Morning Offering – Written by St Thérèse of Lisieux

O my God! I offer you all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of its merciful love. O my God! I ask of you for myself and for those whom I hold dear the grace to fulfil perfectly your holy will, to accept for love of you the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all eternity. Amen.

St Thérèse’s Act of Oblation

That my life may be one act of perfect love, I offer myself as a victim of holocaust to your merciful love, imploring you to consume me unceasingly, and to let the flood-tide of infinite tenderness, pent up in you, flow into my soul, so that I may become a very martyr of your love, O my God. May this martyrdom, having first prepared me to appear before you, break life’s thread at last, and may my soul take its flight unhindered to the eternal embrace of your merciful love. I desire, O my Beloved, at every heart beat to renew this oblation an infinite number of times till the shadows fade away and I can tell you my love eternally face to face.

Little Way Prayer to St Thérèse

O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick a rose for me from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. O little flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favours I now place with confidence in your hands (mention your requests …). St Thérèse, help me to always believe, as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.

Prayer for Missionaries

St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, you who have been rightly proclaimed the Patroness of Catholic Missions throughout the world, remembering the burning desire which you did manifest here on earth to plant the cross of Christ on every shore and to preach the Gospel even to the consummation of the world, we implore you, according to your promise, to assist all priests and missionaries and the whole Church of God.

Litany of St Thérèse of Lisieux

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 Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
St Thérèse of the Holy Face,
St Thérèse, spouse of Jesus,
St Thérèse, child of Mary,
St Thérèse, devoted to St Joseph,
St Thérèse, angel of innocence,
St Thérèse, model child,
St Thérèse, pattern of religious,
St Thérèse, flower of Carmel,
St Thérèse, zealous to save souls,
St Thérèse, converter of hardened hearts,
St Thérèse, healer of the diseased,
St Thérèse, filled with love for the Blessed Sacrament,
St Thérèse, filled with angelic fervour,
St Thérèse, filled with loyalty to the Holy Father,
St Thérèse, filled with a tender love for the Church,
St Thérèse, filled with extraordinary love for God and neighbour,
St Thérèse, wounded with a heavenly flame,
St Thérèse, victim of divine love,
St Thérèse, patient in sufferings,
St Thérèse, eager for humiliations,
St Thérèse, consumed with love of God,
St Thérèse, rapt in ecstasy,
St Thérèse, dedicated to pray for priests,
St Thérèse, who refused God nothing,
St Thérèse, who desired always to be as a little child,
St Thérèse, who taught the way of spiritual childhood,
St Thérèse, who gave perfect example of trust in God,
St Thérèse, whom Jesus filled with a desire for suffering,
St Thérèse, who found perfection in little things,
St Thérèse, who sought bitterness in this life,
St Thérèse, who told us to call you “little Thérèse”,
St Thérèse, who gained countless souls for Christ,
St Thérèse, who promised after your death a shower of roses,
St Thérèse, who foretold: “I will spend my Heaven doing good upon earth”,
St Thérèse, Patroness of the Missions,

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 Thérèse,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray

Hear our prayer, O Lord, we beseech you, as we venerate St Thérèse, your virgin and martyr of love longing to make you loved, and grant us, through her intercession, the gift of childlike simplicity and the spirit of complete dedication to your divine service. Amen.

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