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Holy
Face
O Blessed Face of my kind Savior, by the tender love and piercing sorrow of Our Lady as she beheld You in Your cruel Passion, grant us to share in this intense sorrow and love so as to fulfill the holy will of God to the utmost of our ability. Amen. Prayer
to the
O Lord Jesus Christ, in presenting ourselves before Thine adorable Face
to ask of Thee the graces of which we stand most in need, we beseech
Thee, above all, to grant us that interior disposition of never
refusing at any time to do what Thou requires of us by Thy holy
commandments and divine inspirations.Holy Face Amen. Prayer
of St. Pius IX to the Holy Face
"O My Jesus, cast upon us a look of mercy; turn Thy Face towards each of us as Thou did to Veronica; not that we may see it with our bodily eyes, for this we do not deserve; but turn it towards our hearts, so that remembering Thee we may ever draw from this fountain the strength the vigor necessary to sustain the combats of life. Amen." |
