Ninth Day: September 4
St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena
September 4th: Ninth Day
September 4 is the ninth day of the St. Teresa of Calcutta Novena. You can follow along with the prayers here.
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Novena Prayers: September 4
Holiness is Jesus Living and Acting in Me
“Our works of charity are nothing but the overflow of our love of God from within. Therefore, the one who is most united to Him loves her neighbor most.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
“Our activity is truly apostolic only in so far as we permit Him to work in us and through us – with His power, with His desire, with His love. We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us.”
Your Good Works Can Glorify God
“Let us spend ourselves with Him and for Him. Let Him see with your eyes, speak with your tongue, work with your hands, walk with your feet, think with your head, and love with your heart. Is this not perfect union, a continual loving prayer? God is our loving Father. Let your light of love so shine before man that seeing your good works (the washing, sweeping, cooking, loving our husband and the children) they may glorify the Father.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Thought for the Day
“Charity for each other is the surest way to great holiness.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Ask for the grace to become a saint.
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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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.
August de Richelieu shared the photo of the family preparing a meal on Pexels.
The black & white photo of Mother Teresa is a free download at cleanPNG.