While there are several different novenas to St. Therese, here is a shorter, more accessible version. Comment below with any answered prayers from this wonderful saint!
O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands…
(Mention your request)
St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.
Who Was St. Therese?
St. Therese of Lisieux is one of only four female Doctors of the Church and one of the most famous Catholic saints. Her “Little Way” to Heaven has inspired generations to increase in holiness. Despite this, she remains one of the most relatable saints of modern times, having struggled with very human weaknesses and living a very ordinary life.
Famous for sending her devotees flowers, the Little Flower is a powerful intercessor and friend and has performed many miracles in my lifetime. While her intercession in Heaven is powerful and miraculous, her time on earth seemed rather ordinary from human eyes.
Therese was born into a large, loving family, the daughter of a watchmaker and a lace maker. Her parents had suffered multiple tragedies, having lost two baby boys and one baby girl, and their five-year-old daughter within three years.
St. Therese was their last child, whom they feared they would lose too due to her poor health. But against all odds, she overcame her illness and grew up to be an expressive and emotional child. She was known to be rather stubborn and mischievous, getting extremely upset when she would not get her way. But she was also capable of great joviality and happiness. As she grew, she grew in virtue.
Therese experienced many tragedies throughout her life.
At the young age of four, St. Therese lost her mother. Her previously sunny disposition disappeared, and she became sensitive and withdrawn. Her older sister, Pauline, became a second mother figure to her. When Pauline entered the Carmelite Monastery, Therese was but nine years old and heartbroken once again. She fell very ill after Pauline left, and the doctors were at a loss. In immense suffering, Therese turned to a statue of Our Lady and prayed for relief. She recounts how the Virgin’s face became radiant, and Therese was cured.
She became determined to also join the Carmelites – not to follow her sister, but because she felt called to serve Jesus in that way.
Many years of spiritual trial followed, including struggling with scrupulosity. Her sister, Marie, also joined the Carmelites, Therese, now having lost her third mother figure, was still unable to join the convent. At fifteen, Therese faced challenges in attempting to join the convent but was eventually successful. There, her spiritual life flourished, and she grew closer and closer to Jesus and Mary.
Here, she discovered the “Little Way” to Heaven. Like elevators that quickly lift passengers from floor to floor without effort, Therese knew she could not perform great deeds for God, and so looked for a spiritual “elevator.” Using inspiration from Scripture, she became like a little child spiritually and performed small deeds with great love. She knew she was incapable of good deeds on her own, and so gave herself to Christ so that He could work through her.
More and more, Therese grew in charity at Carmel. She patiently bore the other nuns’ shortcomings and irritating habits. She even devoted herself to assisting the crotchety nun that no one else wanted to help.
At the young age of twenty-four, Therese fell ill with tuberculosis. At the request of Prioress Mother Marie de Gonzague, St. Therese wrote her life story, titled Story of a Soul. She died with immense peace, filled with love of God. She promised to spend her time in Heaven doing good on earth – and she has made good on her promise. The Carmelites began to receive favors from her just months after her death, and devotion to the saint spread after Story of a Soul was published.
Today, St. Therese is famous for her “Shower of Roses” and is one of the more well-known saints. Her help is known to be miraculous and quick, sometimes sent with a rose.
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I’m sure … you’ve heard this … by everyone, at all times >
“The Gospel is the Faith.”
“The Gospel is the Faith.”
“The Gospel is the Faith.”
THE GOSPEL IS *NOT* THE FAITH … ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC HOLY SPIRIT.
“The Gospel is the Faith” … is 100% *automatically* excommunicating … anti-Christ heresy.
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The following is being … HIDDEN from you … with malice and treachery to ease you
into never-ending Hell … outside of God’s Catholic Church.
The soul saving Catholic Dogmas … have been aggressively torn away from you …
by those you trust most.
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Please refer to my site > http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com > Internet top 1% site >
19,700 Catholic citations … Sources of Dogma and non-Dogma citations … No “AI”
The soul damning lie > shoved at you, endlessly > “The Gospel is the Catholic Faith.”
The soul saving truth > The Catholic Sources of Dogma of the Holy Spirit … is the Catholic Faith
that saves souls … period.
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Council of Florence, Session 8, Pope Eugene IV, 22 Nov 1439 — Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
“Whoever wills to be saved, before all things it is necessary that he holds the Catholic Faith. Unless
a person keeps this Faith whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish eternally.”
Vatican Council of 1870, Pope Pius IX, Session 2 — Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
“This true Catholic Faith, outside of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess and truly hold …
in all its completeness and purity.” (etc-etc-etc, many Dogmas on this)
The Bible, the Bible, the Bible … says 31 times the Dogma is the Faith … scriptures listed here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_58.html
And … the Bible states … 50 times … that it is not the authority on Faith >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_6.html
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Five undeniable events … *have* removed you from God’s Catholic Church … and have you currently in
a state where you *cannot* get to Heaven … unless corrected, remedy follows.
Crucial > I’m setting aside for a moment … that “baptisms” were falsified in the … vatican-2 heresy on
15 May 1969 they’re all invalid … more on this stunning evil follows.
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Event 1 >
The “vatican-2 council” sixteen documents of 1965 have … 200+ heresies *against* Catholic Dogma
from the Catholic Dogmatic Councils of … Trent, Florence, Vienne, Lateran, etc.
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12.html And > 12-B and 12-C
The “vatican-2 council” documents even scream the devil’s “religious freedom” heresy … 20 times
Listed here > http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12.1.3.html
Section 2 > See 242 Catholic citations against the devil’s “religious freedom” heresy.
The Catholic Church NEVER taught … soul damning anti-Christ “religious freedom”.
Listed here > http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_2.html
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Event 2 >
Every bishop of the world … approved by signature these heresies … on 8 December 1965.
Every bishop of the world … fell *automatically* excommunicated for heresy on this date.
The vatican-2 heresy founded in 1965 … cannot possibly be the Catholic Church.
Council of Florence, Session 11, 4 February 1442 — Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
“The Holy Roman Church … condemns, reproves, anathematizes and declares to be outside the
body of Christ, which is the Church, whoever holds opposing or contrary views.”
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Event 3 >
The Catholic *automatic* excommunication Dogma defines … there has been no one in the world …
who can ordain priests or consecrate bishops after … 8 December 1965.
Automatic excommunication Dogma of the Holy Spirit listed on my site here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_13.2.html (103 total citations)
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Event 4 >
All properties around the world … which have Catholic signs … *all subscribe to and enforce*
the vatican-2 cult heresies … that are in the “vatican-2 council” documents.
Soul damning lies that … heretics may be getting to Heaven … un-Baptized pagans may be getting to
Heaven … “ignorance” is a loophole into Heaven … “baptism of desire” is a way to Heaven … etc-etc-etc.
These are all lies that you are participating in … in the devil’s vatican-2 heretic cult … that have Catholic signs
on their buildings … and guys dressed like priests.
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Event 5 >
The now … vatican-2 heresy buildings … which were *formerly* Catholic properties … are properties
of a heretic cult … the same as any other heresy such as “presbyterian”, “lutheran”, “baptist”, etc.
Physical participation in a heretic cult … such as the vatican-2 heresy (which has no priests) …
*automatically* excommunicates you from the Catholic Church.
Catholic Dogma of the Holy Spirit on this is listed here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_13.2.2.html
Catholic authored scriptures … to avoid heretic cults … in defense of this Dogma are listed here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_13.2.2.1.html
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Pray the Mass prayers at home … to not participate in the anti-Christ, anti-Catholic, vatican-2 soul damning cult.
Use the New Roman Missal … Fr. Lasance on the cover … 1945 widely available.
Do not buy from anti-Christ … Angelus press, fssp, or sophia institute.
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Selected vatican-2 heresies proving that the Catholic Church … has lost it’s properties to a heretic cult.
*ONE* heresy against Dogma makes a group to be non-Catholic … I list *400* vatican-2 heresies here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12.html > 50 “council” heresies with Catholic corrections
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12-B.html > 150 “council” heresies with Catholic corrections
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12-C.html > Selected 200 heresies currently on the Vatican website
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Photographic *proof* of apostasy … is 100% compelling.
Group leaders for the … vatican-2 heresy dressed like bishops … taking all sorts of actions to
confirm the errors of … muslims, jews, buddhists, hindus, (other) heretics … which works
to shove them toward never-ending Hell.
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_13.html
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_12.12.2.html
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Has something been … grating on your nerves for decades … such as people dressed as bishops
kissing the “koran” and signing “agreements” with those in the “orthodox” heresy ?
Now you know.
Your worrisome suspicions are *correct* … you have been eased … *out* of the Catholic Church of
the Catholic God … without leaving the buildings with Catholic signs … and are thus
being shoved toward Hell.
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R E M E D Y … and always the same remedy …
To enter the Catholic Church and thus … leave the vatican-2 heretic cult which
is causing the *loss* of your immortal soul … it is the four steps here >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_2.1.html
Critically … these four steps include water Baptism … since Montini (a.k.a. “paul-6) … falsified “baptism”
in the vatican-2 heresy on 15 May 1969 … proven on Section 7.7.
Returning to a state of grace after sin … when there are no priests … is identified
by the Dogma listed on Section 10.2 >
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_10.2.html
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Not … seeing this … undeniable apostasy in your soul ?
Ask the Blessed Virgin for help, she’ll be there *quickly*.
The prayers on Section 4.1 … are for this purpose.
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_4.1.html
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The Blessed Virgin foretold in the Old Testament … 40 times … and
foretold to be *bodily* in Heaven … as seen in Apocalypse 12:1 (revelation in fake “bibles”)
http://www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_4.4.html
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