PRAYERS TO THE HOLY FACE

LITANY OF THE HOLY FACE

IN REPARATION OF BLASPHEMIES,
AND TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD, ESPECIALLY THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS.

(Composed by Sr. Mary of St. Peter.)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.

(After each invocation: Have mercy on us.)

O Adorable Face, which wast worshipped with a profound respect by Mary and Joseph, when they beheld it for the first time,
O Adorable Face, which delighted the angels, the shepherds, and the Magi in the stable of Bethlehem,
O Adorable Face, which wounded the holy Simeon and Anna the prophetess with love,
O Adorable Face, which was bathed with tears in Thy holy infancy,
O Adorable Face, which called forth the admiration of the doctors of the law when Thou appearedst in the temple at the age of twelve,
O Adorable Face, white with purity, crimson with charity,
O Adorable Face, more beautiful than the sun, more gracious than the moon, more brilliant than the stars,
O Adorable Face, fresher than spring roses,
O Adorable Face, more precious than gold, silver, and diamonds,
O Adorable Face, whose look was ravishing, and grace charming,
O Adorable Face, whose trait is characterized by nobleness,
O Adorable Face, contemplated by angels,
O Adorable Face, principal work of the Holy Ghost, in whom the eternal Father was pleased,
O Adorable Face, delight of Mary and Joseph,
O Adorable Face, ineffable mirror of divine perfection,
O Adorable Face, whose beauty is always old, and yet new,
O Adorable Face, which appeasest the wrath of God,
O Adorable Face, which make devils to tremble,
O Adorable Face, treasure of grace and benediction,
O Adorable Face, exposed in the desert to the inclemency of the weather,
O Adorable Face, burnt with the heat of the sun, and bathed in sweat,
O Adorable Face, whose expression was always divine,
O Adorable Face, whose modesty and mildness attracted the just and the sinner,
O Adorable Face, which bestowed a holy kiss on the children after having blessed them,
O Adorable Face, troubled and weeping at the tomb of Lazarus,
O Adorable Face, brilliant as the sun, and radiant with glory on mount Thabor,
O Adorable Face, saddened at the sight of Jerusalem, and weeping over that ungrateful city,
O Adorable Face, bent to the ground in the garden of Olives, and bearing the confusion of our sins,
O Adorable Face, which was covered with bloody sweat,
O Adorable Face, kissed by the traitor Judas,
O Adorable Face, whose sanctity and majesty terrified the soldiers, and caused them to fall on their faces,
O Adorable Face, struck by a servant, covered with the veil of ignominy, and profaned by sacrilegious hands,
O Adorable Face, soiled with spit, and bruised with blows,
O Adorable Face, whose divine look wounded the heart of St. Peter with grief and love for Thee,
O Adorable Face, humiliated for us in the tribunal of Jerusalem,
O Adorable Face, which preserved Thy usual calmness when Pilate pronounced the sentence of death,
O Adorable Face, covered with sweat and blood, falling in the mud under the heavy weight of the cross,
O Adorable Face, which deservedst our respect, homage, and adoration,
O Adorable Face, wiped by a pious woman on the road to Calvary,
O Adorable Face, whose forehead was crowned with thorns,
O Adorable Face, whose eyes were filled with tears and blood,
O Adorable Face, whose divine lips tasted vinegar and gall,
O Adorable Face, whose hair and beard was blackened by the executioners,
O Adorable Face, which became like to a leper,
O Adorable Face, whose incomparable beauty was obscured by the frightful cloud of the sins of the world,
O Adorable Face, covered with the sad shades of death,
O Adorable Face, washed and perfumed by Mary and the holy women, and covered with a winding sheet,
O Adorable Face, covered in the sepulchre,
O Adorable Face, all resplendent with glory and beauty at the day of the Resurrection,
O Adorable Face, all glistening with light at the moment of the Ascension,
O Adorable Face, concealed in the Eucharist,
O Adorable Face, which will appear at the end of time, in the air, with great power and majesty,
O Adorable Face, which will make sinners tremble,
O Adorable Face, which will fill the just with joy for eternity,

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, pardon us.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, hear us.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.