Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Chaplet of Saint Therese, "The Little Flower"


The Chaplet of Saint Therese, "The Little Flower"

The beads of St. Therese, consisting of the medal of St. Therese and twenty four beads.

On the first bead recite this prayer: "St. Therese of the Infant Jesus, Patroness of Missions, Pray for us!"

On each of the twenty four beads, in honor of the Blessed Trinity, in thanksgiving for giving the world the little saint who lived on twenty-four years, the following is said: "Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."

Conclude with the Prayer to St. Therese:
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, and tell Him I will love Him each day more and more. Amen.

The St. Therese Prayer above, plus five Our Fathers, five Hail Mary's and five Glory Be to the Father, must be said on five successive days before 11: a.m. On the fifth day, when the fifth set of prayers have been completed, offer one more set of five Our Fathers, five Hail Mary's and five Glory Be to the Father.

St. Therese's life on earth was spent in perfect love and service of Almighty God. So zealously did she dedicate every thought, word and deed to Jesus in the practice of her "Little Way" that the Holy Father has declared her "A Perfect Miniature of Holiness...The Greatest Saint of Modern Times."

May St. Therese, whose life is a perfect pattern for imitation, abundantly fulfill in your personal behalf her divinely inspired promises "I Will spend My Heaven Doing Good Upon Earth...I Will Let Fall From Heaven A Shower Of Roses."

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