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Prayer to
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Prayed each day
of the Novena
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,
you allowed the thirsting love of Jesus on the Cross to become a living
flame within you,
and so became the light of His love to all.
Obtain from the
Heart of Jesus (here make your request).
Teach me to allow Jesus to penetrate and possess my whole being so
completely that my life, too,
may radiate His light and love to others.
Amen.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cause of Our Joy, pray for me.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, pray for me.
“Jesus is my All in All”
© 2004 Missionaries of Charity
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First Day – Know the Living Jesus
Thought for the day:
“Don’t search for
Jesus in far lands; He is not there. He is close to you; He is in you.”
Ask for the
grace of an intimate knowledge of Jesus.
Recite the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Second
Day –Jesus Loves You
Thought for the day:
“Do not be afraid -
you are precious to Jesus. He loves you.”
Ask for the
grace to be convinced of Jesus’ unconditional and personal love for you.
Recite
the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Third
Day – Hear Him Say to You: “I Thirst”
Thought
for the day:
“Just think! God is
thirsting for you and me to come forward to satiate His thirst.”
Ask for the
grace to understand Jesus’ cry of thirst.
Recite
the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Fourth
Day – Our Lady Will Help You
Thought for the day:
“How close we must
keep to Our Lady who understood what depth of Divine Love was being revealed
as she stood at the foot of the Cross and heard Jesus cry out: ‘I thirst.’
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Ask for the
grace to learn from Our Lady to quench Jesus’ thirst as she did.
Recite
the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Fifth Day – Trust
Jesus Blindly
Thought for the day:
“Confidence in God
can do all things. It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not
our plenitude.”
Ask
for the grace to have an unshakeable trust in the God’s power and love for
you and for all.
Recite the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Sixth Day - True Love
is Surrender
Thought for the day:
“Allow
God to use you without consulting you.”
Ask for the
grace to surrender your whole life to God.
Recite the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Seventh Day – God Loves a Cheerful Giver
Thought for the day:
“Joy is the sign of union with God, of God’s presence. Joy is love,
the normal result of a heart burning with love.”
Ask for the
grace to find joy in loving and to share this joy with all you meet.
Recite the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Eighth
Day – Jesus Made Himself the Bread of Life and the Hungry One
Thought for the day:
“Believe that He,
Jesus, is in the appearance of Bread and that He, Jesus, is in the hungry,
naked, sick, lonely, unloved, homeless, helpless and hopeless.”
Ask for the grace of a deep faith to see Jesus in the Bread of Life
and to serve Him in the distressing disguise of the poor.
Recite the prayer to Blessed Teresa
Ninth Day – Holiness
is Jesus Living and Acting in Me
Thought for the day:
“Charity for each
other is the surest way to great holiness.”
Ask for the grace to become a saint.
Recite
the prayer to Blessed Teresa
© 2004
Missionaries of Charity.
