Litany of the Holy Face

IN HONOUR OF THE HOLY FACE OF OUR LORD, IN REPARATION OF BLASPHEMY, AND FOR THE CONVERSION OF BLASPHEMERS.

Lord, have mercy on us, etc., etc., etc.
Holy Virgin, conceived without sin, pray for us.

Adorable Face! adored with profound respect by Mary and Joseph when they first beheld it,
Adorable Face! which rejoiced the angels, the shepherds, and the Magi in the grotto of Bethlehem,
Adorable Face! which wounded with love holy Simeon and Anna in the temple,
Adorable Face! so often bathed with the tears of infancy,
Adorable Face! which excited the admiration of the doctors of the law,
Adorable Face! whose attractions and charms captivated all who beheld Thee,
Adorable Face! impressed in every feature with the stamp of heavenly dignity,
Adorable Face! unceasingly contemplated by the angels,
Adorable Face! enrapturing delight of the saints,
Adorable Face! masterpiece of the Holy Ghost, in which the Eternal Father is well pleased,
Adorable Face! delight of Mary and Joseph,
Adorable Face! ineffable mirror of the Divine perfections,
Adorable Face! which appeases the anger of God,
Adorable Face! terror of the devils,
Adorable Face! treasure of grace and benedictions,
Adorable Face! exposed in the desert to the inclemency of the seasons,
Adorable Face! burned by the heat of the sun, and bedewed with sweat in Thy journeys,
Adorable Face! radiant with Divine expression,
Adorable Face! whose modesty and sweetness attracted both the just and sinners,
Adorable Face! troubled and weeping at the tomb of Lazarus,
Adorable Face! brilliant as the sun, and resplendent with glory on Mount Thabor,
Adorable Face! shedding tears at the sight of that ungrateful city, Jerusalem,
Adorable Face! bowed down to the ground in the Garden of Olives in confusion for our sins,
Adorable Face! suffused with a sweat of blood,
Adorable Face! insultingly kissed by the perfidious Judas,
Adorable Face! whose sanctity and dignity struck the soldiers with terror, and prostrated them on the ground,
Adorable Face! struck by a vile slave, covered with an ignominious veil, and profaned by the sacrilegious hands of Thy enemies,
Adorable Face! besmeared with spittle, and bruised with blows,
Adorable Face! whose glance wounded with grief and love the heart of St. Peter,
Adorable Face! humbled for us at the tribunals of Jerusalem,
Adorable Face! bleeding from the crown of thorns,
Adorable Face! which preserved an unparalleled serenity when Pilate pronounced the iniquitous sentence,
Adorable Face! covered with sweat and blood, falling under the weight of the cross,
Adorable Face! wiped with a cloth by the woman on Thy way to Calvary,
Adorable Face! elevated on the ignominious Cross,
Adorable Face! whose beauty was obscured under the frightful cloud of the sins of the world,
Adorable Face! so deeply afflicted at encountering the tearful eyes of Thy Mother at the foot of the Cross,
Adorable Face! covered with the shades of death,
Adorable Face! washed and perfumed by Mary and the holy women, and covered with a shroud,
Adorable Face! shut up in the sepulchre,
Adorable Face! resplendent with glory and beauty on the day of Thy resurrection,
Adorable Face! shining with light in Thy glorious ascension,
Adorable Face! hidden in the Eucharist,
Adorable Face! which will appear on the Day of Judgment with great power and majesty,
Adorable Face! which will make sinners tremble,
Adorable Face! which will fill the just with ecstatic joy for all eternity,

We adore and venerate Thee.

Lamb of God, etc., etc., etc.

Let us pray.

We salute, and adore, and love Thee, O Jesus, my Saviour! insulted and outraged anew by blasphemers! We offer Thee in the heart of Thy Immaculate Mother as an incense of perfume of agreeable odour, the homage of the angels and saints; most humbly beseeching Thee, by the virtue of Thy Holy Face, to repair in all men Thy Sacred Image disfigured by sin. Amen.

O Most Holy Virgin, conceived without sin! thou who didst never cease to contemplate the Adorable Face of Thy Divine Son, and who didst read in His disfigured Countenance the excess of His love for man; engrave profoundly the image of that Adorable Face in our hearts, that we may be inflamed with Divine charity, and return to our Divine Saviour life for life and love for love. Amen.

“Be silent before the Face of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near, and exceeding swift”. Wherefore, “expect Me”, saith the Lord, “in the day of my Resurrection that is to come: for my judgment is, to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms, and to pour upon them My indignation, all my fierce anger! for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured. This shall befall them for their pride, because they have blasphemed!”

“Seek the Lord all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought His judgment, if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord's indignation”—Sophonias, iii. 76.