To bring adoration of the Holy Face of Jesus to the whole world and promote reparation for sins against the first three Commandments.
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O my Jesus! Cast upon us a look of mercy; turn Thy Face towards each one of us, even as Thou didst turn to Veronica, not that we may see it with the eyes of our body, for we do not deserve to do so, but turn it towards our hearts, that, being sustained by Thee, we may ever draw from that powerful source, the vigour necessary to enable us to wage the combats we have to undergo.
(1887 Manual of Archconfraternity of the Holy Face)
Pope Pius was beatified in 2000.
The 100 Offerings of Our Lord Jesus Christ to His Eternal Father (Our Lord revealed to Sr. Marie de Saint Pierre this prayer was ;like building a wall of Protection)
Eternal Father, I offer Thee all the glory that our Divine Saviour Jesus has rendered Thee during the thirty years of His hidden and laborious life, and all the merits He has acquired for us from the moment of His Divine Incarnation until His evangelical Life. I make this offering for thehonor and glory of Thy Holy Name, in reparation for the indignities offered our Savior; finally, for the wants of the Holy Church, the Salvation of France (or the country you are praying for), and the Work of Reparation.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee all the glory that Jesus, our Divine Savior, has rendered Thee, all the infinite merits He has acquired for us from the moment of His evangelical life until His Passion. I make this offering for the honor and glory of Thy Holy Name, to repair the outrages offered our Divine Savior; finally, for the wants of the Holy Church, the salvation of France (or country you are praying for), and the extension of the Work of Reparation.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee all the glory that Jesus Christ, our Divine Savior, has rendered Thee, as well as all the merits He has acquired for us during His sorrowful and glorious life. I make this offering for the honor and glory of Thy Holy Name, in reparation for the indignities offered to our Savior — in fine, for the needs of the Holy Church, for the salvation of France (or the country you are praying for) and the entire world, and for the extension of the Work of Reparation.
This is My well-beloved Son, in whom I am, well pleased. Hear ye Him.
In truth I say to thee that all thou wilt ask the Father in My Name He will grant.
Ask, and thou shall receive.
(Taken From Manual of the Holy Face A.M.P) Our Lord gave me to behold a mysterious wall protecting France against the arrow of divine justice. He gave me to understand that this wall which reached up to Heaven, was the exercise which I practiced each day joined no doubt to the prayers and merits offered to God by so many souls for the salvation of France. This exercise consists in presenting the Face of Jesus a Hundred to His Father, in honour of all mysteries of the life and death of the Divine Saviour and in offering these merits of each of these mysteries for the Salvation of France. (Sister Marie De Saint Pierre)
Shortly after the miracle of 1849 in Rome. Two linens of the copied engravings of the Veil of Veronica were sent to M. DuPont . He hung one of the Linens in his office and kept a burning oil lamp under it a sign of reverence to our Lord. Many visitors would come to his office with many different ailments. M. DuPont would have them anoint themselves with the oil then say various prayers of reparation. The result was over 6000 documented miracles. The miracles continued for 30 years! They became so numerous that Pope Pius IX declared Leo DuPont to be perhaps the greatest miracle worker in Church history. The prayers that were said before this sorrowful picture of Jesus are the prayers in the Archconfraternity Manual of the Holy Face “the Formulae”or the “Golden Arrow” prayer and the Litany of the Holy Face. (see the Formulae at bottom of page: as taken from the Archconfraternity Manual)
Prayers to the Holy Face Extracted from the writings of Venerable Leo Dupont.
I. –Elevation of the heart to Jesus,upon the outrages offered, to His Holy Face.
Who can say how greatly our divine Saviour is offended by blasphemy! Placed as he is between his Father and sinners, the outrages which cannot rise as high as Heaven fall in a rain of ignominy upon his divine Face.
O Jesus ! Thou must be God, since Thou art patient enough still to remain in our midst! If Thou couldst but find a sufficiency of friends possessed of the courage to interpose between Thee and the miserable people w h o conduct Thee back to Calvary !
But, as on the day of Thy Passion, Thou art alone amongst Thy enemies. Alas! do we not run the risk of losing all, if, illuminated by the light of faith which enables us to see what Thou art O Jesus ! do we not at least imitate the witnesses of Thy death in their lively contrition? If it be not given to all of us to weep like Saint Peter, grant that we may strike our breasts like the populace which returned to Jerusalem distracted with grief at recognizing the proof of a deicide.
O Holy Ghost! Thou who didst enlighten the Apostles and didst reanimate their courage so energetically, inflame us with Thy divine fire, put into our mouths burning words after having enkindled in our hearts the fire of Thy love, that becoming new men, we may feel ourselves possessed of sufficient courage to throw ourselves into the midst of the ranks of the enemy. Give us grace to vanquish them and to oblige them to love Thee. Amen.
II. -Prayer of Reparation to the Holy Face.
Lord Jesus! after having contemplated Thy features, disfigured by grief; after having meditated upon Thy Passion with compunction and love, how can our hearts help being inflamed with a holy hatred of sin, which even now, still outrages Thy adorable Face? But, not allowing ourselves to be content with mere compassion, give us grace to follow Thee so closely on this new Calvary, that the opprobrium destined for Thee may rebound upon us, O Jesus, and that we may at least have some small share in the expiation of sin. Amen.
III. — Offering- of the Holy Face to the Eternal Father.
Almighty God, Eternal Father, contemplate the Face of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. W e present it to Thee with confidence for the glory of Thy Holy Name, for the exaltation of Thy holy Church, and for the salvation of the world. Most merciful Advocate, he opens his mouth to plead our cause; listen to his cries, behold his tears,O my God, and Thou wilt be touched with compassion towards the poor sinners who ask of Thee grace and mercy. Amen.
IV— Prayer to the Holy Face for the feast of the Dedication.
O God ! who on the day of the dedication of the Temple, in an effusion of merciful goodness, didst promise to listen, from the height of heaven, to those who should invoke Thy Name, and who should seek Thy Face; grant to the associates of the Work of Reparation of blasphemy, prostrate before Thy adorable Face, the graces of which they have need in order efficaciously to work out their own salvation and to convert the blasphemers themselves, for whom Thy holy Name is invoked with confidence.Thou, who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
V. -Aspiration towards the glorious Face of our Lord.
Lord! at the thought of the blessings which the vision of Thy Face could not but shed upon the earth, the Prophet exclaims in a holy transport : “Happy the people who joyfully declare Thy glory…” O Lord! permit us to aspire to this divine science, grant us to walk in the light of Thy Face, and to rejoice in the praises which w e will offer by day and night to Thy holy Name.
(Ps. LXXXVIII, 15, 16, 17.)
Prayers of M. Dupont
O Saviour Jesus ! at the sight of Thy most Holy Face, disfigured by grief, and at the sight of Thy Sacred Heart so full of love, I cry out with Saint Augustine: Lord Jesus, impress upon my heart Thy sacred wounds, that I may read therein at once Thy sorrow and Thy love ; Thy sorrow, in order to suffer every affliction for Thee; Thy love, in order for Thee to despise every other love. Amen.
Lord Jesus! when presenting ourselves before Thy adorable Face to entreat Thee for the graces of which we have need, we beseech Thee, above all things, so to order the interior dispositions of our hearts, that we may never refuse Thee aught that Thou Thyself askest of us every day, through Thy holy commandments and by Thy divine inspirations. Amen.
O good Jesus, who hast said: “Ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you,” give us, if it be Thy will, the faith which supplies all, or else supply Thyself all that is wanting in us of faith; grant us, by the sole effect of Thy charily and for Thy eternal glory, the graces of which we stand in need and which we look for from Thine infinite mercy. Amen.
Be merciful to us, O my God! do not reject our prayers, when, in the midst of our afflictions, we call upon Thy holy Name and seek with love and confidence Thy adorable Face. Amen.
We thank Thee, 0 Lord, for all Thy benefits, and w e entreat Thee to engrave in our hearts feelings of love and of gratitude, putting upon our lips songs of thanksgiving to Thy eternal praise. Amen.
Formulae; Which Mr. DuPont used when Anointing the Sick With Oil
Unctiones sanitatis conficiat et perficiat ipse Deus. In nomine Patris, etc.
In English. May the Lord himself deign, together with us, to anoint this sick person and to restore him to health. In the name of the Father, etc.
Or else : May the holy Names of Jesus, of Mary and of Joseph be known , blessed and glorified throughout the whole earth. Amen.
Or else: Crux sacra, sit tibi lux et sanitas, benedictio et voluntas Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Amen.
0 well beloved Face of Jesus! Humbly prostrate in Thy presence, we adore Thee for those who refuse to adore Thee; we love Thee and we pray to Thee, for those who refuse to love Thee and who blaspheme Thee. Unhappy madmen! If they knew Thee better, with what repentance and confusion would they turn towards Thee, how they would seek to make compensation to Thee for all which Thou hast suffered for them!
The audacity of impiety has increased, a clamour issuing from hell has been raised for the purpose of denying Thy divinity and outraging the Church, a diabolical pact has been formed against God and against his Christ. 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. We need no longer, 0 merciful Face, envy the happiness of that heroic woman; by a redoublement of faith, of fervour and of zeal, we may, like her, wipe Thy tears away, staunch Thy blood, and solace Thy sufferings.
0 sacred Face! Permit us to weep over the crimes of our erring brethren. Enable us to repair, by our sighs and our love, the attempts made against Thy divinity. Ah! We attest that divinity which has its habitation in Thee, with our whole heart; and if, in order to maintain it, the sacrifice of our life were necessary, we would joyously make an offering of it to Thee.
0 well beloved Face! Let Thy eyes of mercy and compassion rest upon us. Pardon this deicidal century, which refuses to bend its proud head to Thy sovereign authority. Dissipate, by the light of Thy presence, the darkness which envelopes us, and which, if it were not for Thee, would drag us down into the still deeper darkness of death. Convert the blasphemers, bring back to the light of faith the ignorant and incredulous, console the just, strengthen the weak, and grant that all, with one accent of faith and love, may exclaim with the Prophet; “Now, Lord, we follow Thee with our whole heart, we fear Thee and we seek after Thy adorable Face.“ (Dan. III, 41.)
(Manual of the Holy Face 1887)
By a Rescript dated 27th of January 1853. His Holiness Pope Pius IX grants to all who recite, with a contrite heart, these prayers in honor Of the Face of Jesus Christ an indulgence of a hundred days for each time applicable to the souls in Purgatory.
Prayer I
I salute Thee, I adore Thee, and I love Thee. 0 Jesus, my Savior, outraged anew by blasphemers, and I offer Thee, through the heart of Thy blessed Mother, the worship of all the angels, and saints, as an incense and a perfume of sweet odor, most humbly beseeching Thee, by the virtue of Thy Sacred Face, to repair and renew in me and in all men Thy image disfigured by sin. Amen.
Pater, Ave, Gloria (Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, one Glory Be)
Prayer II
I salute Thee, I adore Thee, and I love Thee. 0 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 to imprint in us all the features of Thy Divine likeness. Amen.
Prayer III
O adorable Face of my Jesus, so mercifully bowed down upon the tree of the Cross, on the day of Thy Passion for the salvation of men, now again, incline in Thy Pity towards us poor sinners; cast upon us a look of compassion, and receive us to the kiss Of peace. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Amen.
Sit nomen Domini benedictum! Amen.
From the Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face p 154-155
St. John Paul II “To contemplate the Face of Christ, and to contemplate it with Mary, is the program which I have set before the Church at the dawn of the third millennium…”
Oh, my beautiful Immaculate Mother Mary, Queen of Sorrows, I beg thee, by the inexpressible agony thou didst endure at the foot of the Cross, offer to the Eternal Father, in my stead, the Holy Face of Thy Divine Son, my Jesus, covered with blood, wounds, and other indignities heaped upon Him during His Sacred Passion, and beg of Him to grant (here mention the grace or favor you desire). Amen.
I adore Thee, and I praise Thee, 0 my divine Jesus, Son of the living God, for all the outrages Thou hast endured for me , who am the most miserable of Thy creatures, in all the sacred members of Thy body, but especially in the most noble part of Thyself, that is to say, in Thy Face. I salute Thee, amiable Face, wounded with blows and scourges, soiled with spittle and disfigured by the evil treatment which the impious Jews caused Thee to suffer. I salute you, 0 lovely eyes! All bathed in the tears you have shed for our salvation. I salute you, sacred ears, tormented by an infinity of blasphemies, injuries and shameful mockings. I salute you, 0 holy mouth! Filled with grace and sweetness towards sinners, and made to drink of vinegar and gall by the monstrous ingratitude of those whom Thou hadst chosen to be Thy people. In reparation for all these ignominies, I offer Thee all the homage which has been rendered Thee in the holy place where Thou hast willed to be honoured by the special devotion to which I unite myself with my whole heart. Amen.
(1887 Manual of the Holy Face)
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0 Lord Jesus, after contemplating Thy features, disfigured by anguish, and after meditating upon Thy Passion, how can my heart not be consumed with love for Thee, and hatred for those sins which, even at this day, wound Thy adorable Face? Permit me not, 0 Lord! to feel merely compassion alone; make of me a worthy child of Mary, and accord me the grace, as Thou didst to Thy divine Mother, to follow Thee so closely on this new Calvary, that the insults destined for Thee, 0 Jesus! May fall upon me, a member of Thy Holy Church and cause me to undertake with courage the duty of expiation and of love.
Amen.
(1887 Manual of the Holy Face)
I present myself before Thy Holy Face, 0 my Saviour, laden with my sins and the penalties which they have brought upon me. My sufferings are far less than what I deserve, for, although I am conscious of the just punishment of my sins, I do not, on that account, cease to commit fresh ones every day. I am bowed down under Thy scourges, and I do not become better; my heart is full of bitterness, and my obstinacy, in doing evil, remains for ever the same. My life passes away in misery, and I do not correct myself. When Thou chastisest me, I make the best promises in the world; as soon as Thou liftest up Thy hand, I forget all that I promised Thee.
I make to Thee, 0 God! A sincere confession of my sins; I protest in Thy presence, that if Thou do not show mercy upon me, I shall be in danger of perishing utterly. Grant me, my Saviour, what I beg of Thee, although I do not deserve it, since Thou hast of Thy goodness drawn me out of nothingness to put me into a state wherein I can pray to Thee.
Amen.
(1887 Manual of the Holy Face)
“A single tear shed at the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus is worth more than a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or a year of fasting on bread and water.” ~ Saint Augustine
( The Following excerpt is taken from the book “The Holy Face In the Documents in the Church” Stefano Pedica, O.S.B.)
St. Augustine mentions the Lord’s Holy Face so many times that it would merit a separate study. Jesus is beautiful, supremely beautiful: in Heaven, on the earth, in the womb of Mary, in the hands of relatives, beautiful in miracles, beautiful under the scourges. Suppose we should consider the Face of Jesus in the Passion. He is here the example of humility and patience. Jesus, says the Saint, shows great and admirable patience in receiving the kiss of Judas. But is it not perhaps a greater and more excellent example of patience which Jesus gave in receiving and bearing the slap on His Sacred Countenance? He received it for our redemption, therefore Augustine finds therein motives of confidence in this pious prayer which he addresses to Jesus: “Be propitious, I pray Thee, and have pity on me, and turn not Thy Face from me, Thou who in redeeming me didst not turn Thy Face from those who insulted Thee, and spat upon Thee.”
If we should consider the Face in Its own nature, this predisposes it to the joy of the Beatific Vision.
St. Augustine’s argument therefore is very strong, so to say, which predisposes the final end to be the vision of God. Now according to modern exegetists the expression : “Facies Dei”-Face of God-does not always have the same significance in Holy Scripture. Augustine distinguishes sharply between “Face of God” and “Face of Christ”.
The Face of God is the joy of the elect. The Face of Christ is the object of love and desire.
For what other object can we aspire towards, than the Face of God-the truth? And elsewhere-the Face of God is the power by which He manifests Himself to the worthy, indeed to the just.
St. Augustine, like all the rest of the Holy Fathers, addresses Christ with the expressions of the Prophets and the Psalms, using at times indiscriminately the expression “Vultum Tuum” and “Faciem Tuam” straight to the Person of the Word, in the same manner that the word “Lord” Dominus refers to both the Father and the Son.
“Quaesivi vultum tuum” I have sought Thy Face. I have sought for Thee and none other beside Thee. Thy Face is my only reward. I will seek Thy Face, O Lord : in this demand will I persevere. Indeed I will not look for any unworthy object, but only Thy Face that I may love Thee more generously, because I find none other more precious. The Face is the reward of the elect. The righteous shall dwell under Thine eyes, and when they will love the face, they will eat the bread of the sweat of their brow ( Gen. 3, 19 ) .
“Let us return, wiping away the sweat, let us end the weariness and the weeping that we may shine in Thy all satisfying Face. Neither let us search anymore, because there is nothing better. Let us not abandon Thee, and we shall not be abandoned by Thee. Because what was said about the Lord, after the Resurrection? I will be filled with overflowing joy with Thy Face, because without Thy Face there would not be joy for us.”
For St. Augustine the Face of Christ is the symbol of the Beatific Vision. The significant passage concerning the Face of Christ to the Divine Essence in the Beatific Vision is easy to see oneself in the following words which he uses to express the form of man and the form of God :
“He gave the human form to the pious and the weak (feeble in faith ) ; to the pure and holy he reserved the form of God, so that we may be able to rejoice in Him and be happy for ever in His sight.”