The Chaplet of the Holy Face and Prayer Card. Beautiful and Durable, Wire-Wrapped Holy Face Chaplet!
While devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus originated in the biblical story of St. Veronica wiping the face of Jesus on his road to Calvary, it received more attention through the efforts of a 19th-century French nun.
Her name was Sister Marie de Saint Pierre, a Carmelite Nun in Tours, France.
During the 1840’s Our Lord appeared to Sister Marie de Saint Pierre and spoke to her about spreading throughout the world the devotion to His Most Holy Face. According to Sr. Marie de St. Pierre, Our Lord was greatly sorrowed by blasphemy, and also by the profanation of Sunday by our work and failure to go to Mass and general disregard for God’s will of keeping the day holy. Below is Sister Marie’s explanation of what Our Lord requested of her, taken from her autobiography, “The Golden Arrow.”
“Our Lord then made me visualize the act of blasphemy as a poisoned arrow continually wounding His divine heart. After that He revealed to me that He wanted to give me a ‘Golden Arrow’ which would have the power of wounding Him delightfully, which would also heal those other wounds inflicted by the malice of sinners."
The Devotion to the Holy Face is also especially used as a powerful weapon to combat the errors of Communism.
The beads required to pray this chaplet are unique, though a person can always use an alternative way to count the prayers.
How to pray the Chaplet of the Holy Face
Crucifix:
“O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me.” Glory Be ...
First large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of the sense of touch of Our Lord, recite on the six small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Second large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of the sense of hearing of our Lord, recite on the six small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Third large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of the sense of sight of our Lord, recite on the six small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Fourth large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of the sense of smell of our Lord, recite on the six small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Fifth large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of the sense of taste of our Lord, recite on the six small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Sixth large bead:
“My Jesus, mercy.” Glory Be ...
In honor of our Lord’s public life, recite on the three small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.”
Holy Face medal:
“God, our Protector, look on us, and cast thine eyes upon the Face of Thy Christ.”
At the end there are a few additional prayers recommended by Sr. Mary of St. Peter, such as the Golden Arrow prayer:
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.
