now. I know its the Lord who put me in this situation even it hurts to be away from loved ones, hoping that i was put in this situation because He has something for me and my kids. Please help me pray for that direction. So me and my kids will have a good future away from the past bad experiences. Thank you.

  11. Dearest St. Theresa, please intercede for me to the Lord our God that He may guide our elder Son Michael in his plans for his future career and life, that our Son may realize the importance of time and to be able to decide on what is best for his future. May the Lord keep him in the right path of his life and to grow his love in him and keep him close with Him all his life through. St. Theresa, please also intercede for me that if it is truly God’s plan, then may His plans be fulfilled for me and may I have the strength and ability to carry out His Will as he wishes for the benefit of his people. Lastly St. Theresa, I pray for my Brother in Law who is having problem with his mother and the family and who has left home with his family for good and never wanted to return nor to speak to his Mother, his brothers and sister again. St. Theresa, please intercede for him that the Lord will give him a forgiving and loving heart and that one day he will turn back and reunite with his Mother, and the whole family again. Dearest St. Theresa, I place all my intensions in your good hands to deliver them to the Lord who is Kind, Loving and Merciful. I will anxiously wait for my roses my Dearest St. Theresa and please pass on my kisses to Jesus and tell Him that I will always Love Him and will always love His Dearest Mother Mary who is our Mother too, now and forever. Praise the Lord, Amen.

  12. Dear St. Therese, I pray that you intercede on my behalf for my son Chris to get into a college where he will have good roommates and do your will. I also pray that the career opportunities that are presented to my husband will be those that glorify your name and contribue to a less stressful family life. I pray for peace, love, respect, compassion and more empathy in our family. Thank you Jesus for all our blessings.

    • Special request for oilfield to get better in LA; so many layoffs. For my husband’s oil company to be prosperous. He is 69 yrs old. That we prosper enough to where I can be of service for others.

  13. Please pray for me to be more patient with my husband and that he shows me more respect and love in all ways possible. Thank you. God bless you all.
    SH

  14. Please keep my family and those close to me safe and healthy. That we have patience and charity with one another. Guide us to do your will and live in your unshakable peace. Amen.

  15. Please pray for my son Chris that he will come to know and accept our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in his heart and love Him.
    And that he will also believe in Our Holy Mother and accept her as his Heavenly Mother.
    Thank you
    God Bless
    EC

  16. Thank Dear st. Therese for your iterccession. I pray that you conect me to my spouse, I pray for good health of mind long liFe & prosperity, I pray for deliveranc from enemies, I pray for Strategic biz ideas & financial upliftment I pray for faour & blessings… This & lots more I ask through Christ our Lord, Amen!!!

  17. Thank you St Therese for interceding on my behalf, I am waiting in anticipation to see those roses. By the power of the Holy Spirit, I pray that all our requests are granted in Jesus Mighty Name
    My intentions are below
    Dear Jesus, Please rekindle the love between my husband and I
    Dear Jesus, please let my love grow back into my husband’s hear
    Dear Jesus, please let my husband soften his heart to me
    Dear Jesus, please let my husband make passionate love to me
    In Jesus Mighty Name I Pray, I place my trust in you Sacred a Heart of Jesus.
    Hallelujah, my prayers have been answered. AMEN!!!

  18. St Theresa di aso please intercede for me and my husband that God almighty will heal us of our infertility and bless our union with children of our own in Jesus name I pray Amen!!!

  19. Lord Jesus may my son george pass his exams and gain admission into d university and may my sis be happily married and may you grant male children to my brother and to another friut of the womb. May you heal my husband and may you release his salaries through CHRIST our Lord Amen

  20. Thank you for this wonderful novena. I pray this novena for my own personal healing. I pray I find balance, self worth, and control over my actions. Amen and thank you.

  21. I pray for the discernment of my vocation and that it will be peaceful and joyful, I certainly hope that it is a religious vocation! Please pray for me and, of course, I will be praying for all of you!!! :D

  22. I pray that my daughter Logi may experience the touch of Jesus, that she experience a private and personal meeting with Jesus Christ. That she receive Jesus’s healing touch and she be saved from all evil and perpetual torture and attack by satan and all evil spirits, Amen

  23. With this novena i pray that i may get gainfull employment very soon to save my mothers house since we are bothe unemployed and struggling to pay the bond.

  24. I pray for my daughter, who is struggling with friends and the trials of being a teenager. I pray that God will bring her a true friend that will accept her for who she is. Mother Mary and St. Therese, I ask for your intercession and prayers of protection for my daughter, keep her safe from harm and wickedness. I ask this through the powerful intercession of our dearly beloved Lord, Jesus Christ.
    Amen

  25. I like the idea of podcasting, but could you include text also? I would like to pray along with the audio also instead of just listening to it.
    Thank you,
    Viola

  26. Pleas Pray for my children because they are not going every Sunday for mass .
    Pray for me to find a job for me.
    Pray for good health for the hole family.
    Thank you for Praying for us God Bless.

  27. I pray for my daughter that she may have the strength to cope and also my granddaughters that they may get through the coming weeks with as little stress as possible .
    I already receive your novenas.

  28. I pray for my boyfriend…that he may find peace in his heart. That he will find his true identity, and that God guide him along his path. I pray that he will turn away from fear and anger, and find love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and courage in his life. Amen.

  29. I pray for my son Michael for healing and for success in his studies. May God help him to be aware of good and bad. May he choose the correct path and come back to church. Amen.

  30. This reply is for the podcast, I think this is a brilliant idea. Thank you sooooo much Annie and John-Paul. May God bless you always as you strive to bring more people closer to God.

  31. Thanking God for the gift of life over me and my family.
    Praying for financial favours t̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣̥ settle our honest debts,t̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣̥ pay our rent,t̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣̥ buy our baby things needed both at the hospital and at Home,t̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣̥ take care of our immediate needs and our pressing obligations..
    Praying for my safe delivery without surgery.
    Thank Ʊ St Therese for your intercession.

  32. Please pray for my son Thomas to be cured of his mental illness and become a fervent Catholic. Also pray that my son Matthew will return to the Faith with great devotion.

  33. Please pray for the forth coming wedding of my daughter Candyce Samantha Myburgh who is getting married on the 19/12/2015 in Johannesburg South Africa. That our Lord and Saviour with all the saint and angels and our Mother Mary be with her and her future spouse Keegan Latergan, entering in holy matrimony. That our Lord may perform a miracle the same as at the wedding at Canaan. May the day be glorious and with beautiful sunshine. And my they start their journey into their marriage with the Blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Father in heaven and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

  34. Please pray for the forth coming wedding of my daughter Candyce Samantha Myburgh who is getting married on the 19/12/2015 in Johannesburg South Africa. That our Lord and Saviour with all the saint and angels and our Mother Mary be with her and her future spouse Keegan Latergan, entering in holy matrimony. That our Lord may perform a miracle the same as at the wedding at Canaan. May the day be glorious and with beautiful sunshine. And my they start their journey into the marriage with the Blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Father in heaven and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

  35. I want to say a special prayer for nurses and teachers. These professions are special to me. I know many hard working nurses and teachers that take their work so seriously. I pray that people do not take advantage of people in these professions. I know so many women that have gone out of their way for others on the job. God Bless all nurses and teachers!!!You are very special.

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    нєℓρ υѕ ωιтн fιиαи¢ιαℓ иєє∂ѕ,му ∂αυgнтєя ιи ѕ¢нσσℓ,нєℓρ мє ωιтн ∂ℓ и αℓℓ мє иєє∂ѕ.αмєи

  37. St Terese, bless my girl Gina with a miraculous strength within her soul to stop using and craving drugs now and forever.
    In my life, there has never been anything more that I have needed and wanted begged for.
    Amen and thank you

  38. Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for running this service. I pray more now because of it. That in itself is an answer to prayer. It brings me closer to Our Lord and His saints. May God bless you as you continue this holy work.

  39. Dear St. Therese, please intercede for us . Please pray for the fast and full recovery of my sister after her delivery and that our dear baby Chester will stay healthy. May my brother in law be more responsible for his family.

  40. Dear St. Theresa, you have been a special saint to me since my childhood. During this novena, I am praying for my husband to overcome his depression and fully reconcile with his mother.

    I am also praying for my grown son to return to his Catholic faith and to bring his wife and sons along with him!

    Thirdly, I am praying for a safe and holy trip to Philly as I make a pilgrimage there to see Pope Francis.

  41. Praying for all those going through the inmigration process, that the good Lord may see them through and they may het their legal documents in place. Praying especially for Ndem, Nkombu, Desmons and myself.
    Also praying that the good Lorday shine His light of grace on my brother Acha’s path and make it a successful one;beyond comprehension.
    Amen.

  42. Dear St. Therese,

    Please ask the Lord to give me the clarity to see my vocation so that I may serve Him in all my little ways.

    Thank you

  43. That my sister and her husband will return to the Catholic faith, and that my cousin will consider joining the Catholic faith.

  44. Dear St. Therese,

    Please intercede for us.

    I pray that I will find a job where I will be successful in and my parents will be proud of.

    I also pray that my friend gets the job offer at Quicken Loans and becomes successful.

    Thank you, St. Therese, for interceding and praying for us. Amen.

  45. Dear Saint Therese,
    Please intercede for us.
    I pray for a genuine reconciliation and the humility to do my part.
    I pray that the next step be revealed in order to heal my family.

  46. Father God through St Therese intercession I ask you to help me be a better wife. Change my heart. Help me to love Jesus by loving my husband. Bless my whole family heal our hurts and help us forgive. I humbly ask to be help my son Luis in college. Surround him with good Godly friends. Help him find his laptop Lord! Convict the persons heart who took it to return it. He needs your love.

  47. Dear St. Therese please intercede for us and ask God for a revival of the faith of my family and all families. Also, please help my son, Daniel, to quickly get a career job and expedite his long overdue diploma.
    Thank you for the multitude of gifts you have given us!
    And please help me to want to do penance for all my sins.

  48. Dear St. Teresita, please pray for our family. Pray for me ..I’m having knee surgery in 2 1/2 weeks. Please pray for my son to get marry in the Catholic Church and bring my father back to the church. Thank you, St. Teresita, for interceding and praying for us. Amen.

  49. God Almighty, i thank you for the gift of being called your child. I come to you for thanks giving in everything and blessings that you have granted me. How i pray that Lord you will grant me with a job at this particular time and more so the one desired by my heart. I claim for it and i know you will grant me the desires of my heart (Psalm 37:4) in Jesus Name. May it be according to your Mighty plan and Will. Amen.

  50. My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I would like to join you in praying for all your intentions and supplications, I would also like to request you to pray for my Family. My wife is expecting and I pray for safe delivery for both her and the baby. I also pray for our dream house, God has already blessed us with the plot of land and we are now looking forward to building a house we shall call home. We pray for financial breakthrough to enable us carry out this task. Thank you Father, Thank you Jesus, Thank you Holy Spirit.

  51. I pray for relief from our overwhelming financial debt and the ability to be able to help pay for our children to further their education. May my family never forget the goodness of God and his many blessings.

  52. I’m praying this novena and asking that St. Therese will help me to find a good group of friends here who will help me live my faith. All of my close friends live far away and it has been a very lonely time for me because I have not been able to find any decent friends my age here.

  53. Dear St Therese help me to reach Jesus through the eyes and soul of a little child. Make me pure in spirit. I am in such need of a loving hand from heaven to carry me. Please return my beloved son Christopher back to live permanately with his mother. No legal strings attatched. Help me to forgive those that hurt us. Such as Mother Mary forgave us for what happened to her son. Lovingly ME

  54. St Therese, i dedicate this novena to the man I love but he is going to marry someone else.I pray for him to be happy and the kids. Please make people involved to shame and bring out their intention to light before the wedding . I pray that you may intervene and console and heal my pain am feeling and get me a man who can appreciate me . I have faith that you’ll see me through these very tough times. I pray this novena trusting and believing that all shall be well with ME. Amen

  55. Please pay for my son. He has a wife and four sons. He has not been working very well the last couple of years (because of the economie).
    He has turned to drinking, he has now been told he has diabetes. When he is working he is good and doesn’t drink and takes his meds.
    Please pray that he gets a job that keeps him working.

  56. pray for me Lord, that I may seek guidance in you in everything that I do or say. Help me, to love you more and more.
    bless everyone that I love.
    Help me to forgive everyone that has hurt me, and they too, I ask for forgiveness from them.
    Lord, bless me with the man who will be able to look after myself and my son. A man you have put forth amongst everyone to take care of us with your guidance.
    amen

  57. For my little sister, Ann Marie, who is battling A.L.L. Leukemia, that she may remain in remission and eventually be cured. That my other little sister, Margaret, may find a good paying job with benefits. Thank you, St. Therese

  58. I pray for a good and holy husband for my daughter. Please send her a signal grace to keep her hopes up. I also pray for good and holy wives for my sons. For purity and chastity for all of my children and grandchildren. Thank you dear Saint Therese!

  59. I pray for my granddaughter Morgan to find peace in herself and realize that she is a good person and no words said to her in malice shall hurt her.
    I pray this in Jesus’s name.

    Amen

  60. For my son Brett who is proposing to his girlfriend Hannah later today. Hannah does not want to marry in the Catholic Church so I pray the Holy Spirit will touch Brett’s heart so he can lovingly talk to Hannah and change her mind (with God’s help of course) regarding this. Pray God’s will for their lives. I’m struggling with having my son marry outside the Church but am trusting in God to work it all out. Pray I will be faithful to God as He has always neen faithful to me and that I will open my heart to Hannah and love her unconditionally. Amen.

  61. Praying that the good Lord will help me raise my children’s school fees. Especially my Daughter who’s is still at home. God hear my prayers. Praying that God takes away this severe pains I feel on legs & foot with my mum. We pray for healing mercy, Lord Jesus Pls help me with my new business, cause men & women to locate me & patronise me. In Jesus Mighty Name. Amen. Rejoicing that it is well with Us through Christ Our Lord. Amen

  62. Am praying for good health of mind and body for me and my household. I pray for healing and that my healing shall remain permanent in Jesus name amen.

  63. I pray for my children and myself for emotional healing, for a new faithful spouse and a restored family according to God’s will. St. Therese pray for us!!

  64. St. Therese, please intercede for me to our
    Lord. That Sophie has a successful surgery and the two masses on her kidney are not cancer. I also ask that I get to the bottom of my illness soon. Amen

  65. My niece, Ashley, was diagnosed with leukemia yesterday. She is my Godchild. Please pray for her health and well being and the selection of her doctors be of the best care for her. She is a senior in college. May the gentle hand of Jesus be with her as she endures the treatment to rid her of this disease. I pray this in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
    Thank you for praying with me and please keep my sister, Marianne, and her husband, David, in your prayers as this is very difficult for them. Amen

  66. Praying for God to bless our company Entapps Limited to grown exponentially in service delivery and wealth. God open our office doors to new customers and great employees.

  67. Prayers for my son Mike that his brain tumor is not coming back or malignant. For his headaches to go away & not be a tumor. That he continue going back to church regularly and pray everyday. He can servive the pressures of his job. salvation, conv. And reconciliation for him! All the family.That Bob sells his house for a good ,fair price and soon, …finds a job.. Success with his indevors. Good health, leg, walking needs a miracle. Jobs for Tink and Brian. Finances for me and family members in need of prayers. J & me stay healthy through all our family problems. Can get to our projects and do them. Success for Matt in new job, Him understand me! Not think me crazy w/ my advice. Pat to like it here! .. Kel, to find a good holy catholic man to marry who loves her! Jack’s eyes and arthritis to get well and stay that way! Our cars to be reliable. If Inshould take that trip or not! Our furnace and h.w.tank to not cause problems! Tom do well in his job. Lose weight! Mark to get better soon. Ally too! ..MS & Sue, Jack to drink less! All I may add Peace, for all of us and safety and good health.

  68. New Beginnings with my job and God give me/provide me with the health and fitness you intended me to have. Help me overcome the anxiety about my job situation

  69. That my son Leo find his way
    Out of the snares of the computer World and back into reality and find peace with true friends and a true love for our faith

  70. I pray that I may have a better job that will allow me to honour my debts and buy my kids a home that they so desparately would love to have.

  71. I pray to you St Theresa that you intercede on my behalf to our Lord. With all my heart and soul I pray that I may have a better job that will allow me to honour my debts and buy my kids a home that they so desparately would love to have.

  72. I pray to you St Therese that you deliver me from debt.
    I have been in a struggle so long I don’t know where to turn? I am asking you intercede for me help me to find
    A good job and also I pray to you in order for the release
    Of my money please . All my friends turns they back on me. Please open they heart so they can reach out to me I thanks you in advance. And also my health!!!
    Thank you..

  73. Please pray for me for these my intentions:

    Get hired soon at a job where I’m going to feel happy working there.
    Earn enough money to pay all my bills.
    Pass my board exam before this year ends.

    Thank you and God bless,
    Annie

  74. I pray to you St Theresa that you intercede on my behalf to our Lord. With all my heart and soul I pray that my daughter Roxanne returns to Church and her Faith strengthens. May she find comfort and peace with You. I know this requires a miracle but I also know if she does change she would be forever faithful????????. She is kind hearted but being fooled by today’s society.

    Amen!