Posted on 6 July 2023

Day 1

Oh ! I would like to sing, Marie, why I love you

Why does your name so sweet make my heart leap

And why the thought of your supreme greatness

Could not inspire fear in my soul.

If I contemplated you in your sublime glory

And surpassing the brilliance of all the blessed

That I'm your child I couldn't believe

O Mary, in front of you, I would lower my eyes!…

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! – PN 54

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 2

You love us, Mary, as Jesus loves us

And you consent for us to distance you from Him.

To love is to give everything and to give oneself

You wanted to prove it by remaining our support.

The Savior knew your immense tenderness

He knew the secrets of your maternal heart

Refuge of fishermen, it is to you that he leaves us

When he leaves the Cross to wait for us in Heaven.

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 22

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 3

The gospel teaches me that growing in wisdom

To Joseph, to Mary, Jesus remains submissive

And my heart reveals to me with what tenderness

He always obeys his dear parents.

Now I understand the mystery of the temple,

The hidden words of my Loving King.

Mother, your sweet Child wants you to be the example

Of the soul that seeks Him in the night of faith.

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 15

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 4

One day that sinners listen to the doctrine

Of Him who would like to receive them in Heaven

I find you with them, Mary, on the hill

Someone tells Jesus that you would like to see him,

So your Divine Son in front of the whole crowd

Of his love for us shows the immensity

He said, “Who is my brother and my sister and my Mother,”

"Except he who does my will?"

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 20

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 5

Since the King of Heaven wanted his Mother

Either plunged into the night, the anguish of the heart;

Mary, is it therefore good to suffer on earth?

Yes, to suffer while loving is the purest happiness!…

Everything He gave me Jesus can take it back

Tell him never to be embarrassed with me….

He may well be hiding, I agree to wait for him

Until the day without sunset when my faith will be extinguished….

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 16

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 6

I know that in Nazareth, Mother full of graces

You live very poor, wanting nothing more

No delights, miracles, ecstasies

Beautify your life, O Queen of the Elect!….

The number of little ones is great on earth

They can raise their eyes to you without trembling

It is by the common way, incomparable Mother

Please walk to guide them to Heaven.

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 17

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 7

Spouses of Cana seeing the concern

That they can't hide, because they're running out of wine

To the Savior you say it in your solicitude

Hoping for help from his divine power.

Jesus seems at first to push back your prayer

“What does it matter,” He replies, “woman, to you and to me?”

But deep in his heart, he calls you his mother

And his first miracle he works for you...

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 19

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 8

While waiting for Heaven, oh my dear Mother,

I want to live with you, follow you every day

Mother, contemplating you, I immerse myself delighted

Discovering in your heart abysses of love.

Your maternal gaze banishes all my fears

He teaches me to cry, he teaches me to enjoy.

Instead of despising the pure and holy joys

You want to share them, you deign to bless them.

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 18

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.

Day 9

Soon I will hear this sweet harmony

Soon in the beautiful sky, I'll go see you

You who came to smile at me on the morning of my life

Come and smile at me again... Mother... here is the evening!...

I no longer fear the shine of your supreme glory

With you I suffered and I want now

Sing on your knees, Marie, why I love you

And say forever that I am your child!…..

Saint Thérèse Why do I love you, O Mary! –PN 54, 25

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...

Pray

Most Holy Virgin Mary, you who are more Mother than Queen, by your glorious Assumption you have shown us the way to Heaven. Teach us, with Thérèse, to walk on this little path of trust and love and to offer ourselves to Merciful Love. Keep us always united to Jesus, we who are your children. Amen.