Prayer to the Holy Face of Jesus: The Golden Arrow

The face of Christ imprinted on Veronica's white veil against a dark background, by Zurbaran.
The Holy Face, Francisco de Zurbaran (1658). Public domain.

Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus offers praise and reparation to Our Lord for blasphemy and the profaning of his holy Name. The Golden Arrow is its central prayer.

The Golden Arrow

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable,
most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God
be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored,
and glorified in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,
by all the creatures of God,
and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.

O Jesus, through the merits of your Holy Face, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

When to Pray This Prayer

On Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, on Fridays, and in reparation for blasphemy and irreverence.

About This Prayer

This prayer, called the Golden Arrow, was given through Sister Marie of St Peter in the nineteenth century and was warmly promoted by the Venerable Leo Dupont and later by St Therese of Lisieux.

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Text: the Golden Arrow prayer to the Holy Face (public domain).

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