Prayers to the Holy Face of Jesus
The Golden Arrow Prayer
The Golden Arrow Prayer is a powerful prayer of reparation revealed to Sister Mary of St. Peter, a 19th-century Carmelite nun in Tours, France.
The Litany of the Holy Face
A devotional prayer that reflects deeply on the sufferings and beauty of Christ’s Face, especially as it was disfigured during His Passion.
The Holy Face Chaplet
This chaplet consists of five sets of beads, meditating on the five senses of Jesus and the outrages against His Holy Face during His Passion.
Prayer of St. Therese of Lisieux to the Holy Face
“O Jesus, who in Thy cruel Passion didst become the ‘Reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows,’ I venerate Thy Divine Face. Once it shone with the beauty and sweetness of the Divinity; now for my sake it is become as the face of a leper. Yet in that disfigured countenance, I recognize Thy infinite love, and I am consumed with the desire to love Thee and make Thee loved by all mankind.”
St. Therese had a deep devotion to the Holy Face, and was known as St Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face
“Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus is the highest devotion. It is a means to save modern society.”
St. Gaetano Catanoso
Act of Reparation to the Holy Face
Traditionally prayed in a spirit of reparation for sins that offend the dignity of God.
Novena to the Holy Face
A nine-day prayer often prayed leading up to Shrove Tuesday or in times of special need.
