Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
On the eve of the liberation of France
You were proclaimed on the 3rd May 1944,
Secondary patron of France just like Saint Joan of Ark
Following the path of the Virgin Mary.

Today our country, France and the whole world
Is experiencing the plight of the Coronavirus which is decimating and worrying the people.

Saint Thérèse, we are asking you to intercede with Jesus
So that this illness is eradicated.

We pray to you Thérèse for the caregivers and for those people
Who, relentlessly, take care of those who are ill.

We pray to you Thérèse for the politicians and those who hold responsibilities
Who must make crucial decisions.

We pray to you Thérèse for the companies which are in difficulty
And for all of those people who are unable to go to work.

We pray to you Thérèse for all of the families who have been affected
By this illness, death and confinement.

With you Saint Thérèse we would like to give thanks
For the gestures of solidarity kindled during this ordeal.

Saint Thérèse, you who promised to let fall a shower of roses,
Keep us in faith and in peace,
Welcome into Heaven the numerous deceased
Obtain for us from Jesus resurrected from the dead,
The fall and end of this pandemic
As a gift of love from the Father, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Together with you Thérèse, I say: Our Father
Together with you Thérèse, I say: Hail Mary

Glory be to the Father and to Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face pray for us.