Fifth Day: August 31
St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena
August 31th: Fifth Day
August 31 is the fifth day of the St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena. You can follow along with the prayers here.
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Novena Prayers: August 31
Trust Jesus Blindly
“Trust in the good God, who loves us, who cares for us, who sees all, knows all, can do all things for our good and the good of souls.”
“Love Him trustfully without looking back, without fear. Give yourself fully to Jesus. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His Love than in your weakness. Believe in Him, trust in Him with blind and absolute confidence because He is Jesus.”
Jesus never changes….Trust Him lovingly, trust Him with a big smile, always believing He is the Way to the Father, He is the light in this world of darkness.”
With God's Grace
“In all sincerity, we must be able to look up and say: ‘I can do all things in Him Who strengthens me.’ Because of this assertion of St. Paul, you must have a certain confidence in doing your work – or rather God’s work – well, efficiently, even perfectly, with Jesus and for Jesus. Be also convinced that you by yourself can do nothing, have nothing, but sin, weakness, and misery; that all the gifts of nature and of grace which you have, you have them from God.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
She Trusted
“Mary, too, showed that complete trust in God by accepting to be used for His plan of salvation in spite of her nothingness, for she knew that He who is mighty can do great things in her and through her. She trusted. Once she said ‘yes’ to Him – finished. She never doubted.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Thought for the Day
“Confidence in God can do all things. It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Ask for the grace to have an unshakeable trust in God’s power and love for you and for all.
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.
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato painted The Madonna Praying circa the 17th Century.
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.
Cristian Gutierrez shared the photo of a man praying by a Crucifix on Cathopic.