NINE DAY NOVENA IN HONOR OF AND REPARATION TO THE HOLY FACE of JESUS PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in this day of Battle; Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do you, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell, Satan and all the other evil spirits, who prowl throughout the world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT O, Holy Spirit, in these days of doubt, confusion, and uncertainty, come into our hearts with Your light, Your strengthen and Your consolation. Come with the light of truth and teach us the will of God in our daily living, especially now when God's basic laws are challenged or ignored. Come with Your strength that purifies our heart and our desires and guards us against the danger of pride and self-conceit. Bring Your consolation so that with a heart attuned to Your holy love, we may live in peace and harmony in our families and give to our communities the spirit of cooperation, tolerance and understanding. O God, You have instructed the faithful with the light of the Holy Spirit. Grant that through this same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and enjoy His consolation always. Amen. 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) FIRST DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51. 3-4: Have mercy on me. O God in Your goodness, in your great tenderness wipe away my faults; wash me clean of my guilt, purify me from my sin. O Most Holy Face of Jesus, look with tenderness on us who are sinners. You are a merciful God, full of love and compassion. Keep us pure of heart so that we may see You always. Mary, our Mother, intercede for us; Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of Your precious blood and Your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition, pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER Almighty Father, come into our hearts, and so fill us with Your love that forsaking all evil desires we may embrace you, our only good. Show us, O Lord our God, what you are to us. Say to our souls, I am your salvation, speak so that we may hear. Our hearts are before You; open our ears; let us hasten after Your voice. Hide not Your Face from us, we beseech You, O Lord. Open our hearts so that you may enter in. Repair the ruined mansions that You may dwell therein. Hear us, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your only Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (St. Augustine) Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us and on the whole world."(Three times) SECOND DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51, Verse 2: My offenses truly I know them; My sin is always before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned; What is evil in your sight I have done. Most Holy Face of Jesus. we are truly sorry that we have hurt you so much by constantly doing what is wrong; and for all the good works that we have failed to do. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saint Joseph, intercede for us, help us to console the Most Holy Face of Jesus. Pray that we may share in the tremendous love You have for one another, and for the Most Blessed Trinity. Amen. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Come, Holy Spirit. Sanctifier, all powerful God of love. You who did fill the Virgin Mary with grace, You who did wonderfully transform the hearts of the apostles, You who did endow all Your martyrs with a miraculous heroism, come and sanctify us, illumine our minds, strengthen our wills, purify our consciences, rectify our judgments, set our hearts on fire and preserve us from the misfortune of resisting Your inspirations. We consecrate to You our understanding, our heart and our will, our whole being for time and for eternity. May our understanding be always submissive to Your heavenly inspirations and to the teachings of Your Holy Catholic Church, of which You are the infallible guide: may our heart be ever inflamed with love of God and neighbor; may our will be ever conformed to the divine will, and may our whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtues of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to whom with the Father and You be honor and glory forever. Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) THIRD DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51. Verse 3: You are just when you pass sentence on me. Blameless when you give judgment. You know I was born guilty. A sinner from the moment of conception. PRAYER OF POPE PIUS IX O Jesus! Cast upon us a look of mercy; turn your Face towards each of us as you did Veronica; not that we may see it with our bodily eyes, for this we do not deserve, but turn it towards our hearts, so that, remembering you, we may ever draw from this fountain of strength the vigor necessary to sustain the combats of life. Amen. Mary, our Mother, and Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition, pardon and mercy. PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS All highest, glorious God, cast your light into the darkness of our hearts, give us true faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility, so that with wisdom, courage and perception. O Lord, we may do what is truly your holy will. Amen. TO THE ANGELS AND SAINTS We salute you, through the Holy Face and sacred Heart of Jesus, O all you Holy Angels and Saints of God. We rejoice in Your glory and we give thanks to our Lord for all the benefits which He has showered upon you; we praise Him, and glorify Him, and offer you for an increase of your joy and honor, the most Holy Face and gentle Heart of Jesus. Pray that we may become formed according to the heart of God. Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus. through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) FOURTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51. Verse 4: 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 Your Holy Face the sentiments of Your Divine Heart, grant that we may love to come frequently and meditate upon your divine features. We may read there Your gentleness and Your humility, and learn how to form our hearts in the practice of these two virtues which You desire to see shine in Your servants. Amen. Mary, our Mother, and Saint Joseph, help us. Through the merits of Your 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 MARY 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 FOR 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 which they endure. Call them and admit them to your most sweet embrace in Paradise. Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) FIFTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51, Verse 5: Make me hear rejoicing and gladness that the bones you have crushed may revive. From my sins turn away your Face, and blot out all my guilt. Holy Face of Jesus. Sacred Countenance of God, how great is your patience with humankind, how infinite your forgiveness. We are sinners, yet you love us. This gives us courage. For the glory of your Holy Face and of the Blessed Trinity, hear and answer us. Mary our Mother, intercede for us, Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH Dear Saint Joseph! Adopt us as your children, take charge of our salvation: watch over us day and night: preserve us from occasions of sin: obtain for us purity of body and soul, and the spirit of prayer, through your intercession with Jesus, grant us a spirit of sacrifice, of humility and self-denial: obtain for us a burning love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a sweet, tender love for Mary, our Mother. Saint Joseph, be with us in life, be with us in death, and obtain for us a favorable judgment from Jesus, our merciful Saviour Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and( one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) SIXTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51, Verse 6: A pure heart create for us O God, put a steadfast spirit within us. Do not cast us away from your presence nor deprive us of your Holy Spirit. May our hearts be cleansed, O Lord, by the inpouring of the Holy Spirit, and may He render them fruitful by watering them with His heavenly dew. Mary, the most chaste spouse of the Hold Spirit, intercede for us, Saint Joseph pray for us. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face O Jesus, grant us our petition, pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL O Victorious Prince, most humble guardian of the Church of God and of faithful souls, who with such charity and zeal took part in so many conflict and gained such great victories over the enemy for the conservation and protection of the honor and glory we all owe to God, as well as for the promotion of our salvation: come, we pray you, to our assistance, for we are continually besieged with such great perils by our enemies, the flesh, the world, and the devil; and as you were a leader for the people of God through the desert, so also be our faithful leader and companion through the desert of this world, until you conduct us safely into the happy land of the living, in that blessed fatherland from which we are all exiles. Amen. (St. Aloysius) Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) SEVENTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51, Verse 7: Give me again the joy of your help. With a spirit of fervor sustain me that I may teach transgressors your ways and sinners may return to you. Lord Jesus! After contemplating Thy features disfigured by grief, after meditating upon your passion with compunction and love, how can our hearts fail to be inflamed with a holy hatred of sin, which even now outrages Your Adorable Face! Lord, suffer us not to be content with mere compassion, but give us grace so closely to follow You in this calvary, so that the opprobrium destined for You may fall on us, O Jesus, that thus we may have a share, small though it may be, in expiation of sin. Amen. Mary. our Mother, intercede for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of your precious blood and Your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition, pardon and mercy. PRAYER IN HONOR OF MARY Hail Mary, daughter of God the Father! Hail Mary, Mother of God the Son! Hail Mary, spouse of the Holy Spirit! Hail Mary, temple of the Most Holy Trinity! Hail Mary, our Mistress, our Wealth, our Mystical Rose. Queen of our hearts, our Mother, our Life, our Sweetness and our Dearest Hope! We are all yours and all that we have is yours. O Virgin blessed above all things, may your soul be in us to magnify the Lord: may your spirit be in us to rejoice in God. Place yourself, O faithful Virgin, as a seal upon our hearts that in you and through you we may be found faithful to God. Grant, most gracious Virgin, that we may be numbered among those whom you are pleased to love, to teach and to guide, to favor and to protect as your children. Grant that with the help of your love, we may despise all earthly consolation and cling to heavenly things, until through the Holy Spirit, your faithful spouse, and through you, His faithful spouse, Jesus Christ, your Son, be formed within us for the glory of the Father. Amen.(St. Grignon de Montfort) Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) EIGHTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51, Verse 8: O rescue me, God my helper, and my tongue shall ring out your goodness. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. Most merciful Face of Jesus, who in this vale of tears was so moved by our misfortunes to call yourself the healer of the sick, and the good Shepherd of the souls gone astray, allow not satan to draw us away from you, but keep us always under your loving protection. together with all souls who endeavor to console you. Mary, our Mother. intercede for us, Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of Your precious blood and Your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO SAINT PETER O glorious Saint Peter, who in return for your lively and generous faith, your profound and sincere humility and your burning love, was honored by Jesus Christ with singular privileges, and in particular, with the leadership of the other apostles and the primacy of the whole Church, of which you were made the foundation stone, do you obtain for us the grace of a lively faith, that shall not fear to profess itself openly in its entirety and in all of its manifestations, even to the shedding of blood, if occasion should demand it, and to the sacrifice of life itself in preference to surrender. Obtain for us likewise a sincere loyalty to our Holy Mother, the Church. Grant that we may ever remain most closely and sincerely united to the Holy Father, who is the heir of your faith and of your authority, the one true visible head of the Catholic Church. Grant, moreover, that we may follow, in all humility and meekness, the Church's teaching and counsels and may be obedient to all her precepts, in order to be able here on earth to enjoy a peace that is sure and undisturbed, and to attain one day in Heaven to everlasting happiness. Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) NINTH DAY (Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer on first page) Psalm 51. Verse 9: For in sacrifice you take no delight. Burnt offering from me You would refuse. My sacrifice a contrite spirit, a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn. Psalm 51, Verse 10: In your goodness, show favor to Zion; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice, holocausts offered on your altar. Sacred Face of our Lord and our God, what words can we say to express our gratitude? How can we speak of our joy? That you have deigned to hear us, that you have chosen to answer us in our hour of need. We say this because we know that our prayers will be granted. We know that you, in your loving kindness, listened to our pleading hearts, and will give, out of your fullness, the answer to our problems. Mary, our Mother, thank you for your intercession on our behalf. Saint Joseph, thank you for your prayers. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face,O Jesus, grant us our petition, pardon and mercy. PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY Most Holy Trinity, Godhead indivisible, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, our first beginning and our last end. Since you have made us after your own image and likeness, grant that all the thoughts of our minds, all the words of our tongues, all the affections of our hearts and all our actions may be always conformed to your most Holy Will, so that after having seen you here on earth in appearances and in a dark manner by the means of faith, we may come at last to contemplate you Face to face, in the perfect possession of you forever in Paradise. Amen. Pray one (1) Our Father, three (3) Hail Mary's and one (1) Glory Be. "Oh Jesus, through the merits of Your Holy Face, have pity on us, and on the whole world."(Three times) Recite the following Act of Consecration: ACT OF CONSECRATION O Lord Jesus, we believe most firmly in You. We love You. You are the Eternal Son of God and the Son Incarnate of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You are the Lord and Absolute Ruler of all creation. We acknowledge You, therefore, as the Universal Sovereign of all creatures. You are the Lord and Supreme Ruler of all mankind, and we, in acknowledging this, Your dominion, consecrate ourselves to You now and forever. Loving Jesus, we place our families under the protection of Your Holy Face, and of Your Virgin Mother, Mary most sorrowful. We promise to be faithful to You for the rest of our lives and to observe with fidelity Your Holy Commandments. We will never deny before the world, You and Your Divine rights over us and all humankind. Grant us the grace to never sin again: nevertheless, should we fail, O Divine Saviour, have mercy on us and restore us to Your grace. Radiate Your Divine Countenance upon us and bless us now and forever. Embrace us at the hour of death in Your Kingdom for all eternity, through the intercession of Your Blessed Mother, of all Your Saints who behold You in Heaven, and the just who glorify You on earth. O Jesus, be mindful of us forever and never forsake us; protect our families. O Mother of Sorrows, by the eternal glory which you enjoy in Heaven, through the merits of your bitter anguish in the Sacred Passion of your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, obtain for us the grace that the Precious Blood shed by Jesus for the redemption of our souls, be not shed for us in vain. We love you. O Mary, Embrace us and bless us. O Mother, protect us in life and in death. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. 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