NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE MOST
HOLY FACE OF JESUS-Day 1
DAILY PREPARATORY PRAYER
O Most Holy and Blessed Trinity, through the intercession
of Holy Mary, whose soul was pierced through by a sword
of sorrow at the sight of the passion of her Divine Son, we
ask your help in making a perfect Novena of reparation with
Jesus, united with all His sorrows, love and total abandon-
ment.
We now implore all the Angels and Saints to intercede
for us as we pray this Holy Novena to the Most Holy Face
of Jesus … [More]

2012 Holy Face Feast Day
This year, the feast occurs on the 21 February, 2012 (Shrove Tuesday). Therefore the nine day Alpha-Omega Novena begins on Sunday February 12th, 2012.

http://www.holyface.org.uk/

The Fourth Pillar: INSPIRATION
“Coincidence” or Divine Providence is the question one must always ask when dealing with matters beyond our earthly veil. In this vein, was it “coincidence” or part of the providential strategy that this Saint will take for his patrons Sts. Charles Borromeo and Francis de Sales?

In reality, when one examines the life of Don Bosco, the answer is apparent that it is Inspiration that enabled him to follow providential strategy.

Inspiration that would cause him to … [More]

The Third Pillar: REPARATION

With the Foundation and Veneration of His burial cloth secured in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Lord’s desire will become more and more apparent before the moment of Revelation in 1898.

For it will be He Himself who will directly intervene.

An intervention in which one can only understand the total need for Reparation before Revelation can even take place!

In this need, He will turn, as He has so many times in the past, to a humble Carmelite nun. A woman … [More]

The Second Pillar:VENERATION
And the Lord will move His followers from Foundation to continued Veneration when Jane Francis de Chantal (1572-1641) becomes another Saint who surrounds the Shroud. Following in the footsteps of de Sales, her spiritual adviser, the renowned founder of the Order of the Visitation nuns will pray before the cloth during a private showing in 1639.

Interestingly, akin to Borromeo’s vow, after de Chantal’s veneration, the city of Turin will stage a public exhibition … [More]

The First Photographic Revelation of the Shroud:‘Accidental’ Discovery or Divine Providence?
http://www.greatspiritualbattle.com/firstphotographicrevelation.html