Palm Sunday

I want to wish you all a very Holy and Blessed Holy Week,

Fast and Abstain! Work for Souls! :)

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Anne, Therese, I love You; Save Souls!

Palm Sunday

St. John Capistran - Confessor

J.M.J.

SISTER MARIE OF ST. PETER AND THE GOLDEN ARROW

In Tours, France during the 1840's a young Carmelite nun, Sister Marie of St Peter, 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), as well as for the blasphemies of atheists and freethinkers and others, plus, for blasphemy and the profanation of Sundays by Christians. This devotion 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.

The following prayer was dictated by our Lord Himself to Sister Marie of St Peter. Opening His Heart to her, our Saviour complained of blasphemy, saying that this frightful sin wounds His divine Heart more grievously than all other sins, for it was like a "poisoned arrow".

After that, our Saviour dictated the following prayer, which he called "The Golden Arrow", saying that those who would recite this prayer would pierce Him delightfully, and also heal those other wounds inflicted on Him by the malice of sinners. This prayer is regarded as the very basis of the Work of Reparation.

PRAYER OF REPARATION IN PRAISE OF THE HOLY NAME OF GOD ENTITLED "THE GOLDEN ARROW"

May the most Holy, most Sacred, most Adorable,

Most Incomprehensible and Ineffable 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.

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Gazing upon the face of Christ crucified unites us with all His sorrows, love and total abandonment.
"Every time My Face is contemplated I will pour out My Love into the hearts of those persons, and by means of My Holy Face the salvation of many souls will be obtained."

(Our Lord Jesus Christ to Sister Pierina)

Our Lord, in visions to Sister Marie of Saint Peter, requested that a devotion to His Holy Face be established. He gave her the Golden Arrow prayer as a remedy to the "poisoned arrows" of blasphemy. Later, Sister Pierina, was urged to spread the devotion, and to have a medal cast.

The Feast of the Holy Face was established by Pope Pius X upon Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent). A beautiful novena in honour of the Holy Face may be said on the nine previous days, culminating on the feast day.

Two miraculous images are associated with the Holy Face Devotion - Veronica's Veil, said to be the cloth used by Saint Veronica to wipe the face of Jesus during his passion; and the Holy Shroud of Turin, believed by the faithful to be burial cloth of Christ, which despite being the most scientifically studied object ever, still baffles scientists.

Devotion to the Holy Face centers around the Consecration of the Home, as confirmed by Saint Pius X. As revealed to Sister Pierina, Tuesday is a day of reparation to the Holy Face, in front of the Blessed Sacrament. With the wearing of the medal, (or Holy Face Scapular), one completes the consecration to the Holy Face, and gains the blessings promised.

ORIGIN AND DESCRIPTION

The medal of the Holy Face of Jesus was made by Sister Marie Pierina De Micheli, following the request of Jesus and The Blessed Mother. Sister Pierina, with the help of her spiritual Director received the permission of the Curia of Milan, Italy.

A MESSAGE SHE RECEIVED FROM JESUS

"I will that My Face, which reflects the intimate pains of My Spirit, the suffering and the love of My Heart, be more honoured. He who meditates upon Me, consoles Me. Every time that My Face is contemplated, I will pour My love into the hearts of men and through My Holy Face will be obtained the salvation of many souls."

A MESSAGE SHE RECEIVED FROM THE BLESSED MOTHER

"This medal is a weapon of defense, a shield of courage, a guarantee of love and of mercy that Jesus wishes to give to the world in these times of sexuality and of hatred towards God and His Church. Diabolical snares are laid to tear the faith from the hearts of men, evil is spreading, the true apostles are few, a divine remedy is necessary and this remedy is the Holy Face of Jesus. All those who shall wear a medal and who make, if they can, a visit to the Blessed Sacrament every Tuesday in reparation for the outrages received by the Holy Face of my Son, Jesus, during His Passion and those He receives daily in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, will be fortified in the Faith, ready to defend it and to overcome all difficulties, interior and exterior. Furthermore, they will have a happy death under the loving gaze of my divine Son."

St Ambrose states: "There is no doubt that Peter received the grace of conversion from the Sacred Face because those on whom Jesus gazes are always saved."

St Jerome: "The Face of Jesus will continue to save each time we have recourse to It; invoking His aid. "Show us Thy Face and we shall be saved."

Other saints who have venerated the Holy Face, to mention a few are: St. Gregory the Great, St Gertrude, St John Chrysostom, St Ambrose, St Bernard, St Charles Borromeo, St John Bosco, St Francis of Assisi, St Catherine of Siena, St Augustine and, of course St Therese of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face.

St Therese commented, "How much good the Holy Face has done me during my life." The Holy Face was a continual call to her to suffer so that she might resemble Jesus. St Therese says, "The just will recognize Him not only by the cross - symbol of salvation, which will precede His coming, but more exactly, by His Face, which will shine on the last day."

"I wish that my face, which reflects the deep pains of my soul, the sorrow and love of my heart, be better honoured: who contemplates me consoles me."

(Our Lord to Mother Pierina 1936).

The above is from http://www.holyface.org.uk/index.htm

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PROMISES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to Sr. Marie of St. Peter in favor of those who honor and adore His Holy Face

1. By My Holy Face you will work "WONDERS," appease the anger of God and draw down Mercy for the conversion of sinners.

2. NOTHING THAT YOU ASK in virtue of this offering will be refused you! Ah! If you did but know how pleasing is the sight of My Face to My Father!

3. In proportion to your care in repairing the injuries My Face receives from Blasphemers, will I take care of yours, which has been disfigured by sin; I will restore it to My likeness, and render it as beautiful as when it had just left the Baptismal Font.

4. Our Lord promised me that all those who defend His cause in this work of reparation, by words, by prayers, or in writing, He will defend them before His Father; at their death He will purify their souls by effacing all the blots of sin and will restore to them their primitive beauty.

Taken from http://olrl.org/pray/holy_face.shtml - a folded leaflet available for 3¢ ea. in our Store -http://olrl.org/mm5/merchant.mvc. The Holy Face Medal - http://olrl.org/sacramental/holyfacemedal.shtml - is available in our Store for only 15¢ ea.

Order several of the leaflets and medals for wide spread distribution to promote and encourage devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

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Sincerely in Christ,
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