Month: September 2021
Please join us in praying a special Novena starting September 22, 2021, leading up to the Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. This great Saint has played a huge role in the life of 206 Tours and its founder, Milanka Lachman. Here, Milanka shares a meditation in honor of her favorite Saint:
“St. Thérèse of Lisieux, you are our model, you lived the profound truth of Love as the center of life and heart of the Church. It is precisely this truth and love that we try to emulate at 206 Tours.
We have turned to St Thérèse since the day we started October 1, 1985, but especially in the past 2 years, a particularly difficult time for our pilgrimages, we have prayed not just for a shower of roses, which of course we do, but also for showers of brightness, truth, clarity, and love.
St. Thérèse, you kept your word to love God and to trust the world to that loving providence. Pray for us that we may be faithful to our commitment to love. May we be His small instruments, may our works with pilgrimages continue to touch the world and bring it peace.” – Milanka Lachman
Novena to St. Thérèse
In this novena, pray the following for nine consecutive days. Be sure to follow this prayer with your specific special intentions, asking that St. Thérèse intercedes for you. Finish by praying “Glory Be”.
O glorious St. Thérèse, whom Almighty God has raised up to aid and inspire mankind, I implore your miraculous intercession.
So powerful are you in obtaining every need of body and soul, Holy Mother Church proclaims you a “Prodigy of Miracles, the greatest saint of modern times.”
I now fervently beseech you to answer my petition and grant me, Mention your intentions here…. and to carry out your promises of “spending Heaven doing good upon earth, of letting fall a shower of roses.”
Henceforth, dear Little Flower, I will fulfill your plea to be made known everywhere, and I will never cease to lead others to Jesus through you. Amen
About St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Pope Pius X described her as “the greatest saint of modern times” and her writings have captured the hearts of millions. “The Story of a Soul”, her spiritual autobiography, made her world-famous. Born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, she came from a devout and well-to-do family and was the youngest of nine children. At the age of four, she suffered the loss of her mother – which affected her deeply. During the following ten years, she grew inseparable from Pauline, her older sister. When her sister, Pauline left home to enter the Carmelite convent, Therese fell mysteriously ill. On May 13, 1883, while praying a nine-day novena before the family’s statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Thérèse fell into a deep ecstasy. After a vision in which the Blessed Virgin Mary smiled at her, little Thérèse was cured.
Later, a profound conversion took place in her on Christmas day 1886 as her shyness and seriousness washed away in an instant; she had received strength and peace to last her lifetime. With her conversion at the age of fourteen, she felt ready to enter the Carmelite order. As the Rule of Carmel allowed only those twenty-one and older to enter, Thérèse needed a special dispensation from the bishop. Throughout her life as a nun, she lived the faith of Christ in a most extraordinary way.
She declared “I came to Carmel to save souls and to pray for priests”. After suffering from tuberculosis for several years, she gave up her soul on September 30, 1897, declaring in her last moments “I do not regret having given myself to Love”. The figure of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in the Carmelite Convent Chapel is not her body but a waxen replica of it. Her earthly remains lie beneath the statue. St. Thérèse once confided to a sister that, after her death, she would send down a shower of roses; and she has kept her promise. It is well known that when a prayer is answered through her intercession, one will receive roses.
The video below was taken on her Feast Day, October 1, in 2019 at the Basilica of St. Therese of Lisieux in France.
Millions of Pilgrims journey to this Shrine to pay homage to this great Saint, the Little Flower, the Holy Child of Jesus. For details about how to make a Pilgrimage in her honor, click here.
In thanksgiving to Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace, for getting us through difficult times, and for all the graces she has bestowed upon us, we are now offering special SALE pricing on upcoming Pilgrimages to Medjugorje!
Visit the sacred places where Our Lady appears with messages of peace – climb Apparition Hill, visit the Risen Christ Statue, pray at St. James Parish Church, and more!
All sale pricing and dates can be found here:
Tour 1: Medjugorje Pilgrimage
- February 10 – 18, 2022
- March 10 – 18, 2022
- April 28 – May 6, 2022
- May 17 – 25, 2022
- May 26 – June 3, 2022
To book sale dates, and to see all details on Tour 1, visit: www.206tours.com/tour1 Availability is current as of September 14, 2021. Confirmation is based on a first-come, first-serve basis!
FREE Virtual Pilgrimages
We’re also excited to make our exclusive Virtual Pilgrimage tours, (previously only available for purchase) available for FREE on YouTube for a limited time only. Click to watch over 3 hours of never-before-seen pilgrimage footage from Medjugorje, and feel as though you are there.
In honor of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s, (Padre Pio) amazing life and legacy we’d like to share some free downloadables portraying some of the famous words of wisdom that he imparted to us during his life on earth. We hope you will use the free downloads on your Facebook page, iPhone background, or computer wallpaper, to be constantly reminded of Christ’s love, and Padre Pio’s messages.
For more on Padre Pio, visit our most popular blog post: 14 Pieces of Advice from St. Padre Pio!
To download, simply right-click on this image you wish to save, and click “Save As”
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Visit San Giovanni Rotundo & St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
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