Maureen's thoughts: Holy Face Devotion Presentation, January 6, 2024, Saint Maurice Parish, Ottawa

This is wonderful.
I just realized that the mass
and Presentation were videotaped

Praise Jesus!

Saint Joseph's Missionaries of the Holy Face

sjmoftheholyface.org

Mass in honor of the Holy Face of Jesus

Saint Maurice Parish,

Ottawa, ON

January 6th, 2024 / 9:00AM

in Commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the

Miracle of the Veil of Veronica at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome

Itinerary

Mass, Ad Orientem

Celebrant Fr. Lawrence

Cantor Tim Kennedy

Pianist Thomas Nicholson

Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel

Closing Hymn

First Saturday Devotion

Veneration of the Holy Face

Holy Face Devotion Presentation

Reception in the Atrium

( a few more photos below following the Holy Face timeline presented by Ted and Joanne Sabourin )

When and Where? ( a timeline )

Jesus' Birth in the Stable in Bethlehem

After Mary and Joseph the Shepherd and the Magi were the next ones to see the beautiful Face of Jesus

Simeon and the Prophetess Anna, the Presentation in the Temple ( Blessed are the Pure of heart for they shall see God.

The Apostles and Disciples of Jesus at the Transfiguration

33AD. Saint Veronica at the Sixth Station of the Cross, as a sign of her love and compassion offered our Saviour her veil to wipe the blood and sweat from His face as He carried the cross. For her charity and compassion, Jesus left an impression of His Holy Face upon the veil. The meeting of our Lord and St. Veronica is forever memorialized in the Stations of the Cross

First to the fourth Century A.D According to tradition, Saint Veronica later entrusted the veil to Saint Clement a Disciple of Saint Peter who became the third bishop of Rome. For the next few centuries, the Holy Veil was kept in the catacombs of Rome during the early persecutions of the Church. Eventually, the Holy Veil was placed in the Basilica of Saint Peter and kept there until the present Day

1843 - 1848 Revelations to Sister Marie de Saint Pierre. Our Lord reveals Blueprint for reparation

November 15, 1843 - Our Lord Inspired Sister Marie to Compose the Chaplet of the Holy Face, shortly afterward rewarding her, showing her an actual complimentary chaplet of precious stones strung on a fine gold chain

Mar. 14th, 1847 - Jesus revealed to Sister Marie the society known as Communists had so far only one outbreak but they were working secretly to advance their schemes. Oh, if you only knew their secrets and diabolical plots and their anti-Christian principles. To obtain mercy, ask therefore that this work of reparation be established by addressing yourself to Him who through the bounden duty of his office can establish it.

Holy Thursday, 1847 - Our Lord said to her " Well my daughter, it is the Communists who have dragged me from My Tabernacles. profaned and despoiled My Sanctuaries and have even dared to raise their hands against the anointed of the Lord, but their designs shall be frustrated"

The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848

1849 Venerable Leo Dupont: Holy Man of Tours

Miracle of 1849 in Rome and the connection to Venerable Leo Dupont

1849: Soon after the death of Sister Marie, a revolution erupted in the Papal States. Pope Pius IX ordered public prayers to be offered in Rome to implore God’s mercy, and Veronica’s Veil was put on display for public veneration for three days. On the third day the sacred features of Our Lord, normally faded, became distinctly seen and surrounded by a soft halo of light. This lasted for three hours and was documented by Vatican officials. The miracle took place on the 6th of January Feast of the Epiphany from 12 noon to 3:00PM Read about the miracle https://holyfacemiracle.com/the-year-1849/

1849-1876: After the miracle of the Holy Veil, it was customary to have copies of the Holy Face made. These copies would then be touched to the original Veil, making them objects of devotion. A holy man named Leo Dupont hung one of these copies in his home, accompanied by an oil lamp. Those who would say the devotional prayers and anoint themselves with oil from his lamp would receive healing. For the next 30 years, miracles of healing occurred in his home through adoration of the Holy Face

1885: Because of the miracles credited to the Holy Face, Pope Leo XIII established the devotion as an Archconfraternity for the entire world. Saint Therese of Lisieux and her family were members of this Archconfraternity of the Holy Face. She was so faithful to this devotion that she took as her religious name, "St. Therese holding an image of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, both of which she took for her religious name. The Archconfraternity was founded, on October 1, 1885, and was formally approved by Pope Leo 13 not just for France but for the whole world in perpetuity

Sainte Therese of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face

Quotes and Notes on Sainte Therese

“Jesus, Your ineffable image is the star that guides my steps. Ah, You know, Your sweet Face is for me Heaven on earth. My love discovers the charms of Your Face adorned with tears. I smile through my own tears when I contemplate Your sorrows.” – St. Therese

Saint Therese - Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus

Saint Therese was introduced to the devotion by Sister Agnes of Jesus. She studied it in a personal way, using the texts of Isaiah. She did this principally at the time of her father’s illness.

She signed her name for the first time as "Sister Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face” the day she received the habit on January 10, 1889.

Before her death on September 30, 1897, after she was taken to her infirmary bed, she “pinned her favorite holy pictures on the brown curtains surrounding her bed… The Holy Face of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin, her `dear’ Theophane Venard…”

1. Requirements of Archconfraternity of the Holy Face

Enroll in the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face

2. Recite every day for the intentions of the Archconfraternity Members one our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.... and say

"Lord, show us Thy Face and we shall be saved."

3. Members should wear an effigy of the Holy Face, either a cross, medal or scapular.

4. Avoid Blasphemy and profanity of Sundays and repair those evils by interior acts of reparation

5. To attend as often as possible a monthly meeting

6..To extend and promote as much as one can the devotion to the Holy Face of our Savior

1958: On April 17th, 1958, His Holiness Pope Pius XII approved the observance of a Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday).