Devotion to the Baby Jesus to be done on Christmas day
PRAYER TO THE HOLY CHILD
to implore help in the painful circumstances of life
O eternal splendor of the divine Father, sigh and comfort of believers, Holy Child Jesus, of crowned glory, oh! lower your gaze of kindness on all those who turn to you confidently.
Aim how many calamities and bitterness, how many thorns and pains entwine our exile. Have mercy on those who suffer so much down here! Have mercy on those who mourn for some misfortune: on those who languish and groan on a bed of pain: on those who are made a sign of unjust persecution: on families without bread or without peace: finally pity on all those who, in the various trials of life, trusting in you, they implore your divine help, your heavenly blessings.
O Holy Child Jesus, in you only our soul, find true comfort! You can only expect inner tranquility from you, that peace that cheers and comforts.
Turn, O Jesus, upon us your merciful gaze; show us your divine smile; raise your right rescuer; and then, however bitter the tears of this exile may be, they will turn into a consolation dew!
O Holy Child Jesus, comfort every afflicted heart, and give us all the graces we need. So be it.
PRAGUE CHILD JESUS
Father Cyril was the first great propagator of the devotion to the holy Child Jesus who from now on will be called "Prague", precisely for the place from which it originates.
The devotion to the Child Jesus in the Prague convent was born from the faith of Father Giovanni Ludovico dell'Assunta in 1628.
According to the narrator of the chronicler, newly elected prior father Giovanni, "he ordered the sub-prior and master of novices, father Cipriano of Santa Maria, who, to educate the new religious, would procure a beautiful statue or an image representing the son of God in shape childish and placed it in the common oratory, where the friars dedicated themselves to prayer every day, morning and evening; so that, looking at the statue or the image, they were gradually induced to understand the humility of Jesus our Savior ".
The sub-prior found the person who donated the desired statue in Princess Polissena of Lobkowicz. It was a family memory and the princess in 1628, widowed, donated the wax figurine of the Child Jesus to the convent so that it could be properly kept there.
Only a few years later, in 1641, at the request of lay devotees, the statue of the Child Jesus found a place in the church, offered to public veneration.
The faithful flocked to it with simplicity and confidence. It became true what one day the venerable Father Cirillo was heard to say in his heart, while praying in front of the image restored in honor, but still with the signs of the outrage made by the heretics who had cut the hands of the figurine:
“Have pity on me and I will have pity on you; give me my hands and I will give you peace. The more you honor me, the more I will favor you. "
Devotion to that image became popular in Prague and began to cross the borders of Czechoslovakia because the Discalced Carmelites promoted it assiduously in each of their churches.
Among all the centers of worship and devotion to the holy Child Jesus of Prague, the sanctuary-basilica of Arenzano (Genoa-Italy) stands out today for the fame and the turnout of the faithful.
THE MEDAL of the BABY JESUS of PRAGUE
It is a "Malta" cross of common size, engraved with the image of the Infant Jesus of Prague, and is blessed. It is very effective against the pitfalls of the devil who tries to harm both souls and bodies.
It draws its effectiveness from the image of the Child Jesus and from the cross. Some gospel words are engraved on it, almost all pronounced by the Divine Master. The initials are read around the figure of the Child Jesus: "VRS" Vade retro, Satan (Vattene, Satan); "RSE" Rex sum ego (I am king); "ART" Adveniat regnum tuum (Thy kingdom come).
But the most effective invocation to keep the devil away and prevent him from doing harm is certainly the name "Jesus".
Other words present are: Verbum caro factum est (And the Word became flesh), which are engraved on the back of the medal, with those around the monogram of Christ that say: Vincit, Regnat, Imperat, nos ab omni malo defendat (Vince , Reigns, Domina, defends us from all evil).
The safeguard medal is sent to those who request it from the sanctuary.
SANCTUARY OF BABY JESUS
STRAIGHT CARMELITE FATHERS
Piazzale Santo Bambino 1
16011 Arenzano GENOA
//www.gesubambino.org/Santuario/html/sala_ricordi.htm
PRAYER TO BABY JESUS of PRAGUE
revealed by Mary Most Holy to VP Cyril of the Discalced Carmelite Mother of God
and first apostle of devotion to the Holy Child of Prague.
O Baby Jesus, I appeal to you, and I pray that through the intercession of your Holy Mother, you will want to assist me in my need (it can be explained), because I firmly believe that your Divinity can help me. I hope so confidently to obtain your holy grace. I love you with all my heart and with all the strength of my soul; I sincerely repent of my sins, and I beg you, good Jesus, to give me the strength to triumph over them. I propose not to offend you anymore, and to you I offer myself willing to suffer everything, instead of giving you the slightest disgust. From now on I want to serve you with all fidelity, and, for your sake, Divine Child, I will love my neighbor as myself. Almighty baby, Lord Jesus, I again beg you, assist me in this circumstance ... Give me the grace to possess you eternally with Mary and Joseph, and to adore you with the holy Angels in the Court of Heaven. So be it.
PRAYER TO BABY JESUS of PRAGUE
for desperate causes
(by Archbishop Janssens of New Orleans)
O very beloved Jesus, who love us tenderly and who form your greatest pleasure in dwelling among us, although I am unworthy of being looked upon by you with love, I also feel drawn to you, because you love to forgive and grant your love.
Many graces and blessings have been obtained from those who have invoked You with confidence, and I, kneeling in spirit before your miraculous Image of Prague, here I lay my heart, with all its questions, its desires, its hopes and especially (exhibit)
I enclose this question in your small, but most merciful Heart. Rule me and dispose of me and my loved ones as your holy will will please, while I know that you do not order anything that is not for our good.
Almighty and lovable Child Jesus, do not abandon us, but bless us, and always protect us. So be it. (Three Glory to the Father).