First Day: August 27
St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena
August 27th: First Day
August 27 is the first day of the St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena. You can follow along with the prayers here.
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Novena Prayers: August 27
Know the Living Jesus
“Do you really know the living Jesus – not from books but from being with Him in your heart?”
(St. Teresa of Calcutta)
“Am I convinced of Christ’s love for me and mine for Him? This conviction is the rock on which sanctity is built. What must we do to get this conviction? We must know Jesus, love Jesus, and serve Jesus… We know Jesus through faith: by meditating on His Word in the Scriptures, by listening to Him speak through His Church, and through the intimate union of prayer.”
(St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Seek Him in the Tabernacle
“Seek Him in the tabernacle. Fix your eyes on Him, who is the Light. Bring your hearts close to His Divine Heart and ask Him to grant you the grace of knowing Him.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
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.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Ask for the grace of an intimate knowledge of Jesus.
Prayer
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 us.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Pray for us and be with us. Amen.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
Heinrich Hofmann painted the captivating image of Jesus in 1894.
Circa 1677, Bartolome Esteban Murillo painted Mount Calvary and Christ Crucified.
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Photos
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
The official photo of St. Teresa of Calcutta’s canonization shows a face worn with work and warmed with loving concern for others. It is a free image from favpng.com.
The black & white photo of Mother Teresa is a free download at cleanPNG.