IN REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMIES, AND SO IMPLORE OF GOD BY THE ADORABLE FACE OF HIS SON

FOR THE CONVERSION OF BLASPHEMERS:
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us,

Christ, graciously hear us.

Holy Virgin Mary, pray for us.

O adorable Face, which was adored with profound respect by Mary and Joseph when they saw Thee for the first time, *have mercy on us.

O adorable Face, which in the Stable of Bethlehem didst ravish with joy the angels, the shepherds and the Magi, *

O adorable Face, which in the Temple didst transpierce with a dart of love the saintly old man Simeon and the prophetess Anna, *

O adorable Face, which was bathed in tears in Thy holy infancy, *

O adorable Face, which, when Thou didst appear in the Temple at twelve years of age, didst fill with admiration the Doctors of the law, *

O adorable Face, white with purity and ruddy with charity, *

O adorable Face, more beautiful than the sun, more lovely than the moon, more brilliant than the stars, *

O adorable Face, fresher than the roses of spring, *

O adorable Face, more precious than gold silver and diamonds, *

O adorable Face, whose charms are so ravishing, and whose grace is so attractive, *

O adorable Face, whose every feature is characterised by nobility,*

O adorable Face, contemplated by angels, *

O adorable Face, sweet delectation of the Saints, *

O adorable Face, masterpiece of the Holy Ghost, in which the Eternal Father is well pleased, *

O adorable Face, delight of Mary and of Joseph, *

O adorable Face, ineffable mirror of the Divine perfections, *

O adorable Face, whose beauty is always ancient and always new,*

O adorable Face, which appeasest the wrath of God, *

O adorable Face, which makest the devils tremble, *

O adorable Face, treasure of graces and of blessings, *

O adorable Face, exposed in the desert to the inclemencies of the weather, *

O adorable Face, scorched with the heat of the sun and bathed with sweat in Thy journeys, *

O adorable Face, whose expression is all divine, *

O adorable Face, whose modesty and sweetness attracted both the just and sinners, *

O adorable Face, which gavest a holy kiss to the little children, after having blessed them, *

O adorable Face, troubled and weeping at the tomb of Lazarus, *

O adorable Face, brilliant as the sun, and radiant with glory on Mount Tabor, *

O adorable Face, sorrowful at the sight of Jerusalem and shedding tears on that ungrateful city, *

O adorable Face, bowed to the earth, in the garden of Olives, and covered with confusion for our sins, *

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 a vile servant, shamefully blindfolded, and profaned by the sacrilegious hands of Thine enemies, *

O adorable Face, defiled with spittle and bruised by innumerable buffets and blows, *

O adorable Face, whose Divine look wounded the heart of Peter, with a dart of 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 falling in the mire under the heavy weight of the Cross, *

O adorable Face, worthy of all our respect, veneration and worship, *

O adorable Face, wiped with a veil by a pious woman, on the road to Calvary, *

O adorable Face, raised on the instrument of most shameful punishment, *

O adorable Face, whose brow was crowned with thorns, *

O adorable Face, whose eyes were filled with tears of blood, *

O adorable Face, into whose mouth was poured gall and vinegar,*

O adorable Face, whose hair and beard were plucked out by the executioners, *

O adorable Face, which was made like to that of a leper, *

O adorable Face, whose incomparable beauty was obscured under the dreadful 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 wrapped in a shroud, *

O adorable Face, inclosed in the sepulchre, *

O adorable Face, all resplendent with glory and beauty on the day of the Resurrection, *

O adorable Face, all dazzling with light at the moment of Thy Ascension, *

O adorable Face, hidden in the Eucharist, *

O adorable Face, which wilt appear at the end of time in the clouds with great power and majesty, *

O adorable Face, which wilt cause sinners to tremble, *

O adorable Face, which wilt fill the just with joy for all eternity, *

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.

By a Rescript dated 27^th of January 1853, His Holiness Pope Pius IX grants to all who recite, with a contrite heart, these prayers in honour of the Holy Face of Jesus Christ an indulgence of a hundred days for each time; applicable to the souls in Purgatory.