17/02/2026
FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY FACE OF JESUS
The Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus, observed on Shrove Tuesday before Lent, invites the faithful to contemplate Christ’s suffering and love revealed in His sacred countenance. This devotion calls believers to console the Heart of Jesus, make reparation for sin and blasphemy, and prepare their hearts for deeper conversion. Gazing upon His Holy Face, we encounter mercy, humility, and the saving love that restores the image of God within us.
Let us pray:
O Lord Jesus Christ, in presenting ourselves before Your adorable Face, to ask of You the graces of which we stand most in need, we beseech You, above all, to give us that interior disposition of never refusing at any time to do what You require of us by Your holy commandments and Your Divine inspirations.
O good Jesus, Who has said: “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you,” give us, O Lord, that faith which obtains all, or supply in us what may be deficient.
Grant us, by the pure effect of Your charity and for Your eternal glory, the graces which we need and which we look for from Your infinite mercy, particularly: (Here mention the favor you desire) … Amen.
Most Holy Face of Jesus, have mercy on us!
