Litany of the HOly Face
Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
Holy Virgin Mary, Pray for us.
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face Mary and Joseph worshiped with profoundest reverence, have mercy on us.
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is the masterpiece of the Holy Ghost, in which the Father was well pleased, have mercy on us.
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face ravished with joy the angels, shepherds and Magi in the stable of Bethlehem, etc.
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 Thy Holy Infancy,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face at the age of twelve astonished the 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, Whose Adorable Face wins all hearts by Its charms and grace,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is most noble in Its heavenly features,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is contemplated by the angels,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is the sweet delight of the saints,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face was the joy of Thy Virgin Mother and Thy foster-father,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is the ineffable mirror of the Divine perfections,
O Jesus, the beauty of Whose Adorable Face is ever ancient and ever new,
O Jesus, the modesty and mildness of Whose Adorable Face attracteth both just and sinners,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face appeaseth the Divine wrath,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is the terror of the evil spirits,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face is the treasure of grace and blessings,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face was exposed to the inclemency of the weather in the wilderness,
O Jesus, Whose Adorable Face was bathed with sweat in Thy journeys and scorched with the heat of the sun,
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,
V. The light of Thy Face has been shed upon us, O Lord.
R. Thou hast given joy to our hearts.
O Adorable Face, worthy of all reverence, veneration and worship, have mercy on us.
O Adorable Face, sorrowful at the sight of Jerusalem and shedding tears over that ungrateful city, have mercy on us.
O Adorable Face, bowed to the earth in the Garden of Olives and covered with confusion for our sins, etc.
O Adorable Face, bathed in a bloody sweat,
O Adorable Face, kissed by the traitor Judas,
O Adorable Face, Whose sanctity and majesty smote the soldiers with fear and cast them to the ground,
O Adorable Face, struck by an infamous servant, blindfolded and profaned by the sacrilegious hands of Thine enemies,
O Adorable Face, defiled with spittle and bruised by so many buffets and blows,
O Adorable Face, Whose Divine look wounded the heart of Peter with repentance, sorrow and love,
O Adorable Face, humbled for us at the tribunals of Jerusalem,
O Adorable Face, which didst preserve Thy serenity when Pilate pronounced the fatal sentence,
O Adorable Face, covered with sweat and blood and forced into the mire under the weight of the Cross,
O Adorable Face, the brow crowned with deep and piercing thorns,
O Adorable Face, wiped with a veil by a pious woman on the way to Calvary,
O Adorable Face, raised on the instrument of the most shameful punishment,
O Adorable Face, Whose eyes shed tears of blood,
O Adorable Face, Whose mouth was tormented with vinegar and gall,
O Adorable Face, Whose hair and beard were plucked out by executioners,
O Adorable Face, disfigured like the face of a leper,
O Adorable Face, Whose incomparable beauty was obscured under the fearful cloud of the sins of the world,
O Adorable Face, covered with the sad shades of death,
O Adorable Face, washed and anointed by Mary and the holy women, and covered with a shroud,
O Adorable Face, enclosed in the sepulcher,
O Adorable Face, all resplendent with glory and beauty on the day of Thy Resurrection,
O Adorable Face, all dazzling with light at the moment of Thine Ascension,
O Adorable Face, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar,
O Adorable Face, which will appear at the End of Time in the clouds, with great power and majesty,
O Adorable Face, which will cause sinners to tremble with terror,
O Adorable Face, which will fill the just with joy for all eternity,
Gloria.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Let us pray:
I salute, adore and love Thee, O Jesus, my Savior, covered anew with outrages by blasphemers, and I offer Thee, through the heart of Thy Blessed Mother, the worship of all the angels and saints, as an incense and a perfume of sweet odor, most humbly beseeching Thee, by the virtue of Thy Sacred Face, to repair and renew in me and in all men Thine image disfigured by sin. Amen. Pater, Ave Maria, Gloria.