During the first few months of Covid, back in 2020, I continually was receiving the words “Seek My Face”, and I didn’t know what the Lord meant at that time because the churches were closed. I would go and sit outside the [my] church and pray because I knew the Lord was present in the tabernacle, and that He wanted me to “seek Him”. I now think that He had been preparing me all those years ago for this incredible and beautiful devotion.
It was May 24, 2020 and I have a jar filled with individual papers with scripture written on it. My mom and I both bought a set of these scripture verses in Medjugorje. Each day (or as often as I remember) I ask the Holy Spirit to guide my hand and choose a few. That day I chose Psalm 27:8[i] and it touched me deeply. A few days later I read it in another book and then came across a holy card of the Holy Face and read what I could find about the devotion and Sister Marie de St. Pierre. God had brought me to this incredible devotion in the very midst of such turmoil and fear from the pandemic. I’m beyond grateful that I’m learning so much more now, four years later!
Courtesy of Wendy C.
[i] Thou hast said, “Seek ye my Face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, Lord, do I seek.” RSV Catholic Edition