Prayers to The Holy Face of Jesus
Prayer of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
O Jesus, who in Thy bitter Passion didst become "the most abject of men, a man of sorrows", I venerate Thy Sacred Face whereon there once did shine the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead; but now it has become for me as if it were the face of a leper! Nevertheless, under those disfigured features, I recognize Thy infinite Love and I am consumed with the desire to love Thee and make Thee loved by all men.
The tears which well up abundantly in Thy sacred eyes appear to me as so many precious pearls that I love to gather up, in order to purchase the souls of poor sinners by means of their infinite value. O Jesus, whose adorable face ravishes my heart, I implore Thee to fix deep within me Thy divine image and to set me on fire with Thy Love, that I may be found worthy to come to the contemplation of Thy glorious Face in Heaven. Amen.
Our Lord to Sister Pienna
"I firmly wish that my face reflecting the intimate pains of my soul, the suffering and love of my heart, be more honored! Whoever gazes upon me, already consoles me"
"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the adorable Face of Thy Beloved Son Jesus for the honor and glory of Thy Name, for the conversion of sinners and the salvation of the dying"
*Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face have pity on us, and the whole world
(*Say Three times)
Prayer To The Holy Face of Jesus
Maria Pierina de Micheli
THE PROMISES OF THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
Promises of Our Lord Jesus Christ to Sr. Marie of St. Peter
1. By My Holy Face you shall work miracles.
2. By My Face you will obtain the conversion of many sinners.
3. Nothing that you ask in making this offering will be refused to you.
4. If you knew how pleasing the sight of My Face is to My Father.
5. As in a kingdom you can procure all you wish for with coins marked with the king’s effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven, you will obtain all you desire with the precious coin of My Holy Face.
6. Our Lord has promised me that He will imprint His Divine Likeness on the souls of those who honor His most holy Countenance.
7. All those who honor My Holy Face in a spirit of reparation will be so doing perform the office of the pious Veronica.
8. According to the care you take in making reparation to My Face disfigured by blasphemies, so will I take care of yours which has been disfigured by sin. I will reprint therein My Image and render it as beautiful as it was on leaving the Baptismal font.
9. Our Lord has promised me, that all those who defend His cause in this work of reparation, by words, by prayers, or in writing – He will defend them before His Father at their death. He will purify their souls by effacing all the blots of sin and will restore to them their primitive beauty.