DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE
HOLY FACE OF JESUS
Feast day: February 9 (Shrove Tuesday)
PRAYER TO OFFER THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS TO GOD THE FATHER TO APPEASE
HIS JUSTICE AND DRAW DOWN MERCY UPON US
Almighty and Eternal Father,
since it has pleased Our Divine Savior to reveal to mankind in modern times the
power residing in His Holy Face, we now avail ourselves of this Treasure in our
great need. Since Our Savior Himself promised that by offering to Thee His Holy
Face disfigured in the Passion we can procure the settlement of all the affairs
of our household, and that nothing will be refused to us, we now come before
Thy throne. Eternal Father, turn away Thine angry gaze from our guilty people
whose face has become unsightly in Thine eyes. Look instead upon the Face of
Thy Beloved Son; for this is the Face of Him in whom Thou art well pleased. We
now offer Thee His Holy Face covered with blood, sweat, dust, spittle and
shame, in reparation for the worst crimes of our age, which are atheism,
blasphemy, and the desecration of Thy holy days. We thus hope to appease Thine
anger justly provoked against us. The All Merciful Advocate opens His mouth to
plead our cause; listen to His cries, behold His tears, O God, and through the
merits of His Holy Face hearken to Him when He intercedes for us poor miserable
sinners. Amen.
THE “GOLDEN ARROW”PRAYER
(Dictated by Our Lord
to Sister Mary of St. Peter)
May the most holy, most sacred,
most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always
praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in Heaven, on earth, and under
the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord
Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.
Friday February 5
Today is First Friday
From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque:
On Friday during Holy
Communion, He said these words to His unworthy slave, if I mistake not: I
promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that its all-powerful love will
grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on nine first Fridays of
consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they will not die under my
displeasure or without receiving their sacraments, my divine Heart making
itself their assured refuge at the last moment.
In addition to devoutly hearing
the Mass and receiving Holy Communion on nine consecutive first Fridays, the
faithful may take great edification in the efficacious practices of making an
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and an Act of Reparation,
reciting the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, participating in adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament, and going to Confession.
The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
1. “I will give them all the
graces necessary in their state of life.”
2. “I will establish peace in
their homes.”
3. “I will comfort them in
their afflictions.”
4. “I will be their secure
refuge during life, and above all in death.”
5. “I will bestow a large
blessing upon all their undertakings.”
6. “Sinners shall find in My
Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.”
7. “Tepid souls shall grow
fervent.”
8. “Fervent souls shall quickly
mount to high perfection.”
9. “I will bless every place
where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.”
10. “I will give to priests the
gift of touching the most hardened hearts.”
11. “Those who shall promote
this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted
out.”
12. “I promise thee in the
excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those
who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of
final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the
Sacraments; My Divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”
Litany
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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, have mercy on us.
Holy
Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost, have mercy
on us.
Heart
of Jesus, united substantially with the word of God, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, holy temple of God, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, vessel of justice and love, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, full of goodness and love, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, abyss of all virtues, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, most worthy of all praise, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, king and center of all hearts, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, have mercy on
us.
Heart
of Jesus, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Divinity, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, rich to all who invoke Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, fount of life and holiness, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, propitiation for our sins, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, saturated with revilings, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, crushed for our iniquities, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, made obedient unto death, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, source of all consolation, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, our life and resurrection, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, victim for our sins, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart
of Jesus, delight of all saints, have mercy on us.
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, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb
of God who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Jesus,
meek and humble of Heart, make our hearts like unto Thine.
Let
us pray:
Almighty
and everlasting God, look upon the Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the
acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of
sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to them who seek Thy
mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee, world without end. Amen.
ACT OF REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Sacred Heart of Jesus, animated
with a desire to repair the outrages unceasingly offered to Thee, we prostrate
before Thy throne of mercy, and in the name of all mankind, pledge our love and
fidelity to Thee! The more Thy mysteries are blasphemed, the more firmly we
shall believe them, O Sacred Heart of Jesus! The more impiety endeavors to
extinguish our hopes of immortality, the more we shall trust in Thy Heart, sole
hope of mankind! The more hearts resist
Thy Divine attractions, the more we shall love Thee, O infinitely amiable Heart
of Jesus! The more unbelief attacks Thy Divinity, the more humbly and
profoundly we shall adore It, O Divine Heart of Jesus! The more Thy holy laws
are transgressed and ignored, the more we shall delight to observe them, O most
holy Heart of Jesus! The more Thy Sacraments are despised and abandoned, the
more frequently we shall receive them with love and reverence, O most liberal
Heart of Jesus! The more the imitation of Thy virtues is neglected and forgotten,
the more we shall endeavor to practice them, O Heart of Jesus, model of every
virtue! The more the devil labors to destroy souls, the more we shall be
inflamed with desire to save them, O Heart of Jesus, zealous Lover of souls!
The more sin and impurity destroy the image of God in man, the more we shall
try by purity of life to be a living temple of the Holy Spirit, O Heart of
Jesus! The more Thy Holy Church is despised, the more we shall endeavor to be
her faithful children, O Sweet Heart of Jesus! The more Thy Vicar on earth is
persecuted, the more we will honor him as the infallible head of Thy Holy
Church, show our fidelity and pray for him, O kingly Heart of Jesus! O Sacred
Heart, through Thy powerful grace, may we become Thy apostles in the midst of a
corrupted world, and be Thy crown in the kingdom of heaven. Amen.
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