Novena to St. Therese

Day 6

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to St. Therese

Opening prayer:

Dearest St. Thérèse of Lisieux, you promised to spend your heaven doing good upon earth. Your trust in God was complete. Teach me your Little Way of confidence and love, present these petitions to the Lord, and obtain for me the grace to love Him more each day. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 6: Forgiving and bearing with others

Thérèse received the gift of forgiving even when she felt hurt and misjudged. She chose to treat the sister who most irritated her as if she loved her dearly, smiling at her and seeking her company. To love the difficult, to bear wrongs in silence, to pray for those who wound us — this is charity tested in fire. Christ asks us to forgive not seven times, but seventy times seven.

Prayer for today:

Dear Thérèse, you loved most tenderly those who were hardest to love. Help me to forgive those who have wounded me and to bear patiently with the faults of others. Teach me to answer coldness with a smile, and to pray for all who try my heart. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to forgive and to bear with others in love.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Little Flower and Doctor of the Church, obtain for us the grace to do small things with great love, to trust Jesus in every trial, and to make our whole life an offering to His Merciful Love. Let fall upon us your shower of roses, and pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.