Opening Prayer

St. Therese, beloved friend, we come before you in our need. We believe that you listen to us and approach God for and with us. Please accept these petitions, hopes, needs, and dreams I list below. Please present them to our Loving Father so that God may do what is best for us, for our loved ones, and for the fulfillment of God’s Kingdom. We ask you, dear friend, with the bold confidence and loving surrender you taught us. We make these prayerful petitions in the name of Jesus and through the power of His Spirit.

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Anonymous

- United States

Please help in praying for peace…

Lord of Life, you shaped every human being in your image and likeness. We believe you created us for communion, not for war, for fraternity, not for destruction.
You who greeted your disciples saying, “Peace be with you,” grant us the gift of your peace and the strength to make it a reality in history. Today we lift up our prayer for peace in the world, asking that nations renounce weapons and choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy. Disarm our hearts of hatred, resentment, and indifference, so we may become instruments of reconciliation.
Help us understand that true security
does not come from control fueled by fear,
but from trust, justice, and solidarity among peoples. Lord, enlighten the leaders of the nations, so they may have the courage to abandon projects of death, halt the arms race, and place the lives of the most vulnerable at the center. May the nuclear threat never again dictate the future of humanity. Holy Spirit, make us faithful and creative builders of daily peace: in our hearts, our families, our communities, and our cities.
May every kind word, every gesture of reconciliation, and every choice for dialogue be seeds of a new world. Amen.

Lisa

- Canada

Dearest St Therese

Pray for my son Max and Ben on their birthdays this month. ask The Lord Jesus to bless Ben on his 3rd birthday – that he would experience joy, peace and love of God and blessed future especially as he enters school age years. Please pray for his toileting issues. They worry my mama heart.

Pray for blessings for Max as he turns 8. He’s had a lot of hard years and I pray God would turn them around for his good. Bless the desires of his heart. Bless him with good friends. Joy and peace of God. Bless him in his struggles Lord with Autism.

St Therese also petitioning for our dear Theo as he finishes kindergarten that Jesus would fill him with courage as he is enters full day in school. Bless his gregarious nature and may he love the Lord and in favour of men. St Therese I ask that Jesus keep my children safe. And that he would break the bonds of illness and generational hereditary diseases In my family that our children would not experience them.

I also pray st Therese for Steve that God would bless him in his work. That doors would be swung open and his heart would be blessed.

I pray also for me, that Jesus would give me strength to be a good mom; with health that would allow me to fulfill my duties and vocation best owned on me.

Dear st Therese you’ve always been a friend of mine. I love you and all my saintly friends. Thank you for your intercession. Pray for my soul and all my families souls.

Amen

Amanda H and Jonathan G

- United States

St. Therese St. Joseph & Holy Spirit…

My Continued 2026 New Years Prayer…

I want to Thank all of the Heavens in advance, for a Happy New Year 2026 Miracle Blessing…
The man who holds my heart, I love him so deeply!

All Souls Day! Happy Birthday Too You My Love! I Love You So Much! Can’t Wait To Share The Rest Of Our Lives Together!!

Jonathan G not only is he in My Heart, He is also “My Heart “…
I Pray I Never Lose Faith Hope and Love. Please Praying for My Love, Jonathan G Conversion. Praying for Jonathan G Soul Heart Mind Holy Spirit. Praying for Jonathan G Please coming to me Amanda. Praying for Jonathan and I falling 10 times deeply in love with each other, having a happy blessed loving family together. I am loving Jonathan so very much I don’t ever want to let him go, I want to keep praying keep loving and I want to take care of Jonathan for the rest of our lives. In the loving name of God Jesus Blessed Virgin Mary St. Joseph St. Anthony St. Michael St. Jude Guardian Angels. I Beg I Plea I Pray! Amen! Amen! Amen! I’ll never give up on him. I can’t give up on him! Please, Mother Mary be with him keep him safe guarded shield him from all evil, protect him, give him the guiding light to The Holy Spirit! Prayer for our separation to end, let our love souls unite us together, my love my miracle.
I pray that my prayers will come to reality very soon. I’ll never stop praying for the love of my life! Holding him into my heart soul and spirit! :`( <3 “Dreams Come True”

Maryann

- United States

Dear Saint Theresa, please let Sam rest in peace. Please help me get stronger and better. Please heal me. Please don’t let me have cancer or heart trouble. Please help my two sisters and our family and friends have good health, happiness and love. Please keep everyone safe always and bring us back to the church. Please help Sara‘s life to get stronger and better Miriam also please let Sam Buns Aunt Mary Naz, Tony, Pop Pope Francis Anthony Cami Marilyn rest in peace please help Kevin Rose, Shelly, Jackie, Steve and myself to be well and feel well. Please help Steve get his eyesight back. Please help my sister Lorraine to feel well and be well. Brian also please help Jackie get her head straight and get her life together. Send her some happiness and luck in her life. Please help my cousin Buzzy please help me feel well and be well. Thank you Saint Teresa from the bottom of my heart, amen

Theresa

- United States

Please pray I get the money / loan to pay my taxes and to save my marriage. I plead with you

KP

- United States

Please,pray for the souls of our grandparents Peter TT and Anna TL
Thanks.

A

- United States

I am so incredibly lonely, and it feels like the loneliness will never end. Please pray for me. I feel all alone in the world. Pray for all the lonely people.

Do

- United States

Thank you St Teresa for all the blessings you have given me and all the prayers that have been answered please continue bless me at Veritas let me be very successful let this career be the highest month of getting my commission and everything I need to succeed continue let me Bloom at Veritas grow into extraordinary sales rep. Mak8ng very good commission this month and continue to make great success. Please let all the PO#s come in this week

Please let Michael Kotik my soulmate reach out to me and let me know how he truly feels and let me know he left his significant other to be with me ,let our love grow and bond like never before ,our hearts become one ,let him fall in love with me over over again in 2026.

Let Michael Kotik be my forever ask me out to meet up this month or next month in April ,May,June 2026 and ask me out on a romantic date. I ready for this new love and adventure soulmate. Please send me signs he is coming to me….He is my soulmate. Please give him strength to let go of thst toxic relationship and come to me. Please let him reach out to me in my new place and come over.

Please let me have a child of my own with Michael k or adopt.
Please let me be able to afford my new place at Promenade apt . in April.2026 and be very happy.

Let my husband and I slowly seperate but stay friends.
Let my successful fit business hit to Next Level

C

- United States

Thank You Jesus i love You i need You please be with me please let me be healthy please calm my nerves
I pray for all Your people Father God how long? Please Jesus come back.

Tim

- United States

I met Corinne on Our Time singles. We met in person on Sunday. Please pray that if God wants us to get to know each other more, that Corinne contacts me again about getting together this coming weekend so that we can get to know each other more and grow a beautiful friendship. Thank you so much.

Maureen

- Canada

Please sweet Saint help me. I am having a problem with a coworker who has been very challenging could you help me in resolving this

I ask for prayers
I want peace.
Amen

Mary

- United States

Dear Saint Therese,

Please pray that my printer will start to work so I can get my taxes done in time. I don't have anyone here to help me.

Thank you so much.

Linda

- United States

Please pray for Zach.  Pray his court case goes well and may the truth be revealed.  Pray for all his family.
Pray for Linda's health to be healed.
Thanks.
God Bless,Linda

christy

- United States

Pray that my relationship with my daughter kylie leiker improves so she treats me more of a mother along with spending more quality time together. I also ask that my mom Melissa leiker gets help for her mental illness and that her negativity towards the family decreases. I feel nonexistent in this family. Amen

M

- United States

Sr. Therese, please help grant this miracle ask for my family. Please strengthen our faith and guide us to always follow God's ways. Please bring us closer to God as we go through difficult times. Please remove all the negative influences that come our way. Please help my marriage grow stronger so we can be good parents and make good decisions for our family. Thank you for all th3 blessings.

Victoria

- United States

Dear ST Therese Anthony Infant of Prague OLMM OLMC OLS OLGR OLGS OLF please remove this dark disturbing entity and bm negativity upsetting me and around me and in my home a lot from me, my home and from being around me what is it and where it came from remove it I do not want that or them in my life stagnating me upsetting me it's bad making me angry and upset get rid of it and MF forever sii, help me to date and marry who God wants me to date and marry and also help me lose a few pounds, write live by a modest beach and sell my work and my books help me with my business and bring in more money for me, help me please and help me with more PMJi, and get that Ddy and fm away from me and my home and life forever sii, and live FRnchlk dsm, keep that away from me getting a charge out of upsetting me rng me I do not want it it's stgnt that vki all of it is a waste get rid of it, gtmmand a dcnt life sii, what do I need to do to get rid of it and that cntl bly all of that, where do I need to go to date and wed who God wants me to and my careers writing can you find me decent good money sprt for me and my own goals help me lose a few pounds and where did that mmyddyfm enty vcs all of that from it's scary to me I do not want them orwiam it's terrible I don't want to live that way or with them evn insprt ever at all , get them OUT forever and there glt just gVmii get them out, how can we get rid of it and the jlen and them instg it in me and my home get rid oftenvy j forever they flliih

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