Friday, February 24, 2017

HOLY FACE OF OUR LORD - PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS


       Invocations of the Holy Face
                      (Private Use)
                             I
O Jesus, whose Adorable Face Mary and Joseph worshiped with profoundest reverence, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face ravished with joy the angels, shepherds and Magi in the stable of Bethlehem, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face wounded with a dart of love the aged Simeon and the Prophetess Anna in the temple, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was bathed in tears in Thy holy infancy, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face at the age of twelve astonished the doctors in the temple, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is white with purity and ruddy with charity, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is more beautiful than the sun, brighter than the moon and more brilliant than the stars, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is lovelier than the roses of spring, Have mercy on us.
O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is more precious than gold, silver and gems, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, the charms and grace of whose Adorable Face win all hearts, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is most noble in Its heavenly features, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the admiration of angels, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the sweet delight of the saints, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the masterpiece of the Holy Ghost in which the Father is well pleased, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was the delight of Thy Virgin Mother and of Thy holy foster-father St. Joseph, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the ineffable mirror of Divine perfections, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, the beauty of whose Adorable Face is ever ancient and ever new, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face appeases the Divine wrath, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the terror of the evil spirits, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the treasure of graces and blessings, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was exposed to the inclemency of the weather in the desert, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was scorched by the sun and bathed in sweat on Thy journeys, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, the expression of whose Adorable Face is wholly Divine, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, the modesty and mildness of whose Adorable Face attracted both just and sinners, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face gave a holy kiss and blessing to the little children, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face sorrowed and wept at the grave of Lazarus, Have mercy on us.

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was brilliant as the sun and radiant with glory on Mount Thabor, Have mercy on us.

V. The light of Thy Face has been shed upon us, O Lord,
R. Thou hast given joy to our hearts.

                    LET US PRAY

I salute Thee, I adore Thee, I love Thee, O Adorable Face of Jesus, my Beloved, noble seal of the Divinity! With all the powers of my soul, I apply myself to Thee, and most humbly pray Thee imprint in us all the features of Thy Divine likeness. Amen.

Approved for private use by Pope Pius IX, Jan. 27, 1853.

         Praises of the Holy Face
Blessed be Jesus!
Blessed be the Holy Face of Jesus!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the majesty and beauty of Its heavenly features!
Blessed be the Holy Face through the words which issued from Its Divine mouth!
Blessed be the Holy Face through all the glances of Its Adorable eyes! 
Blessed be the Holy Face in the transfiguration of Thabor!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the fatigues
of Its apostolate!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the bloody sweat of the agony!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the humiliations of the Passion!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the sufferings
of death!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the splendor
of the resurrection!
Blessed be the Holy Face in the glory of
light eternal!



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