Novena Prayer to St. Therese of Lisieux
St. Therese, the Little Flower,
please pick me a rose from the Heavenly Garden
and send it to me with a message of love.
Ask God to grant me the favor I thee implore
( mention petition here)
and tell Him I will love Him each day more and more. Amen.
Pray the above prayer along with the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father), Hail Mary, and Glory Be — 5 times each.
Prayers are to be recited on 5 successive days and before 11 am.
On the 5th day, recite the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, an additional 5 times.
The Power of Prayer
As the Prophet Isaiah reminds us, “God’s ways are not our ways” (Is 55:7-8). This Scripture verse is a good reminder that although every prayer is answered; no novena prayer is a guarantee we will receive the results we are asking for. What we can always be certain of, God will answer our prayers, and they will be for our ultimate good. The answer to every prayer I’ve ever offered to Jesus has been, at the very least, the gift of great and abiding peace.
Saint Therese is known to send a rose as an indication your prayers have been received and offered to Jesus on your behalf. My most amazing experience with St. Therese’s Shower of Roses came during the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! You can read that story — and her crazy saintly intercessions HERE!!
If you get a rose, please share your story below!!
The rose, in my experience, can appear in many different forms. I have received an actual rose, a picture of a rose, the word “rose,” landed in a rose bush, and even heard the name rose … but I have never been left without St. Therese blessing me with one!
Thank you, St Therese for you intercession. Helping my son with his case.
Glory be to God
I’m search for a rosary to pray while praying the 5 day Novena to St Theresa.
Do you know if there is one?
I’m not sure what you mean? You can pray the Rosary, as you would normally, during the 5 days. I don’t know of any St. Therese Rosary novenas. There’s a wonderful Undoer of Knots Rosary novena, and one for done Jan 1 – 9 to celebrate the anniversary of Venerable Patrick Peyton’s birth.
Can I say my Novena at home or does it have to be in a church. I was also wondering do I leave 5 copies in the church. The last time I done this novena I had to leave copies. Many Thanks
These are great questions!! First the novena can be prayed anywhere. And, absolutely no copies need to be left any place.
The prayer card I have says to pray before 11 am each day, but honestly, I have prayed at different times and I still got my rose indicating my prayer was heard.
Blessings!!
Just wanted to share it..I have just received 7 roses today during the novena. I am so grateful for this my lovely St Theresa.
Thank you St There for your intercession … I saw a rose!
Thank you St. Therese for sending me my rose, and for presenting my prayers for my granddaughters lungs to God. Glory be to the father the son and the holy ghost amen.
I prayed this novena because I was having cold feet before my wedding and was seriously considering breaking off my engagement. My fiancé and I prayed a novena to the Holy Spirit and I prayed this privately as well. I asked for a white rose if we were meant to break up and a red rose if we should get married. Over the course of our novena to the Holy Spirit we resolved our concerns and today I finished this novena. I hadn’t seen my rose and was getting ready for bed. My roommate got a package that had been delayed and wanted to show me a new outfit she’d ordered. The pants were covered in red roses haha 😂
I absolutely LOVE THIS story!! I am so happy you shared it!!