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Dear
Friend,
Welcome to Day 4 of the Nine Day novena as we continue to honor the
Holy Face of Jesus. If you would like to visit previous days, please
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"I firmly wish that my face
reflecting the intimate pains of my soul, the suffering and love of my
heart, be more honoured! Whoever gazes upon me already consoles me."
(Our Lord Jesus Christ to Sister Pierina)
One of the promises to those who
honor the Holy Face of Jesus:
“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.”
Day Four of the Novena to the Holy Face of
Jesus
(Console Holy Face and recite Daily
Preparatory Prayer)
DAILY PREPARATORY PRAYER
O Most Holy and Blessed Trinity, through the
intercession
of Holy Mary, whose
soul was pierced through by a
sword
of sorrow at the sight of
the passion of her Divine Son,
we
ask your help in making a
perfect Novena of reparation
with
Jesus, united with all His
sorrows, love and
total abandonment.
We now implore
all the Angels and Saints to
intercede
for us as we pray this
Holy Novena to the Most Holy
Face
of Jesus and for the glory
of the most Holy Trinity,
Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Psalm 51,8-9.
Indeed you love truth
in the heart;
then in the secret of my heart teach me
Wisdom.
O purify me, then I shall be
clean;
O wash me. I shall be whiter than
snow.
O Lord Jesus, who has said, learn of me for
I am meek and gentle of heart,
and who did manifest upon Thy Holy
Face the sentiments
of Thy divine heart, grant that we may love to come frequently and meditate upon
Thy divine features.
We may read there Thy
gentleness and Thy humility, and learn how to form our hearts in the practice of these
two virtues which Thou desires
to see shine in Thy servants.
Mary our Mother and
Saint Joseph help us.
Through the merits of
Thy precious blood and your Holy Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition (state your intentions) Pardon
and mercy.
Prayer in Honour of the Dolours of
the Blessed Virgin
O Most Holy and
afflicted Virgin, Queen of Martyrs! Who
stood beneath the cross, witnessing the agony of your
dying
Son, look down with a mother's tenderness
and pity on us
as we kneel before you to venerate your
Dolours and place
our requests, with
filial confidence, in the sanctuary of your
wounded heart. Present them on our behalf to Jesus,
through
the merits of His most sacred Passion and
Death, together
with your sufferings at the foot of the
cross, and through the
united efficacy of
both, obtain the favor which we humbly
ask. To whom shall we
go in our wants and miseries if not
to you. O Mother of
Mercy, who having so deeply drunk of
the chalice of your
Son, graciously alleviate the sufferings
of those who still sigh in this land of exile. Amen.
Prayer to the Souls in Purgatory
My Jesus, by the sorrows you suffered in your agony
in
the garden, in your scourging and crowning
with thorns, in
the way to Calvary, in your crucifixion and
death, have
mercy on the souls in Purgatory, and
especially on those that
are most forsaken.
Deliver them from the dire torments they
endure. Call them and admit them to your most sweet
embrace
in Paradise. Amen.
Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's, one
(1)
Glory Be.
O Bleeding Face, O
Face Divine, be every adoration Thine.
(Three
times)
Your friend in Christ,
Thomas J.
McKenna
Founder and
President
Catholic Action
Catholic Action For Faith And
Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/
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