Friday 12 August 2016

Devotion to the Holy Face. Part 8.

Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration



Invocations of the Holy Face

Approved for private use by Pope Pius IX, Jan. 27, 1853.

I

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face Mary and Joseph worshipped with profoundest reverence, (Have mercy on us.)

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face ravished with joy the angels, shepherds and Magi in the stable of Bethlehem,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face wounded with a dart of love the aged Simeon and the Prophetess Anna in the temple,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was bathed in tears in Thy holy infancy,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face at the age of twelve astonished the doctors in the temple,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is white with purity and ruddy with charity,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is more beautiful than the sun, brighter than the moon and more brilliant than the stars, O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is lovelier than the roses of spring,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is more precious than gold, silver and gems,

O Jesus, the charms and grace of whose Adorable Face win all hearts, (Have mercy on us.)

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is most noble in Its heavenly features,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the admiration of angels,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the sweet delight of the saints,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the masterpiece of the Holy Ghost in which the Father is well pleased,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was the delight of Thy Virgin Mother and of Thy holy foster-father St. Joseph,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the ineffable mirror of Divine perfections,

O Jesus, the beauty of whose Adorable Face is ever ancient and ever new,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face appeases the Divine wrath,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the terror of the evil spirits,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face is the treasure of graces and blessings,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was exposed to the inclemency of the weather in the desert,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was scorched by the sun and bathed in sweat on Thy journeys, (Have mercy on us.)

O Jesus, the expression of whose Adorable Face is wholly Divine,

O Jesus, the modesty and mildness of whose Adorable Face attracted both just and sinners,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face gave a holy kiss and blessing to the little children,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face sorrowed and wept at the grave of Lazarus,

O Jesus, whose Adorable Face was brilliant as the sun and radiant with glory on Mount Thabor,

V. The light of Thy Face has been shed upon us, O Lord,

R. Thou hast given joy to our hearts.

LET US PRAY

I salute Thee, I adore Thee, I love Thee, O Adorable Face of Jesus, my Beloved, noble seal of the Divinity! With all the powers of my soul, I apply myself to Thee, and most humbly pray Thee imprint in us all the features of Thy Divine likeness. Amen.