Day 2 — Fragrance of holiness

Meditation

Saint Therese lived hidden like a humble violet in the garden of Carmel. Her hidden life, filled with small sacrifices done with great love, exhaled a fragrance of holiness that has reached the whole world. She was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church for her teaching of the «little way» of spiritual childhood.

Prayer of the Day

Little Flower of Jesus! By the fragrance of holiness you exhaled during your life, hidden like a humble violet in the garden of Carmel, grant that my soul also, free from the foul odors of sin, may please God with the sweet fragrance of Christian virtues. Amen.

Prayer for all days

Saint Therese! I come to your feet full of confidence to ask for favors. The cross of life weighs heavily upon me, and I find nothing but thorns among its branches. Little Flower of Jesus! Send upon my soul a shower of flowers of grace and virtue so that I may climb the Calvary of life intoxicated by your perfumes. Send me a smile from your heavenly lips and a glance from your beautiful eyes. My God! Through the intercession of Saint Therese, give me strength to fulfill my duty exactly and grant me the grace I ask in this novena. Amen.

Final Prayer

O unique little saint! Teach us the «little way» of your spiritual childhood. My glorious little saint! I confidently hope that you will obtain from God the special grace I ask in this novena. I, in turn, promise to imitate, with all my strength, your heroic examples. Meanwhile, like you, O Little Flower of Jesus, I wish to scatter on earth the flowers of my affection at the feet of the Love of Loves.