Prayers of Saint Therese of Lisieux

Holy Face Prayer of Adoration by Saint Therese of Lisieux

    O Jesus, Who in Your bitter Passion became "the most abject of men, a man of sorrows," I venerate Your sacred Face whereon there once shone the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead; but now it has become for me as if it were the face of a leper! Nevertheless, under those disfigured features I recognize Your infinite love, and I am consumed with the desire to love You and make You loved by all men. The tears which well up abundantly in Your sacred eyes appear to me as so many precious pearls that I love to gather up, in order to purchase the souls of poor sinners by means of their infinite value. O Jesus, Whose adorable Face ravishes my heart, I implore You to fix deep within me Your divine image and to set me on fire with Your love, that I may be found worthy to come to the contemplation of Your glorious Face in Heaven. Amen.

Holy Face Prayer for the Pardon of Sinners by Saint Therese of Lisieux

    Eternal Father, since You have given me for my inheritance the Adorable Face of Your Divine Son, I offer that Face to You and I beg You, in exchange for this coin of infinite value, to forget the ingratitude of souls dedicated to You and to pardon all poor sinners.

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