AN ACT OF REPARATION TO THE HOLY FACE
O most Adorable
Face of Jesus, humbly standing before You, we adore You for all who refuse to
adore You; we love You and beg forgiveness for all who do not want to love You
and for all who blaspheme You.
The boldness and the ignorance
of the irreligious has increased; from the very depth of hell, infamy and
outcries arise in opposition to Your Sacred Divinity, casting insults and abuse
at Your Holy Church. Therefore it is our duty as Catholics to make reparation,
so that we may offer our love and veneration to You, O Jesus.
O Blessed Face, may we wipe the
sweat, spittle and tears as an act of love so to soothe Your suffering with ever
increasing faith and love.
O Sacred Face, grant that we
may weep for the crimes of our sinful brethren, that we may make reparation for
the outrages they commit against Your Divinity. We affirm Your Divinity with all
our hearts and if necessary would give up our lives to vindicate it.
O Most Loveable Face, cast Your
merciful and compassionate gaze upon us. Forgive this Godless age, in which
prideful creatures brazenly refuse to acknowledge Your authority. Illuminate
with the splendor of Your Presence the shadows of darkness which envelop us, and
which, were it not for Your grace, would drag us ever closer to everlasting
death.
And now we put our whole hearts
into following You, into fearing You and seeking Your Face once more...Amen.