NOVENA TO ST. TERESA OF JESUS
(OCTOBER 6 – 14)
October 15: Solemnity of St. Teresa of Jesus.
HYMN:
1. All hail the day Teresa’s soul
Wings like a snowy dove its way
From Alba’s cell toward the goal
Of all blest spirits: Hail the day!
2. She bears the Bridegroom’s welcome fair
‘Come, my beloved sister, now
From Carmel’s summit – come to share
The Lamb’s high feast, with light-crowned brow.’
3. Jesus, celestial choirs adore
You, Bridegroom of all virgins pure,
And wedding-songs unceasing pour,
While endless ages shall endure.
First Day (October 6)
Intention: For the gift of faith and of devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament
O most amiable Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the great gift of faith and of devotion to the Holy Sacrament, which you granted to your beloved Teresa; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your faithful spouse, we be granted the gift of a fervent devotion towards the most Holy Sacrament of the altar where you, O Infinite Majesty! has obliged yourself to abide with us even to the end of the world, and wherein you did so lovingly give your whole Self to us.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray
Graciously hear us, O God, our salvation! That as we rejoice in the commemoration of St. Teresa, our mother, so we may be nourished by her heavenly doctrine and draw from thence the fervour of a tender devotion. We ask this, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen.
St. Teresa of Jesus, pray for us.
Second Day (October 7)
Intention: For the gift of Hope
O most merciful Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the great gift of hope which you granted to your beloved Teresa; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your holy spouse, we be given a great confidence in your goodness, by reason of your Precious Blood, which you shed to its last drop for our salvation.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Third Day (October 8)
Intention: For the gift of Love
O most loving Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the great gift of love which you granted to your beloved Teresa, our mother; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most loving spouse, we be granted the great crowning gift of your perfect love.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Fourth Day (October 9)
Intention: For the gift of great desire and resolution
O most sweet Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the gift of great desire and resolution which you granted to your beloved Teresa, that she might love you perfectly; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most generous spouse, we be given a true desire and a true resolution of pleasing you to the utmost of our power.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Fifth Day (October 10)
Intention: For the gift of humility
O most kind Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the great gift of humility which you granted to your beloved Teresa, our mother; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most humble spouse, you grant us the grace of a true humility, which may make us ever find our joy in humiliations and prefer contempt before every honour.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Sixth Day (October 11)
Intention: For the gift of devotion to Mary and Joseph
O most bountiful Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the gift of devotion toward your sweet mother Mary, and her holy spouse, Joseph, which you did grant to your beloved Teresa, our mother; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most dear spouse, we be blest with the grace of a special and tender devotion towards your most holy mother Mary and towards your beloved foster father, Joseph.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Seventh Day (October 12)
Intention: For the gift of a heart wounded by love
O most loving Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the wonderful gift of the wound in the heart which you granted to your beloved Teresa, our mother; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your seraphic spouse, you grant us also a like wound of love, that, henceforth, we may love you and give our mind to the love of nothing but you.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Eighth Day (October 13)
Intention: For the gift of the desire to be with you
O most beloved Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the eminent gift of the desire to be eternally with you which you granted to your beloved Teresa, our mother; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most constant spouse, we be granted the grace of desiring to be with you, in order to go and possess you eternally in the country of the blessed.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)
Ninth Day (October 14)
Intention: For the gift of a happy death
O dearest Lord, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the gift of the precious death which you granted to your beloved Teresa, our mother, making her sweetly to die of love; we pray that, by your merits and by those of your most affection
nate spouse, you grant us a good death; and if we do not die of love, yet, that we may, at least, die burning with love for you, that so dying, we may be able to go and love you for evermore with a more perfect love in heaven.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be…
Let us Pray (as above)