tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30031554801878916312024-03-13T22:52:36.547-07:00Reparation of the Holy FaceChristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-22789906759701872602014-03-07T19:53:00.001-08:002014-03-07T19:55:10.345-08:00St. Bridget of Sweden 12 years prayers<h3>
Prayers Honoring the 7 Times Jesus Spilled His Precious Blood for Us, as Revealed by Our Lady to St. Bridget, and Approved by Pope Clement XII</h3>
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The Magnificent Promises of the 12 Years Prayers</h4>
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1. The soul who prays them will suffer no Purgatory.<br />
2. The soul who prays them will be accepted among the Martyrs as though he had spilled his blood for his faith.<br />
3.The soul who prays them can choose three others whom Jesus will then keep in a state of grace sufficient to become holy.<br />
4. No one in the four successive generations of the soul who prays them will be lost.<br />
5. The soul who prays them will be made conscious of his death one month in advance.<br />
** If the soul praying these prayers dies before the entire 12 years of prayers have been completed, the Lord will accept them as having been prayed in their entirety, because the intention of the soul was to complete them as directed. If a day or a few days are missed due to a valid reason, they can be made up for later, at the soul's earliest opportunity.<br />
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The 12 Year Prayers:</h2>
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O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord's Prayer seven times in unity with the love with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips into Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much honor and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May these pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that You spilled from them.<br />
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First Prayer: The Circumcision</h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the first wounds, the first pains, and the first Bloodshed as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of youth, as protection against the first mortal sin, especially among my relatives.<br />
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Second Prayer: The Suffering on the Mount of Olives</h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the terrifying suffering of Jesus' Heart on the Mount of Olives and every drop of His Bloody Sweat as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the heart, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of Divine and brotherly Love.<br />
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Third Prayer: The Flogging </h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the many thousands of Wounds, the gruesome Pains, and the Precious Blood of the Flogging as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Flesh, as protection against such sins and the preservation of innocence, especially among my relatives.<br />
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Fourth Prayer: The Crowning of Thorns</h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Wounds, the Pains, and the Precious Blood of Jesus' Holy Head from the Crowning with Thorns as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Spirit, as protection against such sins and the spreading of Christ's kingdom here on earth.<br />
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Fifth Prayer: The Carrying of the Cross </h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Sufferings on the way of the Cross, especially His Holy Wound on His Shoulder and its Precious Blood as atonement for my and all of humanity's rebellion against the Cross, every grumbling against Your Holy Arrangements and all other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for true love of the Cross.<br />
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Sixth Prayer: The Crucifixion </h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You Your Son on the Cross, His Nailing and Raising, His Wounds on the Hands and Feet and the three streams of His Precious Blood that poured forth from these for us, His extreme tortures of the Body and Soul, His precious Death and its non-bleeding Renewal in all Holy Masses on earth as atonement for all wounds against vows and regulations within the Orders, as reparation for my and all of the world's sins, for the sick and the dying, for all holy priests and laymen, for the Holy Father's intentions toward the restoration of Christian families, for the strengthening of Faith, for our country and unity among all nations in Christ and His Church, as well as for the Diaspora.<br />
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Seventh Prayer: The Piercing of Jesus' Side</h3>
Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then:<br />
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Eternal Father, accept as worthy, for the needs of the Holy Church and as atonement for the sins of all Mankind, the Precious Blood and Water which poured forth from the Wound of Jesus' Divine Heart. Be gracious and merciful toward us. Blood of Christ, the last precious content of His Holy Heart, wash me of all my and others' guilt of sin! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me clean of all punishments for sin and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for all the Poor Souls. Amen.Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-89748601348197078292014-01-08T13:19:00.002-08:002014-01-08T13:19:36.293-08:00Lord Jesus Christ,Lord Jesus Christ,<br />
Who revealed the infinite mercy of Your Sacred Heart<br />
in saying: “Love your enemies<br />
and pray for those who persecute you” (Mt 5:44)<br />
and again, “Bless those who curse you,<br />
pray for those who abuse you” (Lk 6:28),<br />
give me, I beseech You,<br />
grace to obey these commandments of yours,<br />
and to persevere in praying daily<br />
for those who, in any way,<br />
have abused, cursed, hurt, or rejected me.<br />
I pray for those who hate me,<br />
for those who resent me<br />
and for those who have spoken ill of me.<br />
I beg you to bless them abundantly<br />
and to pour into their hearts<br />
such a profusion of healing mercies<br />
that in them and around them<br />
love will triumph over hatred,<br />
friendship over resentment,<br />
sweetness over bitterness,<br />
meekness over anger,<br />
and peace over enmity.<br />
I further ask you to extend these graces<br />
to their families and to all whom they hold dear.<br />
In particular, I pray today for N. (and N.).<br />
I present him/her/them<br />
to Your Eucharistic Face,<br />
asking You to envelop him/her/them in Its healing radiance,<br />
dispelling whatever shadows of sin<br />
may have darkened his/her/their mind(s)<br />
or hardened his/her their heart(s)<br />
in anger, hatred, or the refusal to forgive.<br />
For my part,<br />
with deep sorrow I confess<br />
that I have sinned grievously against others,<br />
causing them pain and even endangering their souls.<br />
I pray you, O Merciful Jesus, to repair the evil I have done to others<br />
and to heal the hurt I have inflicted on them.<br />
In particular, I acknowledge my sins against N. (and N.)<br />
imploring You to heal and repair the harm I have done him/her/them.<br />
I ask you so to penetrate my heart<br />
with the charity of Your Pierced Heart<br />
that I will be able to forgive<br />
those who have offended me,<br />
to love them sincerely,<br />
and to desire for them all that will contribute to their true happiness<br />
in this life and in the next.<br />
By means of a permanent intention,<br />
I desire to renew this prayer<br />
in every offering of Your Holy Sacrifice.<br />
Let the light of Your Eucharistic Face<br />
shine in the hearts of all who harbour<br />
hatred or resentment toward me,<br />
to bring them healing and peace.<br />
Let Your Precious Blood<br />
triumph over evil<br />
in those against whom I have sinned<br />
and in those who have sinned against me,<br />
so that, delivered from the shadows<br />
of this valley of tears,<br />
we may one day praise Your Mercy together<br />
in the sweetness of a boundless charity.<br />
Amen.Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-86972078464350484572013-11-27T06:03:00.000-08:002013-11-27T06:03:52.964-08:00The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus<br />
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Directions for Our Times</h2>
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As given to Anne, a lay apostle<br />Conversations with<br />The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus</h3>
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September 1, 2003<br />
Jesus<br />
My child, with such gratitude I view your<br />
efforts. I am here, waiting in the tabernacle<br />
to thank you and encourage you. You<br />
are trying to serve Me in your life and it is<br />
not always easy to do this. Until a complete<br />
union or surrender occurs, you continue<br />
to wrestle with the pull of the world<br />
and worldly attractions and distractions.<br />
This creates conflict in you because I am<br />
calling you in another direction. This<br />
conflict makes you feel discouraged, dear<br />
one, but you should not allow this feeling.<br />
There is not growth without some bit of<br />
discomfort. So, when you feel unsettled<br />
and you long for old habits, remember<br />
that you used those habits to console<br />
yourself in emptiness. I am now filling<br />
that emptiness for you so you do not need<br />
to rely on these things anymore. Worldly<br />
habits or addictions did not make you<br />
happy, My little soul. You felt unrest and<br />
bitterness without Me. Now, with Me, you<br />
are beginning to experience true peace,<br />
the peace which comes from heaven. This<br />
is a sign that your soul is directing the<br />
movement and action of your body, which<br />
is how man is intended to live. The body is<br />
under your dominion, or the dominion of<br />
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your soul, and the soul, your precious and<br />
irreplaceable soul, is under My dominion.<br />
In this way, in this small corner, the<br />
world is as it should be. You belong to Me,<br />
My child, and I have defended you<br />
fiercely, despite your temporary indifference<br />
to Me. We will keep moving forward<br />
now with our movement toward unity. You<br />
may feel as though you are moving quite<br />
swiftly in these spiritual matters. Do not<br />
fear this haste as I am personally determining<br />
the speed at which I need you to<br />
ascend. In days past, perhaps your conversion<br />
would be more gentle and<br />
leisurely. I do not will that now and it is<br />
not what I require. I need My soldiers prepared<br />
quickly. Because I am God, and all<br />
created things bow to Me, I can do this<br />
with a soul like yours who seeks to assist<br />
Me and please Me.<br />
My child, never be afraid of holiness.<br />
When you doubt, look to your duty and<br />
remain calm until I desire to erase your<br />
doubts. You will carry small crosses of<br />
fear and doubt at times, but that is,<br />
again, more practice, and these little<br />
exercises are good for your soul. Make<br />
small acts of faith to Me and the doubts<br />
will lose their power to distract you from<br />
My service during your days.<br />
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I am with you, My little souls, and We<br />
have discussed exactly what I mean when<br />
I say that. You are with Me and We move<br />
purposefully through your life together.<br />
Look for opportunities to serve Me in the<br />
people I place in your path. If you sense<br />
that I need you to assist a soul, let your<br />
spirit go quiet while I place the proper<br />
inspirations in your heart and mind.<br />
Then you may respond to the need in this<br />
soul for Me, and My word, My presence,<br />
will have been achieved. Dear little soul,<br />
so willing to serve Me, can you imagine<br />
your world if even a small number begin<br />
to live this way? Your world would change<br />
and that is what I am seeking to accomplish.<br />
Be at peace. Your God is pleased.Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-14045078182750292812013-11-25T21:02:00.000-08:002013-11-25T21:02:26.696-08:00The Shroud of TurinPASTORAL VISIT TO TURIN<br />
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MEDITATION OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI<br />
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Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2 May 2010<br />
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Dear Friends,<br />
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This is a moment to which I have been looking forward. I have stood before the Holy Shroud on various occasions but this time I am experiencing this Pilgrimage and this moment with special intensity: perhaps this is because the passing years make me even more sensitive to the message of this extraordinary Icon; perhaps and I would say above all this is because I am here now as the Successor of Peter, and I carry in my heart the whole Church, indeed, the whole of humanity. I thank God for the gift of this Pilgrimage and also for the opportunity to share with you a brief meditation inspired by the subtitle of this solemn Exposition: "The Mystery of Holy Saturday".<br />
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One could say that the Shroud is the Icon of this mystery, the Icon of Holy Saturday. Indeed it is a winding-sheet that was wrapped round the body of a man who was crucified, corresponding in every way to what the Gospels tell us of Jesus who, crucified at about noon, died at about three o'clock in the afternoon. At nightfall, since it wasParasceve, that is, the eve of Holy Saturday, Joseph of Arimathea, a rich and authoritative member of the Sanhedrin, courageously asked Pontius Pilate for permission to bury Jesus in his new tomb which he had had hewn out in the rock not far from Golgotha. Having obtained permission, he bought a linen cloth, and after Jesus was taken down from the Cross, wrapped him in that shroud and buried him in that tomb (cf. Mk 15: 42-46). This is what the Gospel of St Mark says and the other Evangelists are in agreement with him. From that moment, Jesus remained in the tomb until dawn of the day after the Sabbath and the Turin Shroud presents to us an image of how his body lay in the tomb during that period which was chronologically brief (about a day and a half), but immense, infinite in its value and in its significance.<br />
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Holy Saturday is the day when God remains hidden, we read in an ancient Homily: "What has happened? Today the earth is shrouded in deep silence, deep silence and stillness, profound silence because the King sleeps.... God has died in the flesh, and has gone down to rouse the realm of the dead" (Homily on Holy Saturday, PG 43, 439). In the Creed, we profess that Jesus Christ was "crucified under Pontius Pilate, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day, he rose again".<br />
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Dear brothers and sisters, in our time, especially after having lived through the past century, humanity has become particularly sensitive to the mystery of Holy Saturday. The concealment of God is part of contemporary man's spirituality, in an existential almost subconscious manner, like a void in the heart that has continued to grow larger and larger. Towards the end of the 19th century, Nietzsche wrote: "God is dead! And we killed him!". This famous saying is clearly taken almost literally from the Christian tradition. We often repeat it in the Way of the Cross,perhaps without being fully aware of what we are saying. After the two World Wars, the lagers and the gulags, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, our epoch has become increasingly a Holy Saturday: this day's darkness challenges all who are wondering about life and it challenges us believers in particular. We too have something to do with this darkness.<br />
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Yet the death of the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, has an opposite aspect, totally positive, a source of comfort and hope. And this reminds me of the fact that the Holy Shroud acts as a "photographic' document, with both a "positive" and a "negative". And, in fact, this is really how it is: the darkest mystery of faith is at the same time the most luminous sign of a never-ending hope. Holy Saturday is a "no man's land" between the death and the Resurrection, but this "no man's land" was entered by One, the Only One, who passed through it with the signs of his Passion for man's sake: Passio Christi. Passio hominis. And the Shroud speaks to us precisely about this moment testifying exactly to that unique and unrepeatable interval in the history of humanity and the universe in which God, in Jesus Christ, not only shared our dying but also our remaining in death the most radical solidarity.<br />
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In this "time-beyond-time", Jesus Christ "descended to the dead". What do these words mean? They mean that God, having made himself man, reached the point of entering man's most extreme and absolute solitude, where not a ray of love enters, where total abandonment reigns without any word of comfort: "hell". Jesus Christ, by remaining in death, passed beyond the door of this ultimate solitude to lead us too to cross it with him. We have all, at some point, felt the frightening sensation of abandonment, and that is what we fear most about death, just as when we were children we were afraid to be alone in the dark and could only be reassured by the presence of a person who loved us. Well, this is exactly what happened on Holy Saturday: the voice of God resounded in the realm of death. The unimaginable occurred: namely, Love penetrated "hell". Even in the extreme darkness of the most absolute human loneliness we may hear a voice that calls us and find a hand that takes ours and leads us out. Human beings live because they are loved and can love; and if love even penetrated the realm of death, then life also even reached there. In the hour of supreme solitude we shall never be alone:Passio Christi. Passio hominis.<br />
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This is the mystery of Holy Saturday! Truly from there, from the darkness of the death of the Son of God, the light of a new hope gleamed: the light of the Resurrection. And it seems to me that, looking at this sacred Cloth through the eyes of faith, one may perceive something of this light. Effectively, the Shroud was immersed in that profound darkness that was at the same time luminous; and I think that if thousands and thousands of people come to venerate it without counting those who contemplate it through images it is because they see in it not only darkness but also the light; not so much the defeat of life and of love, but rather victory, the victory of life over death, of love over hatred. They indeed see the death of Jesus, but they also see his Resurrection; in the bosom of death, life is now vibrant, since love dwells within it. This is the power of the Shroud: from the face of this "Man of sorrows", who carries with him the passion of man of every time and every place, our passions too, our sufferings, our difficulties and our sins Passio Christi. Passio hominis from this face a solemn majesty shines, a paradoxical lordship. This face, th ese hands and these feet, this side, this whole body speaks. It is itself a word we can hear in the silence. How does the Shroud speak? It speaks with blood, and blood is life! The Shroud is an Icon written in blood; the blood of a man who was scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified and whose right side was pierced. The Image impressed upon the Shroud is that of a dead man, but the blood speaks of his life. Every trace of blood speaks of love and of life. Especially that huge stain near his rib, made by the blood and water that flowed copiously from a great wound inflicted by the tip of a Roman spear. That blood and that water speak of life. It is like a spring that murmurs in the silence, and we can hear it, we can listen to it in the silence of Holy Saturday.<br />
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Dear friends, let us always praise the Lord for his faithful and merciful love. When we leave this holy place, may we carry in our eyes the image of the Shroud, may we carry in our hearts this word of love and praise God with a life full of faith, hope and charity. Thank you.<br />
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<br />Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-29569446749969507922013-11-25T20:48:00.000-08:002013-11-25T20:48:26.143-08:00The Feast of the Holy FaceThe Feast of the Holy Face - Shrove Tuesday<br />
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On April 17th, 1958, His Holiness Pope Pius XII approved the observance of a Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday). <br />
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“See how I suffer. Nevertheless, I am understood by so few. What gratitude on the part of those who say they love me. I have given My Heart as a sensible object of My great love for man and I give My Face as a sensible object of My Sorrow for the sins of man. I desire that it be honoured by a special feast on Tuesday in Quinquagesima (Shrove Tuesday – the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday). The feast will be preceded by novena in which the faithful make reparation with Me uniting themselves with my sorrow.”<br />
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<br />Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-52403427052216517342013-11-25T20:43:00.000-08:002013-11-25T20:43:57.191-08:00Sister Marie of St PeterIn Tours, France during the 1840's a young Carmelite nun, Sister Marie of St Peter, received a series of revelations from Our Lord about a powerful devotion He wished to be established worldwide - the devotion to his Holy Face. The express purpose of this devotion was to make reparation for the blasphemies and outrages of 'Revolutionary men' (the Communists), as well as for the blasphemies of atheists and freethinkers and others, plus, for blasphemy and the profanation of Sundays by Christians. This devotion is also an instrument given to the individual devotee as a seemingly unfailing method of appealing to God in prayer - through adoration of His Holy Face and Name.<br />
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The following prayer was dictated by our Lord Himself to Sister Marie of St Peter. Opening His Heart to her, our Saviour complained of blasphemy, saying that this frightful sin wounds His divine Heart more grievously than all other sins, for it was like a "poisoned arrow".<br />
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After that, our Saviour dictated the following prayer, which he called "The Golden Arrow", saying that those who would recite this prayer would pierce Him delightfully, and also heal those other wounds inflicted on Him by the malice of sinners. This prayer is regarded as the very basis of the Work of Reparation.<br />
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<br />Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-65694106482158295012013-11-25T20:40:00.000-08:002013-11-25T20:40:01.993-08:00Our Lord’s promisesOur Lord’s promises are as follows:<br />
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1.All those who honor My Face in a spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the office of the pious Veronica. According to the care they take in making reparation to My Face, disfigured by blasphemers, so will I take care of their souls which have been disfigured by sin. My Face is the seal of the Divinity, which has the virtue of reproducing in souls the image of God.<br />
2. Those who by words, prayers or writing defend My cause in this Work of Reparation I will defend before My Father, and will give them My Kingdom.<br />
3. By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained.<br />
4. By My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God, and draw down mercy on sinners.<br />
5. As in a kingdom they can procure all that is desired with a coin stamped with the King's effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven they will obtain all they desire with the precious coin of My Holy Face.<br />
6.Those who on earth contemplate the wounds of My Face shall in Heaven behold it radiant with glory.<br />
7.They will receive in their souls a bright and constant irradiation of My Divinity, that by their likeness to My Face they shall shine with particular splendor in Heaven.<br />
8. I will defend them, I will preserve them and I assure them of Final Perseverance.<br />
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<br />Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-2683166886354143602013-11-14T17:03:00.001-08:002013-11-14T17:03:26.039-08:00O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDEDO SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED<br />
J.S. Bach<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">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.</span></td></tr>
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Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-20276179136012166102013-11-12T14:24:00.001-08:002013-11-12T14:25:35.014-08:00CHAPLET OF THE HOLY FACE<span style="font-size: x-large;">CHAPLET OF THE HOLY FACE</span><br />
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The purpose of the Chaplet of the Holy Face is to honour the Five Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and to ask of God the Triumph of His Holy Church and the downfall of her enemies.<br />
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This Chaplet was composed by Sister Saint Pierre, a Carmelite of Tours.<br />
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Saint Ethanasius stated that the devils, when being asked what verse in the Holy Scripture they feared the most, they replied, "That with which the sixty-seventh Psalm commences." This passage states, "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered. Let them that hate Him flee from before His Face." They added that this biblical passage always compelled them to take flight.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How to pray the Chaplet of the Five Wounds</span><br />
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The Chaplet of the Holy Face is composed of a medal and 39 beads, 6 of them being large ones, 33 being small ones, with a medal of the Holy Face.<br />
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The chaplet of the Holy Face honours the 5 senses of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and entreats God for the triumph of His Church. It is recommended that the faithful pray the Chaplet of the Holy Face to obtain from God, by means of the Holy Face of the Lord Jesus, the downfall of His enemies.<br />
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The 33 small beads represent the 33 years of the mortal life of Our Divine Lord Jesus on earth. The first 30 beads call to mind the 30 years of His hidden life. These are divided into 5 groups, with the intention of honouring the 5 senses of touch, hearing, sight, smell, and the taste of Jesus. These senses have their seat, principally, in the Holy Face and render reparative homage for all the sufferings which Our Lord Jesus endured in His Face, through each of these senses.<br />
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The last 3 small beads remind us of the 3 years of public life of Our Saviour, and have as their object, to honour all the wounds of His Adorable Face.<br />
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Begin as follows:<br />
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Make the sign of the Cross, with the Cross, and say:<br />
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"O God, incline unto my aid.<br />
O Lord, make haste to help me."<br />
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Then say 1 Glory Be....<br />
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Before each group of beads, there is a large bead. On this bead, reflect on the sense of Jesus, or the wounds of His Face, and say 1 Glory Be... and the following prayer invocation:<br />
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"My Jesus, mercy."<br />
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On every small bead, say:<br />
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"Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate Thee fly before Thy Face!"<br />
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At the end, say:<br />
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The Glory Be... 7 times, in honour of the last 7 Words that Jesus spoke on the Cross, and the 7 dolors of the Immaculate Virgin.<br />
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Upon completing the Chaplet, say on the medal:<br />
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"O God, our Protector,<br />
look down upon us<br />
and cast Thine eyes<br />
upon the Face of Thy Christ!"Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851802702871068093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003155480187891631.post-55011800707752645042013-11-11T19:48:00.000-08:002013-11-11T19:48:46.833-08:00THE GOLDEN ARROW PRAYER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MAY THE MOST HOLY, MOST SACRED, MOST ADORABLE, MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNUTTERABLE NAME OF GOD BE ALWAYS PRAISED, BLESSED, LOVED, ADORED AND GLORIFIED, IN HEAVEN, ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH, BY ALL THE CREATURES OF GOD, AND BY THE SACRED HEART OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. AMEN.<br /><br />After receiving this prayer, Sister Mary of St. Peter was given a vision in which she saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus delightfully wounded by this "Go/den Arrow" as torrents of graces streamed from It for the conversion of sinners.</div>
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