In Tours, France during the 1840's a young Carmelite nun, Sister Marie Saint Pierre,
received a series of revelations from Our Lord about a powerful devotion He wished to be established worldwide-----the devotion to His Holy Face.
The express purpose of this devotion was to make reparation for the blasphemies and outrages of "Revolutionary men", the Communists through whom God is allowing the world to be chastised for its unbelief-----as well for the blasphemies of atheists and freethinkers and others, plus, for blasphemy and the profanation of Sundays by Christians. Specifically, this devotion is the Divine tool given by God to defeat Communism, but it is also an instrument given to the individual devotee as a seemingly unfailing method of appealing to God in prayer-----through adoration of His Holy Face and Name.
Our Lord gave Sister Mary a short but powerful prayer called' 'The Golden Arrow," by which a person can "shoot directly into the Heart of God" to heal the wounds inflicted on it by the malice of sinners.
"Just as in an earthly kingdom money which is stamped with the picture of the sovereign or ruling executive of the country procures whatever one desires to purchase, so likewise in the Kingdom of Heaven, you shall obtain all that you desire by offering the coin of My precious Humanity which is My adorable Face."
Three of the Nine Promises Given By Our Lord
1) "By My Holy Face you will work miracles"
2) "By My Face you will obtain the conversion of many sinners"
3) "Nothing you ask in making this offering will be refused to you."
THE CHAPLET EXPLAINED
As revealed to Sister Mary of St. Peter, the chaplet has for its object the honoring of the five senses of our Lord Jesus Christ and of entreating God for the triumph of His Church. The chaplet is composed of a crucifix, 39 beads, six of which are large, and 33 of which are small. The 33 small beads represent the 33 years of the mortal life of our Lord. The first 30 recall to mind the 30 years of His private life, and are divided into five decades of six with the intention of honoring the five senses, touch, hearing, sight, smell, and taste of Jesus, which have their seat principally in His Holy Face, rendering homage to all the sufferings our Lord endured in His Face through each one of these senses. A large bead to honor each of the senses precedes each of these five decades of six beads. The three small beads recall the public life of the Savior and honor the wounds of His adorable Face; the large bead preceding them has the same purpose. A medal of the Holy Face completes the chaplet.
To pray this chaplet, start by making the sign of the cross with the crucifix and recite this invocation: “O God, incline unto my aid. O Lord, make haste to help me,” followed by the Glory Be.
On the Crucifix – The Sign of the Cross / Signum Crucis
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen
O God, incline unto my aid. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Deus, in adjutorium meum intende: Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
On each of the six larger beads (precedes each decade of six beads):
“My Jesus, mercy!” and one “Glory Be..”
“O mi Jesu misericordia!” “Gloria Patri…”
On the thirty-three small beads:
“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all who hate Thee flee before Thy Face!”
“Surge domine et dissipentur inimici tui et fugiant qui oderunt te a facie tua.”
At the end of meditating on the senses of Jesus, continue repetitions of “Arise, O Lord” prayer on the remaining three beads, to bring the total to 33, one for each year of Our Lord’s earthly life. On each of these last three beads, think about the wounds in His holy face from the slaps He endured, and from the crown of thorns.
After all of this, repeat seven times, in honor of the 7 words of Jesus from the Cross:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
On the medal at the end pray:
“O God, our Protector, look down upon us and cast Thine eyes upon the Face of Thy Christ!”
Michael
Amen.
on Sunday
Michael
Amen.
on Sunday
Michael
Amen.
on Monday