Shower of Roses Novena: 100 Year Anniversary of the Canonization of Doctor of the Church & Author of "The Story of a Soul"

1st Edition | “I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens" (St. Thérèse)

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May 9

“I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens; I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth”.

See the above video with the prayers, or CLICK TO PRAY here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1neeic2CJh9qMdXTOts3g0U7_Dnk6V0FaA_dUzCivbYw/edit?usp=sharing


DAY 2: May 10, “The Story of a Soul”

“Jesus, my love. I found my vocation. I will be love in the heart of the Church”.


  1. For each day of this novena, read one chapter a day from “The Story of a Soul”. See the PDF below.

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2. LEARN ABOUT ST. THÉRÈSE with BISHOP BARRON’S CATHOLICISM SERIES:


  1. CLICK TO PRAY the Prayers outlined above in the video in this news stack

  2. Make a little Act of Kindness today — reach out to someone in your community who cannot give anything back to you.

  3. Reflect in your journal before the Blessed Sacrament: What is the commandment of love all about? Find a way to rediscover some part of the mystery of “little” things we can do for others each day.

  4. Discuss with someone this topic: How is Love the “form of all the virtues” and how does “love” make the lives of all the Saints possible? as St. Thérèse postulated? Support your arguments with examples.


Click the video above to pray with Zosia.


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DAY 3: May 11, All is Sanctifying Grace - Follow the Little Way!


Fr. Alar’s video asks, “Why is St. Therese of Lisieux considered one of the most beloved modern-day saints?” In his video, Fr. Chris Alar explains how, like most of us, she could not do extraordinary deeds so she found a new way. This new "little way" is the quickest way to become a saint and get to heaven.


  1. Write down a quote that inspires you and pray for the conversion of souls when you go to Holy Communion each day (if possible) during this novena.

  2. Try going to Holy Mass twice in one day (Saturday / Sunday) if possible to pray a Holy Mass as a proxy for a Holy Soul in the Jubilee Ordinary as decreed by the late Pope Francis. If you don’t know who to pray for, why not pray for Pope Francis or any of the Popes who are not yet Saints, or ask someone you know who you can pray for.


NOVENA DAY 4: May 12 - LOVE OF GOD


Love of God

From Story of a Soul



“Jesus points out to me the only way which leads to Love’s furnace – that way is self-surrender – it is the confidence of the little child who sleeps without fear in its father’s arms.


How shall I show my love is proved by deeds? Well – the little child will strew flowers…she will embalm the Divine Throne with their fragrance, will sing with silvery voice the canticle of love.


The Divine Heart’s Goodness and Merciful Love are little known! It is true that to enjoy these treasures we must humble ourselves, must confess our nothingness – and here is where many a soul draws back.


DAY 5: MAY 13


You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.


Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.


Charity gave me the key to my vocation. I understood that the Church being a body composed of different members, the most essential, the most noble of all the organs would not be wanting to her; I understood that the Church has a heart and that this heart is burning with love; that it is love alone which makes the members work, that if love were to die away apostles would no longer preach the Gospel, martyrs would refuse to shed their blood. I understood that love comprises all vocations, that love is everything, that it embraces all times and all places because it is eternal!


Love alone have I ever given to the good God; with love He will repay me.


When one loves, one does not calculate.


DAY 6: MAY 14



How sweet is the way of Love! True, one may fall, one may not be always faithful, but Love, knowing how to draw profit from all, very quickly consumes whatsoever may displease Jesus, leaving naught but humble and profound peace in the innermost soul.


Jesus, it seems to me you could not have overwhelmed a soul with more love than you have poured out on mine.


Do not imagine that love can be found without suffering, for we carry with us our human nature; and yet, what a source of merit it is!


DAY 7: MAY 15


Letter to her sister, Celine

“The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity…”


DAY 8: MAY 16


Letter to her cousin, Marie Guerin

“I know of one means only by which to attain to perfection: LOVE. Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else. Sometimes I seek another word to express Love, but in this land of exile the word which begins and ends (St. Augustine) is quite incapable of rendering the vibrations of the soul; we must then adhere to this simple and only word: TO LOVE.”


DAY 9: MAY 17



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