NOVENA OF REPARATIONIN HONOR OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

(FEAST: TUESDAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY)

Holy Face of Jesus Center & Convent1111 F. R. Hidalgo Street, Quiapo1001 Manila, PhilippinesTel. No.: (02)735-9717

WITH ECCLESIASTICAL APPROVAL

Given in Manila, 6th day of November 2013

FIFTH DAYAll kneel

All: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.O Saving Victim (Song)O Saving Victim opning wideThe gate of heaven to men belowOur foes press on from every sideYour aid supply, your strength bestow.To your great name be endless praise.Immortal God-head, one in Three;Oh, grant us endless length of daysIn our true native land with Thee. Amen.Leader: Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered.People: And let them that hate You, flee before Your Holy Face.Leader: Behold, O God, our Protector.People: And look on the Face of Your Christ.Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.People: As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.All: May the Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Adorable, Most Incomprehensible, and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven and on earth by all the creatures of God, and by the Most Holy Face of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.Leader: Behold, O God, our Protector;People: And look on the Face of Your Christ.All: We beseech You O Almighty and Merciful God; grant us and all who venerate the Countenance of Your dearly beloved Son all disfigured by our sins the grace to behold It throughout eternity in the glory of Its majesty through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.THE ROSARY OF REPARATION: MYSTERIES OF LIGHT(Thursdays)

The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan: Jesus, You allowed Yourself to be baptized by St. John the Baptist to fully identify Yourself with us, sinners. Though You are perfectly sinless, You set for us an example that we may be able to become Your Fathers adopted children.

The First Miracle Performed by Jesus at Cana: Out of love for Your Mother, You have changed water into wine. Grant that we may be able to seek Marys intercession for us to listen attentively and respond generously to those who are in need.

The Proclamation of Gods Kingdom: Jesus, You began your apostolic mission by preaching repentance and proclaiming that the Kingdom of God was at hand. We pray that in our times today, we may be able to give witness to Your Kingdom by our faithfulness to Your teachings in the state of life You have chosen for all of us.

The Transfiguration of Jesus: Your transfiguration was witnessed by Your disciples. In contemplating Your Holy Face, may we also be transfigured into what You desire us to be as we give witness in doing Your will in our daily lives.

The Institution of the Eucharist: Jesus, Your presence in the Holy Eucharist is a proof of Your undying love for us. Grant that we may forever treasure Your presence in our lives as we continuously contemplate You in this sacrament of love. Let our lives become a living Eucharist that nourishes all of us.Hail Holy Queen/ Pray for us/ O God whose only begotten Son..PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Prayer of Leo Papin Dupont, the Holy Man of Tours)

O Mary, Virgin most holy, I place myself under your protection, and through you I throw myself with confidence into the arms of divine mercy; to you I commit all the moments of my life and above all the hour of my death, I commit to you my body and my soul and all that belongs to me. Kindly receive once more my troubles and my fears, my consolations and my hope, so that by your powerful protection and your merits, I may have in all my actions, for one only and unique end your good pleasure and the holy will of your divine Son.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY VIRGIN(To obtain the grace to live in union with Jesus redeeming Passion)

The sorrowful Mother was in tears standing beside the Cross on which her Son hung.Into her weeping, broken heart, the sword was pierced.How sad and afflicted was the Motherblessed above all, the Mother of the only Son!How she suffered, how stricken she was,the tender Mother, in contemplating her divine Son tormented!Who could contemplate the sorrowful Mother of Christwithout suffering like her?For the sins of all His people, she saw Him in His torments,suffering the blows of the whip.She saw her most dear child dying in desolation, while He gave up His spirit.Please, O Mother, source of love, make me to feel your sufferings so that I may weep with you.O holy Mother, help to engravethe Crucifieds wounds deeply in my heart!As a good son, may I weep with you all the days of my life!

All standHOLY FACE SONG

Oh Face Divine of Jesus in ages long agoProphets and sages prayed that ThouOn earth thy light would showMost Holy Face I cry to TheeLike them that thy beams may seeMost Holy Face I cry to Thee. (2x)

Oh suffering Face of JesusBleeding, soiled and tornThy temple and thy brow transpiercedWith many a cruel thornsMost Holy Face I cry to TheeOffer thy wounds to God for meMost Holy Face I cry to Thee. (2x)

Oh dying Face of JesusOh that redeeming treeCrying aloud, Oh why my GodHast Thou forsaken meMost Holy Face I cry to TheePlead by Thine agony for meMost Holy Face I cry to Thee (2x)Oh Glorious Face of JesusIf after I have died My soul but in Thy likeness makeI shall be satisfiedMost Holy Face I cry to TheeMore like thee ever make thou meMost Holy Face I cry to Thee. (2x)MEDITATION ON THE PASSION AND DEATHOF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

FIFTH DAYTHE HOLY FACE IN THE COURT OF CAIPHAS

All kneel

All: Lord, I desire to search again for Your Face; so do not push me far away from it on account of my sins; do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Let the light of Your Face shine upon me; instruct me in the way of Your commandments.

All be seated

Leader: It is the night of the Passion, Jesus after a mocking trial, has been scornfully convicted, with His hands bound to the court of the High Priest.

I. OUTRAGES. He is at the mercy of a troop of soldiers and the court servants who make a cruel sport of Him, to overwhelm Him with insults and affronts of every kind. His Holy Face is their special aim. The entire night He had to suffer the most humiliating injuries which the malice of men and the rage demons could invent. They injured Him by slaps in the Face, they bruised Him and made Him bleed through hand-cuffs; they soiled Him with spittle, a kind of insult especially acute to the Saviour, He complains of it by the mouth of the prophet: They did not fear to spit in My Face; and in predicting to His apostles the Passion which He had to suffer in Jerusalem, He specified that they would spit upon Him: The Son of Man will be spit upon.

II CONVERSION OF ST. PETER. In the midst of these treatments what patience on the Saviours part! What serenity! What sweetness! He does not complain; He does not murmur; He prays, He loves; He expiates and makes reparation for the outrages which our sins have inflicted and still inflict upon the majesty of His heavenly Father. Stronger than these ignominies, He found a way of doing, through His sorrowful Face, an act of mercy and ineffable charity; He takes pity on the prince of the apostles and raises him from his fall. Peter was there, at some distance; faithless disciple he mingled with the crowd the enemies of his master, he shamefully denied his master three times. Suddenly he met the gaze of the divine eyes which was fixed upon him and sent him a look of sweet reproach, compassion and love. It is enough: the sight of that sorrowful Face, this ray of light which shone from this sad eye, pierced the apostles heart; penetrated with shame and repentance, he went to a lonely place and wept bitterly.

III TURN BACK TO YOURSELF O Jesus, whose divine Face raises and transforms wandering souls, cast those eyes upon me, have pity on me. After having offended God, I have not responded to His allurements of Your grace, or if I have shed some tears, this was only the result of a temporary humility, of a sadness into which self-love entered more than true repentance. Since Your adorable Face is a sun of justice capable of softening souls and purifying consciences, burn, consume in me all which opposes itself to the purity of Your love; may Your heavenly rays inflame me, and make me secretly weep for my past offences. I also, I am an unfaithful disciple; or rather I have been and do not wish to be anymore. You are merciful enough to forget my revolts and to turn aside from my sins. No, my Jesus, whatever may happen and whatever it may cost me, I will not renounce You anymore; I desire in the contrary, to glorify You by my penitence and my works.

ACT OF CONTRITION Lord, turn away Your Face from my sins; efface all my iniquities; I detest them, I desire to make reparation for them.

VIRTUE TO PRACTICE Have the courage of faith, do not fear the glance and the speech of men when there is question of a duty to fight or a fault to avoid.

SPIRITUAL BOUQUET Jesus looked at Peter, and Peter wept bitterly.

All kneel

All: I have prayed before your Face with my whole Heart (Psalm 118:58): have pity on me according to your promise.

Let the light of Your Face shine upon me in Your mercy, Lord, I shall not be confounded, because I have called upon You. All powerful and merciful God, grant, we beg of You, that in venerating the Face of Your Christ, disfigured in His Passion because of our sins, we may merit to contemplate It eternally, in the light of celestial glory, through the same Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

INVOCATIONS TO THE HOLY FACE

Leader: O Jesus, whose adorable Face Mary and Joseph worshipped with profoundest reverence,People: * Have mercy on us. (Response after each invocation)

Leader:O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the masterpiece of the Holy Spirit, in which the Father was well pleased,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face ravished with joy the angels, shepherds and Magi in the stable of Bethlehem,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face wounded with a dart of love the aged Simeon and the Prophetess Anna in the temple,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was bathed in tears in your Holy Infancy,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face at the age of twelve astonished doctors in the temple,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is white with purity and ruddy with charity,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is more beautiful than the sun, brighter than the moon and more brilliant than the stars,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is lovelier than the roses of spring,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is more precious than gold, silver, and gems,*O Jesus, the charms and grace of whose adorable Face win all hearts,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is most noble in Its heavenly features,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the admiration of angels,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the sweet delight of the Saints,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was the delight of Your Virgin-Mother and Your holy father St. Joseph,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the ineffable mirror of divine perfections,*O Jesus, the modesty and mildness of whose adorable Face attracted both just and sinners,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face appeases the divine wrath,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the terror of the evil spirits,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the treasures of graces and blessings,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was exposed to the inclemency of the weather in the desert,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was scorched by the sun and bathed in sweat on Your journeys,*O Jesus, the expression of whose adorable Face is wholly divine,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face gave a holy kiss and blessing to the little children,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face sorrowed and wept at the grave of Lazarus,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was brilliant as the sun and radiant with glory on Mount Tabor,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is worthy of all reverence, veneration and worship,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face grew sad at the sight of Jerusalem when You did weep over that ungrateful city,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was bowed to the earth in the garden of Olives because of our sins,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was bathed in bloody sweat,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was kissed by Judas the traitor,*O Jesus, the power of whose adorable Face smote the soldiers to the ground in the garden of Olives,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was struck by a vile servant, derided by enemies and desecrated by their unholy hands,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was defiled with spittle and bruised by blows,*O Jesus, the divine look of whose adorable Face wounded Peters heart with repentant sorrow and love,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was humbled for us before the tribunals of Jerusalem,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face preserved Its serenity and dignity when Pilate pronounced the death sentence,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was covered with bloody sweat which fell to the ground under the Cross,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face the pious Veronica wiped on the way to Calvary,*O Jesus, the eyes of whose adorable Face shed tears of blood,*O Jesus, the mouth of whose adorable Face was tormented with vinegar and gall,*O Jesus, the hair and beard of whose adorable Face were plucked out by the executioners,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was disfigured like to that of a leper,*O Jesus, the incomparable beauty of whose adorable Face was disfigured by the sins of the world,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was overcast by the mournful shadows of death,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was washed, anointed and wrapped in a shroud by Mary and the holy women,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was laid to rest in the grave,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was resplendent in beauty on the day of Your resurrection,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face was radiant in glory on the day of Your ascension,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face will appear in the clouds at the end of the world with great power and majesty,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face will be the terror of sinners,*O Jesus, whose adorable Face is the joy of the just in heaven,*Leader: The light of Your Face has been shed upon usPeople: You have given joy to our heartsAll: O powerful and merciful God, grant us to see forever beaming with glory the Face of our Lord Jesus Christ which we honor here below all disfigured in His Passion by our sins, through the same Jesus Christ. Amen.SALUTATIONS TO THE HOLY FACE IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR

People: Hail! O Adorable Face present in the Sacrament more resplendent than the sun. Hail! You noble seal of the divinity, You mirror of divine perfections! With all the powers of my soul, I turn to You, O Jesus, and humbly pray to You, to imprint upon our hearts, all the features of Your Divine Countenance. Amen.

BLESSING

The Lord bless us, and keep us; The Lord show His Face to us, and have mercy on us; The Lord turn His Countenance to us, and give us peace. Amen.

BANAL NA MUKHA AY ITATANGHAL(Himig: AtingPangarap)

Ang banal na Mukha ay ating itanghalSa puso ng lahat na kanyang nilalang.

Siyay ating pag-asa, sandigan sa dusaLaging naghihintay at nag-aanyaya.

Kung ikaw ay dudulog sa Kanya tuwinaBuhay mo ay sasaya, di ka magdurusa.

Kay ganda ng buhay, huwag nating sayanginDi lang natin alam may nagmamahal din.

Ang banal Niyang Mukhay itanghal natinSapagkat itoy daan ng kapayapaan.

Sinumang may nais sa Kanyay sumunodDalhin mo ang krus at sundan si Jesus.

BENEDICTION

LET US RAISE OUR VOICE

Let us raise our voiceTo proclaim our faithChrist the Lord for us has died,Dying, He destroyed our death,Rising, He restored our life,O Lord Jesus, we awaitYour last return in glory.

When we eat the breadAnd we drink the cupIn the Blessed Eucharist,We meet You, Our risen Saviour,Giving life to us anew,Through lifes journey, be with usTo strengthen us forever. Amen

V. You have given them bread from heaven. (Alleluia)R. The source of all happiness. (Alleluia)

LET US PRAY:Lord God, by the paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Your only Son You accomplished the work of mans redemption. Full of trust, we proclaim that paschal mystery in the sacramental signs of the Eucharist. Help us to see ever growing in us the fruits of Your saving work through Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE DIVINE PRAISES

All: Blessed be GodBlessed be His Holy NameBlessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true ManBlessed be the Name of JesusBlessed be His most Sacred HeartBlessed be His most Precious BloodBlessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altarBlessed be the Holy Spirit, the ParacleteBlessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holyBlessed be her holy and Immaculate ConceptionBlessed be her glorious AssumptionBlessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and MotherBlessed be St. Joseph, her most Chaste spouseBlessed be God in His angels and in His saints

(The Blessed Sacrament is returned to the tabernacle)

O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY

O Sacrament, Most Holy,O Sacrament Divine,All praise and all thanksgivingBe every moment Thine.15