LITANY OF SAINT THERESE
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 Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus,
Pray for us.
St. Therese of the Holy Face,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, child of Mary,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, devoted to Joseph,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, angel of innocence,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, model child,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, pattern of religious,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, flower of Carmel,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, converter of hardened hearts,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, healer of the diseased,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with love for the Blessed Sacrament,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with angelic fervor,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with an apostle's zeal,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with loyalty to the Holy Father,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with a tender love for the Church,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, filled with extraordinary love for God and neighbor,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, wounded with a heavenly flame,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, victim of divine love,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, patient in sufferings,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, eager for humiliations,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, consumed with love,
Pray for us.
St. Therese, rapt in ecstasy,
Pray for us.
Who desired always to be as a little child,
Pray for us.
Who taught the way of spiritual childhood,
Pray for us.
Who gave perfect example of trust in God,
Pray for us.
Whom Jesus filled with a desire for suffering,
Pray for us.
Who found perfection in the little things,
Pray for us.
Who refused God nothing,
Pray for us.
Who sought bitterness in this life,
Pray for us.
Who told us to call you little Therese,
Pray for us.
Who offered her life to God for priests and missionaries,
Pray for us.
Who gained countless souls for Christ,
Pray for us.
Who promised, after her death, a shower of roses,
Pray for us.
Who foretold: "I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth,"
Pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, St. Therese.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY
O Lord, who has said:
"Unless you become as little children,
you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven;"
grant us, we ask You,
so to follow in humility
and simplicity of heart
the footsteps of St. Therese, the virgin,
that we may obtain everlasting rewards.
Who lives and reigns forever.
Amen.
|
|
|
|
|
Saints |
|