Originally published at Churchpop
This devotion is so important and powerful!
Our Lord revealed the powerful devotion of His Holy Face to French Discalced Carmelite nun Sr. Mary of St. Peter in the mid-1800s.
Jesus asked that she spread the devotion in reparation for the blasphemies against God and the profanation of Sunday. Many saints honored the Holy Face of Jesus, including Saint Therese of Lisieux. Pope Leo XIII also established an Archconfraternity of the Holy Face in 1887.
The Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Face of Jesus each year on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Jesus presented these promises to those who honor His Holy Face:
1) By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained.
2) By My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God and draw down mercy on sinners.
3) All those who honor My Face in a spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the office of the pious Veronica.
4) According to the care they take in making reparation to My Face disfigured by blasphemers, so will I take care of their souls which have been disfigured by sin. My Face is the Seal of the Divinity, which has the virtue of
