#catholic devotions

Rosary of the Holy Wounds  (to be said on an ordinary rosary)

On the first bead: “O Jesus, divine Redeemer, have mercy upon us and upon the whole world. Amen.”

On the second bead: “O powerful God. O Holy God. O Immortal God. Have pity on us and upon the whole world. Amen.”

On the third bead: “Pardon and mercy, O my Jesus during these present dangers. Pour on us Thy Most Precious Blood. Amen.”

“O Eternal Father, be merciful to us through the Blood of Jesus Christ Thy only Son. Be merciful to us, we beseech Thee.”

On the Our Father beads (can be said three times): “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls.”

On the Hail Mary beads: “My Jesus, pardon and mercy, through the merits of Thy Holy Wounds.”

After the five decades (say three times): “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls.”

– L’ Abbe Janvier

HONOR THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

(5-min read)

“𝑩𝒚 𝑴𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔.”

Have you heard about the Devotion of Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus? It is a devotion that was proclaimed by Our Lord through a Carmelite Nun named Sister Mary of St. Peter in France. Sister Mary of St. Peter stated in 1844 that Our Lord wanted this devotion to spread throughout the world with the goal of making reparation for the sins which offend Him and that Our Lord promises great blessings to those who practiced this Devotion.

GOLDEN ARROW

Our Lord desires that His Holy Face be offered as the exterior object of adoration to all his children who would be associated with this work of Reparation. His Holy Face is the very Image of God. "Offer It unceasingly to My Father for the salvation of your country.“

Our Lord also said that this Devotion would defeat atheism and communism. It is, therefore, the sister devotion to the Fatima devotion, both of which are necessary to save the world. Jesus told Sr. Mary, “Woe to those cities that will not make this Reparation!“

A most pleasing reparatory prayer to the Lord is to say the Golden Arrow prayer before His image:

“MAY THE MOST HOLY, MOST SACRED, MOST ADORABLE, MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNUTTERABLE NAME OF GOD BE ALWAYS PRAISED, BLESSED, LOVED, ADORED AND GLORIFIED IN HEAVEN, ON EARTH, AND UNDER THE EARTH, BY ALL THE CREATURES OF GOD, AND BY THE SACRED HEART OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. AMEN.”

Jesus revealed to Sister Mary that the Golden Arrow prayer has the ”power of wounding Him delightfully, and which would also heal those other wounds inflicted by the malice of sinners,” with torrents of graces emanating from it!

RENEWAL OF PROMISES

In the West African country of Benin, an image of the Holy Face of Jesus began to bleed. The blood was tested to be AB, RH positive. The most Sacred Heart of Jesus said to the visionary in 1995:

“Always offer up My Most Holy Face to the Heavenly Father so that He will have mercy on you. I ask all of you that you honor My Divine Countenance and that you will give it a place of honor in your homes, so that the Heavenly Father will grace you abundantly and forgive you your sins. My dear children make sure to say every day in your homes a short prayer to the Holy Countenance of Jesus.

Don’t forget to greet it when you get up in the morning and ask His blessings when you lay down to sleep. So, you will be arriving happily in the Heavenly homeland. I assure you that all who have a special love for the Holy Face will be warned of dangers and catastrophes.

I solemnly promise whoever distributes the devotion to My Holy Countenance, will be spared of the punishments that will come over the human race. In addition, they will receive light for the days of horrible confusion that are coming towards the Holy Church.”

PLENARY INDULGENCE

To bring attention to the importance of this special devotion, Pope Leo XIII established in 1885 the devotion itself as an Archconfraternity; and contrary to custom, he immediately established it for the ENTIRE WORLD. Since then, numerous indulgences have been granted by several Popes, including Pope Pius IX and Pope Leo XIII, to those devoted to Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.