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Catholic devotions to the Holy Face of Jesus; Prayers and sacramentals; Golden Arrow; Little Sachet; Scapular of the Holy Face; People; Mary of Saint Peter; Leo Dupont; Thérèse of Lisieux; Maria Pierina De Micheli; Mary Therese Vicente; Maria Pia Mastena; Gaetano Catanoso; Organisations; Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face; Sisters of ...
The Holy Face of Jesus is a title for specific images which some Catholics believe to be miraculously formed representations of the face of Jesus Christ. The image obtained from the Shroud of Turin is associated with a specific medal worn by some Roman Catholics and is also one of the Catholic devotions to Christ .
[3] [4] The feast day is celebrated in various Christian churches either as the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus or as that of Circumcision of Jesus. The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. [5] The Litany of the Holy Name is an old and popular form of prayer in honor of the Name of Jesus. The author is not known.
It was composed by Fr. Francois Xavier Gaulrelet in 1844 and reflects the Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary by referring to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: [6] [7] [8] O Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.
Mary of Saint Peter (French: Marie de Saint-Pierre; 4 October 1816 – 8 July 1848) was a Discalced Carmelite nun who lived in Tours, France.She is best known for starting the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus which is now one of the approved Catholic devotions and for The Golden Arrow prayer.
A German holy card from around 1910 depicting the crucifixion The earliest known woodcut, St Christopher, 1423, Buxheim, with hand-colouring Prayer card of the Holy Face of Jesus. In the Christian tradition, holy cards or prayer cards are small, devotional pictures for the use of the faithful that usually depict a religious scene or a saint in ...
Therese was introduced to the devotion by her sister Celine and was later called Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. The poems and prayers she wrote helped to spread devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. In October 1885, Pope Leo XIII approved the Scapular of the Holy Face and elevated the confraternity to an archconfraternity. [7]
Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus dates back to Sister Marie of St Peter, a Carmelite nun in Tours France who in 1843 reported visions of Jesus and Mary in which she was urged to spread the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, in reparation for the many insults Jesus suffered in his Passion. The devotion was further spread from Tours by the ...