The Golden Arrow

Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus is the work of making reparation for the blasphemies committed against God's Divine Majesty. The devotion was made known through Sr. Mary of St. Peter, a Carmelite Nun, who was born on October 4, 1816, in Rennes, France. She joined the Carmelites in 1839 and was inspired with the spirit of sacrifice and zeal for the salvation of souls. She was devoted to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and to the Sacred Infancy of Jesus, desiring to be His "little donkey." In 1843, Our Lord appeared to her & gave her the Golden Arrow Prayer of reparation and revealed in 1845 that devotion to His Holy Face is the external object of adoration in the work of reparation for the blasphemies and outrages inflicted against His divinity, His Holy Name and His Church. By offering the Holy Face to the Father, God's anger is appeased, sinners are converted and the Divine image is restored in souls. Sr. Mary of St. Peter died on July 8, 1848, and Pope Leo XIII established the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face in 1885. Since then, the devotional life of St. Therese & the evidence of the Shroud of Turin have helped to revive the great devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

"THE GOLDEN ARROW"

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven, on earth and under the earth by all creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar. Amen.

Holy Face Prayer

Eternal Father, we offer You the Holy Face of Jesus, covered with blood, sweat, dust and spittle, in reparation for the crimes of communists, blasphemers, and for the profaners of the Holy Name and of the Holy Day of Sunday. Amen.

Let us all faithfully practice this beautiful devotion given to us from Our Lord himself.