Pray with the prayers of Santa Teresita

“For me, prayer is an impulse of the heart, a simple gaze directed towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love, both in the midst of suffering and in the midst of joy. In a word, it is something great, something supernatural that It dilates my soul and unites me to Jesus.” This is the definition of the sentence according to Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face.

Praying to the little saint of Lisieux is very common today, in fact, some people aspire to pray “with” Therese and not “to” Therese. We know that this wonderful servant, who is regarded as the greatest saint of modern times for the church, she has left us many writings to follow her in her life of prayer. Here is an overview of the different prayers for pray with the prayers written by Saint Therese of Lisieux.

Saint Therese Morning Prayer

“My God, I offer you all the actions that I am going to do today, for the intentions and the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; I want to sanctify the beats of my heart, my thoughts and my simplest works, uniting them to his infinite merits, and repair my faults by pouring them into the furnace of his merciful love.

My God, I ask you for me and for those I love, the grace to perfectly fulfill your holy will; to accept, for your love, the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that one day we will meet in Heaven for all Eternity.

Amen.”

Source: Aleteia

Prayer of Saint Therese of Lisieux for religious profession

“Oh Jesus, my divine husband! May I never lose the second garment of my Baptism. Take me before I commit the slightest voluntary fault. May I never seek, and may I never find, anything outside of you; that the creatures are nothing to me and that I am nothing to them, but that you, Jesus, are everything…! May the things of the earth never come to disturb my soul, and may nothing disturb my peace. Jesus, I ask you for nothing but peace, and also love, an infinite love with no limits other than yourself, a love whose center is not me but you, my Jesus. Jesus, may I die a martyr for you, with the martyrdom of the heart or with that of the body, or better with both… Allow me to fulfill my vows with all perfection, and make me understand how your wife should be. May your will be fulfilled in me perfectly, and may I reach the place that you have gone ahead to prepare for me… Jesus, make me save many souls, that today not a single one be condemned and that all the souls in purgatory reach salvation… Jesus, forgive me if I say things I shouldn’t say, I just want to cheer you up and comfort you.”

Source: Or 2. «Ticket of his Profession».

Prayer of Saint Therese to obtain humility

“Jesus, when you were a pilgrim in our land, you told us: «Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart and their souls will find rest.”

Yes, mighty Monarch of the heavens, my soul finds its rest in you when I see how, clad in the form and nature of a slave, you lower yourself to the point of washing the feet of your apostles.

Then I remember those words you spoke to teach me to practice humility:

«I have given you this example so that what I did with you, you also do. The disciple is nothing more than his teacher… and knowing this, blessed are you if you put it into practice». I understand, Lord, these words coming from your meek and humble heart, and I want to practice them with the help of your grace.

How meek and humble of heart you seem to me, my love, under the veil of the Eucharist! To teach me humility, you can’t lower yourself anymore.

Every morning I resolve to practice humility, and at night I recognize that I have committed many lapses in pride. Seeing this, I am tempted to be discouraged, but I know that discouragement is also a form of pride. That is why I want, my God, to found my hope only in you.

Since you can do everything, make the virtue I desire be born in my soul. To attain this grace of your infinite mercy, I will repeat to you many times:

Jesus meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours!

Amen.”

Source: Aleteia, (Saint Therese of Lisieux, excerpt «Prayer to achieve humility», July 16, 1897).

specific sentences

Prayer of Saint Therese for future priests

“Divine Jesus, listen to the prayer that I address to you for the one who wants to be your missionary: protect him in the midst of the dangers of the world; make him feel more nothing and the vanity of passing things and the happiness of knowing how to despise them for your love. May his sublime apostolate be exercised, from now on, on the people around him and may he be an apostle worthy of your Sacred Heart! Oh Mary, sweet Queen of Carmel, to you I entrust the soul of the future priest, whose little and unworthy sister I am! Deign to teach him, from this moment, the love with which you touched and covered the Divine Child Jesus, so that one day he can climb the Holy Altar, carrying the King of Heaven in his hands. I also ask you to give him shelter under your virginal mantle, until the happy moment when, abandoned this valley of tears, he can contemplate your splendor and enjoy, for all eternity, the fruits of his glorious apostolate!”

Source: Prayer of 1895.

Prayer of Saint Therese for Christmas

The following is an excerpt from a play written by Saint Teresa, “The Angels in the Manger.” This is a beautiful prayer that can be said on Christmas Eve:

“Word God, glory of the Father,

I looked at you in the sky

and now I see you on earth

turned into a mortal.

Child, whose light floods

to the angels who live in the bright abode;

you come to save the world,

who will understand your love?

Oh God, wrapped in swaddling clothes,

you are the sublime charm of the angels of heaven.

Before you, word made child,

I bow humble and trembling.

Who will understand the mystery

of a God turned into a child?

to the earth is banished

the Eternal Almighty!

Jesus, supreme beauty,

answer I want your love:

so you can see mine

I will watch over you night and day.”

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