Prayer to St. Thérèse during COVID-19

O venerable St. Thérèse  of the Child Jesus,
who promised to bless us with a shower of roses,
we ask that during this time
of anguish, uncertainty, and pain,
you shed the fragrance of your roses
upon us and especially upon all those of our brothers
who suffer the consequences of this pandemic,
so that it protects us and stops its spread.
You who wanted to be Love in the heart of the Church,
and that with prayer you sought to obtain
always from God, the favors desired,
we beg you to bless each one of us
and we ask you for the infected who await their healing,
for the doctors and nurses who care for the sick,
for the chaplains who comfort them,
for the families of the victims who suffer,
and for the deceased who are already resting.
Intercede for us little flower before your beloved Jesus,
for us to achieve the grace we ask for.
Teach us, through your spiritual little way:
Humility, to abandon ourselves to the will of God;
and obedience, to collaborate in what is asked of us
for the well-being and care of all.
May Mary whom you called “more Mother than Queen,”
join us on this journey
and keep us faithful at the foot of the Calvary
throwing our flowers.
Amen.

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Pray for us.

Written by Fr. Luis Gerardo Belmonte, OCD, March 2020