General Prayers

O Little Martyr of Love you know now even better than in the days of your pilgrimage that love embraces all vocations: that it is love alone that counts, which unites us perfectly with God and conforms our will with His. All you sought on earth was love; to love Jesus as He had never […]

Divine Jesus, Listen to my prayer. By my love I want to make You rejoice. You know well, I want to please You alone. Deign to grant my most ardent desire. I accept the trials of this sad exile To delight You and to console Your heart. But change all my works to love, O

I ardently beseech thee, dear Saint Therese, to obtain from Almighty God this grace, that with Mary and Joseph at my side I may die a peaceful and holy death strengthened by the sacraments of the Church and entirely resigned to God’s will. May my last words on earth be the dying prayer thou didst

Dear St. Therese, my Patroness, in imitation of thy example teach me to regard all trials and disappointments as special graces sent by God to elevate my thoughts and aspirations above those things that end with time. Let not the coldness of the world nor the indifference of creatures embitter me, but serve only to

O Little Flower of Jesus from the very first moment of your religious life you thought only of denying yourself in all things so as to follow Jesus perfectly; help me to bear patiently the trials of my daily life. Teach me to make use of the trials, the sufferings, the humiliations, that come my

Lord Jesus You said to us: Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Help us to follow St. Theresa on the road of simplicity, that we come to possess eternal blessings. You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever.

Let us pray. O Lord, You said: “Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Grant us so to follow in humility and simplicity of heart the footsteps of the virgin Therese that we may obtain everlasting reward. You are God, living and reigning forever. Amen.

Dear Little St. Theresa, by love and suffering while on earth you won the power with God you now enjoy in heaven. Since your life there began you have showered down countless blessings on this poor world. You have been the instrument made use of by your Divine Spouse to work countless miracles. I beg

Dear Little Flower of Carmel, bearing so patiently the disappointments and delays allowed by God, and preserving in the depths of your soul an unchanging peace, because you sought only God’s Will, ask for me complete conformity to that adorable Will in all trials and disappointments of life. If not it is true I shall