Today is the Double Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Religious Foundress

Oremus / Let us pray
Harken unto us, O God, our Saviour that as we rejoice in the festival of blessed Teresa, Thy virgin, so we may find food for the nourishment of our souls in her heavenly doctrine, and be instructed by the affection of pious devotion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, forever and ever. Amen.

Litany of Saint Teresa of Jesus, the Glory of Spain

Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us. +

Holy Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Saint Teresa of Avila, +
St. Teresa, whose heart was transverberated by the love of God, +
St. Teresa, most humble servant of God, +
St. Teresa, most zealous for the glory of God,+
St. Teresa, woman truly strong in mind, +
St. Teresa, truly detached from all created objects, +
St. Teresa, great light of the Catholic Church, +
St. Teresa, reformer and glory of the Carmelite Order, +
St. Teresa, Queen of Mystical Theology, +
St. Teresa, lustrous name of Avila and Spain, +
St. Teresa, who didst forever glorify the name of Teresa, +
St. Teresa, wishing to suffer or to die, +
St. Teresa, exclaiming, O Lord, how sweet and pleasing are Thy ways! +
St. Teresa, desiring so much the salvation of souls,+
St. Teresa, tasting and seeing how sweet is the Lord, even in this vale of miseries, +
St. Teresa, exclaiming, O death, who can fear thee who art the way to true life! +
St. Teresa, true lover of the Cross of Christ, +
St. Teresa, who didst live to love, died to love, and wilt love eternally, +

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Have mercy on us.

Pray for us, O holy Saint Teresa:
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray

O God, Who didst replenish the heart of Thy blessed servant St. Teresa with the treasures of Thy divine love: grant that, like her, we may love Thee and suffer all things for Thee and in union with Thee; that we may gain souls to Thee, and secure our own; and this we beg through the merits of our Saviour and the intercession of Thy glorious virgin Teresa. Amen.