Fourth Day: August 30
St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena
August 30th: Fourth Day
August 30 is the fourth day of the St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena. You can follow along with the prayers here.
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Novena Prayers: August 30
Our Lady Will Help You
“How much we need Mary to teach us what it means to satiate God’s Thirsting Love for us, which Jesus came to reveal to us. She did it so beautifully. Yes, Mary allowed God to take possession of her life through her purity, her humility, and her faithful love… Let us seek to grow, under the guidance of our Heavenly Mother, in these three important interior attitudes of soul that delight the Heart of God and enable Him to unite Himself to us, in and through Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is in doing so that, like Mary our Mother, we will allow God to take full possession of our whole being – and, through us, God will be able to reach out His Thirsting Love to all we come in contact with, especially the poor.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Loving Trust
“If we stand with Our Lady, she will give us her spirit of loving trust, total surrender, and cheerfulness.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
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’.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Ask for the grace to learn from Our Lady to quench Jesus’ thirst as she did.
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.
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato painted The Madonna Praying circa the 17th Century.
Bartolome Esteban Murillo painted Christ bearing the Cross (and meeting His mother) circa 1665 to 1675.
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.