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San Antonio, Mexico

San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
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Sto. Nino Catholic School (SNCS)

Cabaritan West, Ballesteros

Cagayan Valley, Philippines
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Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus

RATIONALE

The face of a human person is a symbol of individuality and uniqueness and it portrays all that the person stands for. In addition, the
face can generate relationships and has communicative powers that can propagate either positive or negative messages.

“I hope that your devotion to the image of the Holy Shroud will lead you to the discovery of His Mystery.” (Pope
Paul VI- opening talk on the occasion of the exposition of the Holy Shroud, November 23, 1973)
It is from this premise that we realize the significance of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. The devotion to the Holy Face of
Jesus is essentially a devotion to the person of Jesus and all that He stands for: His Life, Passion, Death, and Resurrection. When we
gaze at the Face of Jesus, we are invited to enter into a relationship and union with Him until it grow into such an intimacy that
generates us into a life of commitment to Him and involvement with His life of love in and through the Church for our own and the
world’s salvation and glorification. (gleaned from Fr. Solh B. Saez’ conferences)

 Foundation of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus

 Scriptural Reference on the Holy Face of Jesus
 Devotees and Adorers of the Holy Face of Jesus
 History of the Devotion in the Philippines
 Pronouncements on the Holy Shroud/Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
 Reflections on the Holy Face of Jesus
 Prayers to the Holy Face of Jesus
 Primer on the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
 The Holy Face Medal
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John 20:3-8
“So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived
at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into
the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate
place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.”

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Foundation of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus

For all eternity, God the Father loves His Son, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to
him” (cf. Mt. 17:5). In heaven, the angels and the saints and the whole heavenly court, continually behold and adore the most Holy
Face of Jesus.

The patriarchs, prophets, and the faithful of all ages frequently mentioned the Face of God and His Presence interchangeably in the
Old Testament. The Face of God was being presented with sentiments of profound worship and pious awe for they were afraid to look
on God. But Moses was privileged to converse with God and saw Him face to face.

When the Son of God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, became Man by the power of the Holy Spirit, God’s Face took a human
face in Jesus. From Jesus’ birth unto His passion, death, and resurrection, His most Holy Face became an object of admiration,
contemplation, adoration, and love; first to Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and the Magi, then to Jesus’ disciples and apostles, and to
all others.
“Even as many were amazed at him - so marred was his look beyond that of man, and His appearance beyond that of mortals – so
shall He startle many nations, because of Him kings shall stand speechless; for those who have not been told shall see, those who have
not heard shall ponder it” (Is. 52:14-15).

Hence, the devotion to the Holy Face is not new in the Church. God the Father inaugurated It, and with the aid of our Blessed Mother,
is being preserved for all ages by those who believe in Jesus, the Christ.

Theological analysis

In his 2005 book On the Way to Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict XVI performed an analysis of Holy Face devotion, and characterized it as
having three separate components. The first element is DISCIPLESHIP, and the orientation of one’s life towards an encounter with
Jesus. The second element is seeing Jesus in the EUCHARIST, the third element is ESCHATOLOGICAL, and is interwoven between
the other two.

Referring to Matthew 25:31-36 Benedict XVI stated that the first element (i.e. discipleship) involves seeing Jesus in the face of the
poor and the oppressed, and caring for them, but to properly see Jesus in the face of those in need, believers first need to become better
acquainted with Jesus through the Eucharist. The second element involves relating the Passion of Jesus, and the suffering expressed by
the images that represent his wounded face to the Eucharistic experience. Thus the devotion that starts with the images of the face of
Jesus leads to his contemplation in the Eucharistic experience. The eschatological element then builds on awakening to Christ by
contemplating His Face in the Eucharist. (cf. wikipedia.org)
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OLD TESTAMENT

GenesisClick to hide

Genesis 32:31
“Jacob named the place Peniel,* “because I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.”

Genesis 33:10
“No, I beg you!” said Jacob. “If you will do me the favor, accept this gift from me, since to see your face is for me like seeing the face
of God—and you have received me so kindly.”

ExodusClick to hide

Exodus 33:11
“The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as one man speaks to another. Moses would then return to the camp, but his young
assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, would not move out of the tent.”

Exodus 33:18-23
“Then Moses said, “Please let me see your glory!” The LORD answered: I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will
proclaim my name, “LORD,” before you; I who show favor to whom I will, I who grant mercy to whom I will. But you cannot see my
face, for no one can see me and live. Here, continued the LORD, is a place near me where you shall station yourself on the rock.
When my glory passes I will set you in the cleft of the rock and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will
remove my hand, so that you may see my back; but my face may not be seen.”

NumbersClick to hide

Numbers 6:24-26
“The LORD bless you and keep you!The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!The LORD look upon you kindly and give you
peace!”

DeuteronomyClick to hide

Deuteronomy 5:4-21
“Face to face, the LORD spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire, while I was standing between the LORD and you at that time,
to announce to you these words of the LORD, since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain: (The Decalogue).”

Deuteronomy 31:17-18
“At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be
devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst
that these evils have befallen us?” Yet I will surely hide my face at that time because of all the evil they have done in turning to other
gods.”

Deuteronomy 34:10-12
“Since then no prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, in all the signs and wonders the LORD
sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh and all his servants and against all his land, and all the great might and the
awesome power that Moses displayed in the sight of all Israel.”

1 & 2 ChroniclesClick to hide

1 Chronicles 16:11
“Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.”
2 Chronicles 7:13-16
“If I close heaven so that there is no rain, if I command the locust to devour the land, if I send pestilence among my people, if then my
people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I
will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land. Now, therefore, my eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to
the prayer of this place; now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart shall
be there always.”

2 Chronicles 30:9
“If you return to the LORD, your kinfolk and your children will find mercy with their captors and return to this land. The LORD, your
God, is gracious and merciful and he will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”

JobClick to hide

Job 34:29
“If he is silent, who then can condemn? If he hides his face, who then can behold him, whether nation or individual?’

PsalmsClick to hide

Psalms 4:7
“Many say, May we see better times! LORD, show us the light of your face!”

Psalms 13:2
“How long, LORD? Will you utterly forget me? How long will you hide your face from me?”

Psalms 27:8-9
“Come,” says my heart, “seek his face”; your face, LORD, do I seek! Do not hide your face from me; do not repel your servant in
anger. You are my salvation; do not cast me off; do not forsake me, God my savior!”

Psalms 30:8-10
“LORD, you showed me favor, established for me mountains of virtue. But when you hid your face I was struck with terror. To you,
LORD, I cried out; with the Lord I pleaded for mercy: “What gain is there from my lifeblood, from my going down to the grave? Does
dust give you thanks or declare your faithfulness?”
Psalms 31:17
“Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your mercy.”

Psalms 34:17
“The Lord’s face is against evildoers to wipe out their memory from the earth.”

Psalms 44:4
“Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the
light of your face for you favored them.”

Psalms 51:13
“Do not drive me from before your face, nor take from me your holy spirit.”

Psalm 67:2-3
“May God be gracious to us* and bless us; may his face shine upon us. So shall your way be known upon the earth, your victory
among all the nations.”

Psalms 69:18
“Do not hide your face from your servant; hasten to answer me, for I am in distress.”

Psalms 80:4
“O God, restore us; light up your face and we shall be saved.”

Psalms 80:8
“O God, restore us; light up your face and we shall be saved.”

Psalms 80:20
“LORD God of hosts, restore us; light up your face and we shall be saved.”

Psalms 88:15
“Why do you reject my soul, LORD, and hide your face from me?”
Psalms 102:2-3
“LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me; when
I call, answer me quickly.”

Psalms 104:29
“When you hide your face, they panic. Take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust.”

Psalms 105:4
“Seek out the LORD and his might; constantly seek his face.”

Psalms 119:135
“Let your face shine upon your servant; teach me your statutes.”

Psalms 143:7
“Hasten to answer me, LORD; for my spirit fails me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those descending to the pit.”

IsaiahClick to hide

Isaiah 8:17
“I will trust in the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.”

Isaiah 54:8
“In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; But with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your
redeemer.”

Isaiah 64:6
“There are none who call upon your name, none who rouse themselves to take hold of you; For you have hidden your face from us and
have delivered us up to our crimes.”

JeremiahClick to hide

Jeremiah 18:17
“Like the east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back, not my face, in their day of disaster.”
Jeremiah 33:4-5
“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are being torn
down because of the siege works and the sword: men come to battle the Chaldeans, and to fill these houses with the corpses of those
whom I have struck down in my raging anger, when I hid my face from this city because of all their wickedness.”

EzekielClick to hide

Ezekiel 7:22
“I will turn my face away from them. My treasure will be defiled; the violent will enter and defile it.”

Ezekiel 14:8
“I will set my face against them and make them a sign and a byword, and cut them off from the midst of my people. Thus you shall
know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 15:7
“I will set my face against them: Although they have escaped the fire, the fire will still devour them; You shall know that I am the
LORD, when I set my face against them.”

Ezekiel 20:34-35
“With mighty hand and outstretched arm, with wrath poured out, I will bring you out from the nations and gather you from the
countries over which you are scattered; I will lead you to the wilderness of the peoples and enter into judgment with you face to face.”

Ezekiel 39:23-24
“The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into exile because of its sins. Because they betrayed me, I hid my face from
them, handing them over to their foes, so they all fell by the sword. According to their defilement and their crimes I dealt with them,
hiding my face from them.”

Ezekiel 39:29
“I will no longer hide my face from them once I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel—oracle of the Lord GOD.”

MicahClick to hide
Micah 3:4
“When they cry to the LORD, he will not answer them; He will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.”

NEW TESTAMENT

Gospels & ActsClick to hide

Matthew 17:2
“And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.”

Matthew 18:10
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones,* for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my
heavenly Father.”

John 14:8-9
“Philip, said to him, “Master, show us the father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long
a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”

Acts 6:15
“All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.”

LettersClick to hide

1 Corinthians 13:12
“At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.”

2 Corinthians 3:18
“All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from
the Lord who is the Spirit.”

2 Corinthians 4:6
“For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on
the face of [Jesus] Christ.”
1 Peter 3:12
“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears turned to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”

RevelationClick to hide

Revelation 1:16
“In his right hand he held seven stars.* A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.”

Revelation 10:1
“Then I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven wrapped in a cloud, with a halo around his head; his face was like the sun
and his feet were like pillars of fire.”

Revelation 22:4
“They will look upon his face,* and his name will be on their foreheads.”

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GospelsClick to hide

Matthew 26:26-30
“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, “Take and eat; this is my
body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant,
which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine until the
day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father.” Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

Mark 14:22-25
“While they were eating,f he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he
took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will
be shed* for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of
God.”

Luke 22:14-22
“When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with
you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall not eat it [again] until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, gave
thanks, and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you [that] from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the
vine until the kingdom of God comes.” Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my
body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new
covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.”

Luke 24:29-31
“But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. And it
happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes
were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.”

John 6:11
“Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they
wanted.”

John 6:31-35
“Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen,
I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God
is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to
them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

John 6:48-58
“I am the bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so
that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the
bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us
[his] flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you
do not have life within you. Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my
flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the
living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the
bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

Acts of the ApostlesClick to hide

Acts 2:42
“They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.”

Acts 2:46-47
“Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals
with exultation and sincerity of heart, praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their
number those who were being saved.”

Acts 20:7
“On the first day of the week* when we gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them because he was going to leave on the next day,
and he kept on speaking until midnight.”

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1 Corinthians 10:16-17
“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in
the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.”

1 Corinthians 11:20-22
“When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper, for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one
goes hungry while another gets drunk. Do you not have houses in which you can eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the
church of God and make those who have nothing feel ashamed? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I do not
praise you.”

1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,k that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and,
after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the
cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as
often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.”

1 Corinthians 11:27-34
“Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A
person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body,
eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying. If we
discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; but since we are judged by [the] Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may
not be condemned along with the world. Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If anyone is
hungry, he should eat at home, so that your meetings may not result in judgment. The other matters I shall set in order when I come.”

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Devotees of the Holy Face of Jesus

  Blessed Mother
 St. Joseph
 Veronica
 Church Fathers
 St. Getrude
 Sr. Mary of St. Peter
 St. Therese
 Leo Papin Dupont
 Mo. Pierina de Micheli

Blessed Mo. Maria Pierina de Micheli, F.I.C.

Mother Maria Pierina di Michaeli was a member of the Daughters of the Immaculate Concepcion, a
religious congregation for women, whose Motherhouse is in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She became superior of the Congregation in
Milan and provincial of the Order in Italy. She was born on September 11, 1890, was privileged at the age of 12 with graces of
intimacy with our Lord, and had invited her to contemplate His Holy Face.

She was encouraged in many visions and divine communications by the Blessed Mother and Jesus Himself to spread the devotion to
the Holy Face of Jesus in reparation for the many insults, irreverence, and violence He suffered. With it was given promises for those
who will be devoted to the Holy Face. Mary, in one of her appearances to her, gave the Scapular of the Holy Face of Jesus, consisting
of two pieces of flannel joined by a cord. On one flannel was the Holy Face with the inscription, “Illumina, Domine, VultumTuum
Super Nos.” (Psalm 66: “May, O Lord, the light of Thy countenance shine upon us”). On the other flannel was the Sacred Host with
the words, “Mane Nobiscum, Domine.” (“Stay with us, O Lord”). Mary explained to her the value of the scapular, although
reproduced as medals, carries the same promises and favors.The first Holy Face Medal was offered to Pope Pius XII who accepted it
and approved the devotion in 1958 and declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday) for all Roman Catholics.

Mo. Pierina died on July 26, 1945 after experiencing rigorous torments from the evil and unexplainable sicknesses. In April 2009
Pope Benedict XVI advanced her beatification process by formally recognizing a miracle attributed to her. She was beatified on
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

THE HOLY FACE MEDAL (Origin/Promises)

On May 31, 1938, our Blessed Mother appeared to Mo. Pierina de Micheli saying:

The medal is an armor of defense, a shield of strength, a token of the love and mercy which Jesus wishes to give to the world in these
times of lust and hatred against God and His Church, aggravated by:

1. Diabolic nets thrown to wrench the faith from hearts

2. Evils abounding
3. True apostles being few

The remedy is the Holy Face of Jesus.

All who wear a medal like this and make if possible every Tuesday visit the Blessed Sacrament in order to repair the outrages which
the Face of Son Jesus received during His Passion and everyday in the Holy Eucharist:

1. will be strengthened in faith

2. prompt to depend it
3. overcome all difficulties internal and external
4. will have a peaceful death under the loving gaze of My Divine Son.

Promises of our Lord to Mo. Maria Pierina de Micheli:

1. “I have given My Heart as the sensible proof of my great love for men, and I give My Face as the sensible object of my grief for the sins of
mankind”.
2. “I desire that My Face, which shows My soul’s deepest anguish, My Heart’s sorrow and love, be more honored.” “Whoever
contemplates me, consoles Me”.
3. “Contemplate My Face and you will enter into My Heart’s abysses of sorrow.”
4. “Every time that anyone gazes at My Face, I will pour My Love into hearts.”
5. “And by means of the Holy Face, the salvation of many souls will be obtained.”
6. “Offer My Holy Face without ceasing to the Eternal Father. With this offering, you will obtain salvation and sanctification of many souls.
When henceforth you offer it through My priests, they will perform miracles.”
7. “I desire that My Face be honored in a special way on Tuesdays.”
8. “I desire that My Face be honored by a special Feast on Quinquagesima Tuesday (Tuesday on the 5th week before Easter Sunday), a
feast preceded by a Novena, in which all the faithful will make reparation to Me, thus uniting and participating in my grief.”

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 Veronica
 Church Fathers
 St. Getrude
 Sr. Mary of St. Peter
 St. Therese
 Leo Papin Dupont
 Mo. Pierina de Micheli

The name “Veronica” comes from the Latinvera, meaning “true” or “Truthful”, and the Greekeikon, meaning “image”; the Veil of Veronica was
therefore largely regarded in medieval times as the “true image”.
 Veronica was mentioned in the reported visions of Jesus by Sister Marie of St Peter, a Carmelite nun who
lived in Tours, France, and started the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. In 1844, Sister Marie reported that in a vision, she saw Saint
Veronica wiping away the spit and mud from the Face of Jesus with her veil on the way to Calvary. She said that sacrilegious and
blasphemous acts today are adding to the spit and mud that Saint Veronica wiped away that day. According to Sister Marie of St Peter,
in her visions Jesus told her that He desired devotion to His Holy Face in reparation for sacrilege and blasphemy.

Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ are thus compared to Saint Veronica wiping the Face of Jesus.
Devotees of the Holy Face of Jesus
 Blessed Mother
 St. Joseph
 Veronica
 Church Fathers
 St. Getrude
 Sr. Mary of St. Peter
 St. Therese
 Leo Papin Dupont
 Mo. Pierina de Micheli
 Venerable Leo Dupont (24th January 1797 – 18th March 1876), also known as “The Holy Man of Tours,” or the
“Apostle of the Holy Face”, was a religious figure in the Roman Catholic faith who helped spread various Catholic devotions such as the devotion
to the Holy Face of Jesus and nightly Eucharistic Adoration.

Apart from his other charitable activities, Dupont is perhaps best known for his impact on spreading the devotion to the Holy Face of
Jesus.

Dupont made frequent donations to the Carmelites in Tours and managed their business affairs. He thus heard of the reported visions
of Jesus and Mary by the Carmelite nun Sister Marie of St Peter from 1844 to 1847. Based on this, Dupont started to burn a vigil lamp
continuously before a picture of the Holy Face of Jesus based on the painted image on the Veil of Veronica. Dupont used that image
because the existence of a clear image on the Shroud of Turin was not known to anyone at that time for the somewhat faded image of
the face on the Shroud can not easily be seen with the naked eye and was only observed in May 1898 via the negative plate of
Secondo Pia‘s first photograph.

“May the Lord deign to unite with us in making unction, and restore this sick person to health; in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. May the Holy Names of Jesus, Mary and Joseph be known, blessed and glorified throughout the
world. Amen.” (Formula used by M. Dupont when anointing the sick with the oil from the lamp burning before the Holy face of Jesus)

In 1851 Dupont formed the “Archconfraternity of the Holy Face” in Tours. He prayed for and promoted the case for a devotion to the
Holy Face of Jesus for around 30 years.

Leo Dupont died in 1876 at the age of 79. Upon his death, his house on Rue St. Etienne was purchased by the Archdiocese of Tours
and turned into the Oratory of the Holy Face. The Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885.
He has been declared Venerable by the Holy See during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII and currently awaits Beatification. His feast
day is December 1.

Years later, the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus influenced St. Therese of Lisieux, another French Carmelite nun. She wrote a
number of poems and prayers in the 1890s that also helped spread the devotion to the Holy Face.

In the 1930s, an Italian nun, Sister Maria Pierina De Micheliassociated the image of the Holy Face of Jesus from the Shroud of Turin
with the devotion and made the first Holy Face Medal.

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History of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus in the Philippines

Rev. Mo. Mary Therese L. Vicente, HFJ (1921 – 1995)

and the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus

How does this devotion had reached the Philippines?

It all started with the medal and leaflets of the Holy Face of Jesus. In August 1976, Mo. Therese was requested by Mrs. Pilar
Zaragoza, a benefactor and a friend, to help spread the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus by giving her a Holy Face medal and
leaflets. Believing that it meant simply distributing the medals and leaflets, she gladly accepted the request. This led to her
appointment as Custodian of the Exhibit of the Holy Shroud at the Manila Cathedral when the replica image was brought to the
Philippines through the mediation of the late Ambassador (Architect) Jose M. Zaragoza, the then Chancellor of the Equestrian Order
of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, Philippine Chapter, and the appointed caretaker of Msgr. Guilio Ricci of the Exhibition of the
Holy Shroud from Turin in the Philippines.

Mo. Therese was drawn, as other people as well, to this devotion to the suffering Face of Jesus Christ. She became not only a
dedicated promoter but was also inspired to found religious and lay organizations whose charism, spirituality and mission springs
from the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. In obedience to God’s holy will, which was also manifested to her solicitous
consultation with the ecclesiastical authorities, religious and lay organizations were born, and they are: CRUSADERS OF THE
HOLY FACE OF JESUS, MISSIONARY OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS, SISTERS OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS,
and the YOUNG APOSTLES OF THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS .

With her love for the Lord and our Blessed Mother, she courageously faced the many trials and difficulties of her foundations and was
able to put up a Holy Face Center & Convent in 1111 F. R. Hidalgo Street, Quiapo, Manila. Trustingly convinced and assured of
God’s Divine Providence, the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus continually spread nationwide and the Holy Face Center became a
refuge for all who seek the Lord’s Face for various reasons.
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Although the Holy Shroud of Turin has gained many controversies everywhere, the question remains why this linen cloth has retained
its radiance despite of countless journeys, expositions and changes of climate. We can only relegate that when reason ends, faith
begins. To the Catholic Church, the Holy Shroud remains a valuable relic connected to the historical Jesus found in the Scriptures.

The Church authorities have expressed confidence in the authenticity of the Holy Shroud, and many have recommended the devotion
to the Holy Face of Jesus. Their judgment bears far more weight and commands far higher respect than that of any private scholar for
they speak with a unique authority and their pronouncements have a profound influence in the religious life of the faithful. Although
they do not intend to impose it as a matter of religious belief, it is safe and reasonable to accept their judgment.

The data below were researched from various sources:

 750 -1000
 1001 – 1250
 1251-1500
 1501-1750
 1751-2000
 2001-present

Recently, Pope Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI have both described the Shroud of Turin as “an icon”

March 30, 2013, Vatican City: Message of Pope Francis during the extraordinary exposition of the Holy Shroud in the Cathedral of
Turin, Italy.
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VENERATION OF THE HOLY SHROUD
MEDITATION OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2 May 2010

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