LITANY OF SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, etc.
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus,
Saint Therese of the Holy Face,
Saint Therese, spouse of Jesus,
Saint Therese, child of Mary,
Saint Therese, devoted to Saint Joseph,
Saint Therese, angel of innocence,
Saint Therese, model child,
Saint Therese, pattern of religious,
Saint Therese, flower of Carmel,
Saint Therese, zealous to save souls,
Saint Therese, converter of hardened hearts,
Saint Therese, healer of the diseased,
Saint Therese, filled with love for the Blessed Sacrament,
Saint Therese, filled with angelic fervor,
Saint Therese, filled with loyalty to the Holy Father,
Saint Therese, filled with a tender love for the Church,
Saint Therese, filled with extraordinary love for God and neighbor,
Saint Therese, wounded with a heavenly flame,
Saint Therese, victim of divine love,
Saint Therese, patient in sufferings,
Saint Therese, eager for humiliations,
Saint Therese, consumed with love of God,
Saint Therese, rapt in ecstasy,
Saint Therese, dedicated to pray for priests,
Saint Therese, who refused God nothing,
Saint Therese, who desired always to be as a little child,
Saint Therese, who taught the way of spiritual childhood,
Saint Therese, who gave perfect example of trust in God,
Saint Therese, whom Jesus filled with a desire for suffering,
Saint Therese, who found perfection in little things,
Saint Therese, who sought bitterness in this life,
Saint Therese, who told us to call thee "little Therese,"
Saint Therese, who gained countless souls for Christ,
Saint Therese, who promised after thy death a shower of roses,
Saint Therese, who foretold: "I will spend my Heaven doing good upon earth,"
Saint Therese, Patroness of the Missions,

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, Saint Therese,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let Us Pray
Hear our prayer, O Lord, we beseech Thee, as we venerate Saint Therese, Thy virgin and martyr of love and longing to make Thee loved, and grant us, through her intercession, the gift of childlike simplicity and the spirit of complete dedication to Thy divine service, Thou who livest and reignest world without end. R. Amen.
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St. Therese of the Child Jesus, The "Little Flower"; Born in 1873 in France of middle-class parents, the youngest of nine children, St. Therese entered the Carmelite convent in Lisieux at age 15 and lived a hidden life of great love of God through the practice of her "Little Way." She died in 1897 at age 24 after writing her autobiography, "The Story of a Soul", one of the most widely read spiritual books of all time. With St. Francis Xavier, she is Patron of the Missions. St. Pius X called St. Therese "the greatest saint of modern times."
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Barbara has a wonderful post about our beloved St. Therese of the Child Jesus.