Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff that give me courage.
Deuteronomy, Chapter 4, Verse 9-10
9 However, be on your guard and be very careful not to forget the
things your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart as long as
you live, but make them known to your children and to your children’s children, 10 that day you stood
before the LORD, your God, at Horeb, when the LORD said to me: Assemble the
people for me, that I may let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me as long as they live in the land and may so teach their
children.
Moses use of the word fear here not in the sense of “be
terrified,” but rather “manifest reverence or awe.” Christ’s mission of love
was to move our hearts from reverence or awe of pure love: A love in which the
heart of the beloved longs to do good works secretly in emulation of the God
that is good to saint and sinner alike. Our church often instructs us to
increase in ourselves Faith, Hope and Charity.
Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve; to
give and not to count the cost…to labor and not to ask for reward, except to
know that I am doing your will. (Saint Ignatius, Prayer for Generosity)
Lord, let me not fear death
with an empty fear, but with a wise
and holy fear. An empty fear does not make men any better, but a
wise and holy fear urges them to
improve their lives. I will prepare for death by trying today to please you
more and more in my thoughts, desires, words and actions. If I live this day as
You desire, I shall be ready at any moment, and death will be nothing worse
than Your loving call. Amen[1]
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)
Fourth Day
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, Pardon and Mercy.
Prayer in Honor of the Dolors 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 Dolors, 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, (3) Hail Mary’s, (1) Glory Be.
O Bleeding Face, O Face Divine, be every adoration Thine. (Three times)
President George
Washington’s Birthday. This year Washington’s Birthday
coincides with the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter- reflect, on the
importance of having our loyalties in the right order.
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