Novena to Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta - OFFICIAL Prayer #Novena to SHARE



Shared from the Missionaries of Charity
Official Novena Prayer to Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Prayed each day of the Novena

Saint 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.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, pray for me.
“Jesus is my All in All”


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.

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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.


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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.


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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.’ 
Ask for the grace to learn from Our Lady to quench Jesus’ thirst as she did.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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Comments

Lyn said…
Thank you so much Saint Mother Theresa, for opening our hearts to the World!
Unknown said…
Saint Teresa if I can't feed a hundred I know I can feed one ...and one random act of kindness a day...let me offer these to The Holy Spirit in your honour so you can pass it on from Heaven.
Anonymous said…
Thank you for your good example being a servant of God. Pray for us oh blessed saint mother Theresa of Calcutta.
Anonymous said…
This I say:in the bible never has been mentioned that we pray to the saints.Jesus said unless man be born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.be born again my friends,ask forgiveness and repent from your sinful ways,accept Jesus as your personal savior.salvation is the first step then you can talk to God(prayer) not to the saints.remember this:God determines how we approach him not in any way we want
Anonymous said…
We don't pray to the saints. We ask them to pray for us. And anything we may ask of them, we adsk through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Unknown said…
Prayers through Saints or straight to Jesus Is good deed a form to say our daily prayers, not to hurt another, help people, to be human and good humanbeing. God Wants us to come close in any way. Respect every Saints. Search for for good in every one in this world. No criticism about any One shall do no good. Amen.
Anonymous said…
Asking for a Saints intercession on our behalf is never wrong. It is always good to have friends in high places. After all they are with our God and will intercede for us. Don't people like important influential friends on earth to help them out?
Anonymous said…
Thank you for your helpful prayers which started the healing process from drug addiction...
Unknown said…
I recited this Novena 9 times a day for a friend of mine who submitted an application to University of Indiana *KoKomo* to teach philosophy. He is really passionate about teaching and while he had submitted many applications before he did not have the same passion behind it as he did with this submission. He was called for an online face to face interview and he rocked it. I began reciting the novena 9 times a day and praying that the position was his and asking Most Gracious Virgin Mary to interceed before the Holy Trinity on his behalf, may I add that he does not believe in God and is a self proclaimed Atheist? The prayer for intercession worked and next week the University of Indiana will be flying him out to their campus, next Monday the 30th, for an on campus interview where he will participate in topics in Metaphysics. I will post about this on every forum dedicated to the Most Gracious Virgin Mary so that her name will be invoked again and again.