The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.
Deuteronomy, Chapter 6, Verse 1-2
1 This then is the
commandment, the statutes and the ordinances, which the LORD, your God, has commanded that you be taught to observe
in the land you are about to cross into to possess, 2
so that you, that is, you, your
child, and your grandchild, may fear
the LORD, your God, by keeping, as long as you live, all his statutes and
commandments which I enjoin on
you, and thus have long life.
Those that fear the Lord
have a great love for Him. “If you love
me you will keep my commandments” (Jn. 14:15)
Put
to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity,
passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry. Because of these the
wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient. By these you too once conducted
yourselves, when you lived in that way. But now you must put them all away:
anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths. Stop
lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the
image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and
uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all. (Col.
3:5-11)
NOVENA TO THE HOLY FACE
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.
(Start novena)
Seventh Day
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, O 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, Pardon and Mercy.
Prayer in Honor 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, O 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 favor 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, (3) Hail Mary’s, (1) Glory Be.
O Bleeding Face, O Face Divine, be every adoration Thine. (Three times)
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