St. Therese of Lisieux is the topic of discussion tonight on EWTN Sunday Night Prime, 8 PM, Eastern time. (unless preempted by a Pope in America replay which is fine too!) God Bless.
If we don't see the show tonight it will re-air in the AM hours...eastern time or replay at 9AM monday ( ET)
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”(St Therese quotes) Novena Prayers Day Seven Dearest Saint Therese of Lisieux, you said that you would spend your time in heaven doing good on earth. Your trust in God was complete. Pray that He may increase my trust in His goodness and mercy as I ask for the following petitions… (State your intentions) Pray for me that I, like you, may have great and innocent confidence in the loving promises of our God. Pray that I may live my life in union with God’s plan for me, and one day see the Face of God whom you loved so deeply. Saint Therese, you were faithful to God even unto the moment of your death. Pray for me that I may be faithful to our loving God. May my life bring peace and love to the world through faithful endurance in love for God our savior. Loving God, St. Therese offered to You her weakness. Help me to see in my weakness an opportunity to rely completely on you. I rely on you, Lord. Help me to rely on you more! I accept your will, Lord. Help me to accept your will every day! I try to forgive, Lord. Help me to forgive 70 times 7 times! I am humble, Lord. Give me more humility! I see you, Lord. Help me to see you more! I trust you, Lord. Help me to trust you more! I love you, Lord. Help me to love you more! Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be…
That was a wonderful show. One story about St. Terese really stayed with me. They had her writing desk there on the show. A big clunky box. When Terese entered the Carmel she brought her nice writing desk from home, but when Celine entered the Carmel, Terese gave Celine her nice writing desk. Terese went up to the attic at Carmel and picked out the worse old clunky writing desk she could find. A big ridge down the side and rather hard to write upon. They explained how she would write upon. She would kneel and put the writing desk on her knees and then write. And that is how Terese a doctor of the church wrote her Story of a Soul. It also reminded me of Mother Teresa and her old gnarled feet. Mother Teresa would go and pick out the worse shoes from donations, so no else would have to wear them. I have changed my avatar to my statue of St. Terese and our Blessed Mother for St. Terese. Here's the picture{because I know me and I will change my avatar again}. View attachment 3512
On this feast day of the archangels it is fitting and just that the army of heaven glorify their Queen View attachment 3515 Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen. And may the army of heaven protect us View attachment 3516 Novena Prayers Day Eight Dearest Saint Therese of Lisieux, you said that you would spend your time in heaven doing good on earth. Your trust in God was complete. Pray that He may increase my trust in His goodness and mercy as I ask for the following petitions… (State your intentions) Pray for me that I, like you, may have great and innocent confidence in the loving promises of our God. Pray that I may live my life in union with God’s plan for me, and one day see the Face of God whom you loved so deeply. Saint Therese, you were faithful to God even unto the moment of your death. Pray for me that I may be faithful to our loving God. May my life bring peace and love to the world through faithful endurance in love for God our savior. Loving God, You loved St. Therese with a powerful love and made her a source of strength to those who had lost faith in You. Help me to pray with confidence for those in my life who do not believe they can be loved. I reflect you to the world, Lord. Help me to reflect you more clearly! I rely on you, Lord. Help me to rely on you more! I accept your will, Lord. Help me to accept your will every day! I try to forgive, Lord. Help me to forgive 70 times 7 times! I am humble, Lord. Give me more humility! I see you, Lord. Help me to see you more! I trust you, Lord. Help me to trust you more! I love you, Lord. Help me to love you more! Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be…
Today brings us to the end of our novena to St Therese I hope you enjoyed the journey as much as I enjoyed creating the daily reflections, At this time of year I am very lucky and love to look out my window at night to see orion's belt and sword, it makes me feel close to St Therese, she remarked once “how great was God that he initialled my name in the sky” when I look at the ‘T’ shaped stars I immediately think of St Therese as a girl looking towards the night sky. So the next time you glance towards the night sky and see the ‘T’ say hi and take comfort that Therese is always there saying a prayer for you and me. View attachment 3522 What little Therese did not know, God had also created a majestic rose in the heavens well before she was born, with that thought in mind as promised by St Therese to shower her roses, here is your end of novena rose to cherish for eternity. Rose Nebula View attachment 3521 Novena Day Nine.. Dearest Saint Therese of Lisieux, you said that you would spend your time in heaven doing good on earth. Your trust in God was complete. Pray that He may increase my trust in His goodness and mercy as I ask for the following petitions… (State your intentions) Pray for me that I, like you, may have great and innocent confidence in the loving promises of our God. Pray that I may live my life in union with God’s plan for me, and one day see the Face of God whom you loved so deeply. Saint Therese, you were faithful to God even unto the moment of your death. Pray for me that I may be faithful to our loving God. May my life bring peace and love to the world through faithful endurance in love for God our savior. Loving God, St. Therese never doubted that her life had meaning. Help me to see how I can bless and love everyone in my life. Especially… I love your people, Lord. Help me to love them more! I reflect you to the world, Lord. Help me to reflect you more clearly! I rely on you, Lord. Help me to rely on you more! I accept your will, Lord. Help me to accept your will every day! I try to forgive, Lord. Help me to forgive 70 times 7 times! I am humble, Lord. Give me more humility! I see you, Lord. Help me to see you more! I trust you, Lord. Help me to trust you more! I love you, Lord. Help me to love you more! Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be…
Thank you John for putting together this beautiful novena! Every day meant something to me. It is exactly what I have been praying for a while. It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to love. St Terese of Lisieux God bless you John
Well I was waiting on my rose and got the best surprise tonight I was given a very special rose a golden one and it was from both my mum's one on earth and my heavenly mother... View attachment 3551
I didn't receive a rose. Until, my pregnant daughter Amy, who knows she is having a little girl, (which will be our first granddaughter after 5 grandsons) said to me, 3 days ago, 'Mum, how do you like Rose as a second name for our baby?' I said 'Oh yes that is a beautiful name, and I really like it.' I was so inwardly joyful! A little Rose. This is the rose that St Therese has sent me. Anyway, that's how I feel about the choice of name.
