There is a prayer in the Archconfraternity Manual of the Holy Face it is called “Act of Reparation” just before the St. Augustine Prayer. When I read this prayer I was really struck by the Language in particular in the second paragraph . There is the following line
“It is for us, faithful Christians, to close our ranks under the banner of the Holy Face, to multiply our phalanx of reparation, to offer to Jesus, as did Veronica, the veil of our love and of our veneration. “
The use of the word Phalanx blew me away . The traditional meaning is like a army of soldiers shoulder to shoulder with shields together and spears held up . It was a formation invented by the Greeks to be an impenetrable line of defense. However, because I work in the design of Navy ships it has a slightly different meaning to me. A lot of of the ships I worked on had a gun on the Fore and Aft of the ship called a Phalanx gun . Also known as a Close in weapons system. It is designed to shoot approx. 3000 rounds per minute and literally will shred to pieces an incoming missiles or aircraft . So I got thinking that our prayers of reparation are just like that; as a united front against the enemies of God we shred to pieces all their attacks .
The Little pilgrim of the Holy Face.
Sharing a Canticle written by our great Friend at Catholicarrows.com
The Armada of The Holy Face
The Armada of the Holy Face sails with pride,
With archers onboard and God on their side,
A Golden Arrow pierces into the skies,
Up to the flaming Sacred Heart it flies,
A reparation for sin, for God’s Heart to delight,
And a duty for us to honour Him and fight,
Arise O Lord and scatter all thy foes,
As the Holy devotion grows and grows,
The time is now throughout all the ages,
The Holy Face shall be in history’s pages,
Armada of the Holy Face, beacon so bright,
Will now go into battle, to win the fight.
Courtesy of catholicarrows.com
So let us place ourselves onboard the Armada of the Holy Face as Phalanx guns to be used at our Lords discretion , to obliterate the attacks of the devil and his evil minions to fortify the Church from all the attacks from all the evil ISM’s of the world . United under the Banner of the Holy Face we fight to restore the sacredness of God’s most Holy Name and reverence to His Commandments!