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Dear Friend,
Welcome to Day 7 of the Nine Day novena. Prayer, fasting, and
charitable giving are time-tested practices for Catholics to prepare
for Lent. Leading up the Ash Wednesday, let us also continue to honor
the Holy Face of Jesus and take hold of another one of His promises
that the conversion of sinners will be
obtained. If you would like to view the
previous days of the novena, please click here.
One of the promises to those who honor
the Holy Face of Jesus:
Those who on earth contemplate the
wounds of My Face shall in Heaven behold it radiant with
glory.
Day Seven 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
51,14-15.
Give me again the joy of your help,
with a spirit of
fervor sustain me,
that I may teach transgressors your ways
and
sinners may return to you.
Lord Jesus! After contemplating Thy
features, disfigured
by grief, after meditating upon Thy passion
with compunction
and love, how can our hearts fail to be inflamed
with a holy
hatred of sin, which even now outrages Thy Adorable
Face!
Lord, suffer us not to be content with mere compassion,
but
give us grace so closely to follow Thee in this Calvary,
so
that the approbrium destined for Thee may fall on us,
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Jesus, that thus we may have a share, small though it may
be,
in expiation of sin. Amen. Mary, our Mother, intercede
for us.
Saint Joseph pray for us.
Through the merits of your precious blood
and your Holy
Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition (state your intentions) Pardon
and mercy.
Prayer in Honour of
Mary
Hail
Mary, Daughter of God the Father! Hail Mary, Mother
of God the Son!
Hail Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit! Hail
Mary, Temple of the Most
Holy Trinity! Hail Mary, our
mistress, our wealth, our mystic rose.
Queen of our hearts,
our Mother, our life, our sweetness and our
dearest hope!
We are all Thine, and all we have is Thine. O Virgin
blessed
above all things, may Thy soul be in us to magnify the
Lord;
may Thy spirit be in us to rejoice in God. Place Thyself,
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faithful Virgin, as a seal upon our hearts, that in Thee
and
through Thee we may be found faithful to God. Grant,
most
gracious Virgin, that we may be numbered among those
whom
Thou art pleased to love, to teach and to guide, to
favour and to
protect as Thy children. Grant that with the help
of Thy love, we
may despise all earthly consolation and cling
to heavenly things,
until through the Holy Spirit, Thy faithful
spouse, and through
Thee, His faithful spouse, Jesus Christ,
Thy Son, be formed within
us for the glory of the Father.
Amen. (St. Grignon de
Montfort)
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
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