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NINE DAYS OF PRAYER

In honor of 

Saint Therese of Lisieux 

(The Little Flower)

Little Flower Novena Prayers

Saint Therese, who in your short life attained

angelic purity, generous love, and wholehearted

surrender to Almighty God, pray for us who

trust in you.

You have received the reward of your

virtues; obtain for us the grace to be pure of 

heart and to avoid whatever may tarnish any

virtue pleasing to Gog.

May we know in every need the power of 

your prayer for us. Comfort us in the sorrows of 

this life especially at its end, that we be worthy

to share your happiness in Heaven. Amen.

Pray for us Saint Therese, that we may

be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O Lord Who has said: “Unless you become as

little children, you shall not enter in the

Kingdom of Heaven,” grant us, we implore you,

to walk in the footsteps of Saint Therese. Amen.

Intention for the First Day

Faith

Almighty God and Creator of all things, to

overcome lukewarmness and inflamed souls

with Your Love, You have enriched the soul of 

Your Little Flower with such firm faith that she

longed to give her life for You. I ask You, by the

merits of her lively faith to infuse to me a like

faith. Grant that I may believe all the truthstaught by the Catholic Church and practice until

death all virtues. Amen. Our Father. . . Hail

Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Second Day

Hope

Almighty God, You Who are glorified in Yoursaints, grant me the gift of hope as evident in

the life of St. Therese, that I may believe firmly

in Your words: “Whatever you ask in My Name

shall be given to you.” As St. Therese turned

away from vanities of this world and

consecrated herself to You with complete

confidence, may I also turn from those vanities

and seek You alone, my love and my all. Amen.

Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Third Day

Love

My Jesus, grant that I may love You as much

as St. Therese, your little flower and say with

her: “ My Jesus, I beg You only for Your love,

without limit and without bounds. Grant my

Jesus, that I may love You as You have never

been loved.” And you, Saint Therese, help me to

be ever grateful to Him Who loves me so much.Amen. Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Fourth Day

Submission

My Lord and my God, You always will what is

best for me. As your Little Flower consecrated

herself to You to endure all sufferings and pain,

may I accept with perfect resignation and evencheerfulness all the hardships that come to me

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in life, that I may be able to say, as did Your

beloved spouse: “Jesus, I offer my hardships to

You in the Name of Your love.” Amen. Our

Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Fifth Day

Patience

My Lord, Innocence itself, You endured in all

forms of shameful treatment for love to me.

Give me the humility, self-denial and patience

to imitate Your spouse, St. Therese of the Child

Jesus, and say with all my heart: My despised

Jesus, grant me, by the merits of Your humility

and patience, to bear with a calm spirit all the

sufferings of this life and then to enjoy Your

company with Your spouse, the Little Flower.

Amen. Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Sixth Day

Simplicity 

My sweet Jesus, give me the charity and

simplicity of St. Therese. She said her mission in

Heaven would be to make others love God as

she loved Him, and to teach others to seek and

find God in the ‘little’ things in life. Grant that Imay not rest until I love God with all my

strength and with childlike simplicity of the

Little Flower. Amen. Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . .

Glory be

Intention for the Seventh Day

Humility 

My Jesus, give me the grace to virtue in little

things. It is sometimes difficult, but I trust in

Your goodness, and Your love for humble

persons. I am too weak to climb the ladder of perfection alone, but I know that I shall obtain

from You the help I hope for. I join the Little

Flower in asking You for this blessing. Amen.

Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Eighth Day

Doing For Others

My God and My Love, give me on earth the

same mission You gave Your Little Flower in

Heaven, of spending my life doing good to my

neighbor. My Jesus, help me to console all men

and encourage them to love You. May all love

You as Your Immaculate Mother, Your foster

Father St. Joseph, Your Holy Angels, and St.

Therese love You. Allow me to pray with her:

“Let Your divine glance rest upon a vast number

of little souls, worthy of Your love.” Amen. Our

Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

Intention for the Ninth Day

Happy Death

My dear Lord, grant me the samechildlike

love for You fosterfather and Your holy

Immaculate Mother as St. Therese, ask my great

protector and father, St. Joseph, and my holy

Mother, Mary, to obtain for me the grace of 

dying in the friendship of Jesus and expressing

your own words: “My God, I love You.” Amen.

Our Father. . . Hail Mary. . . Glory be

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