Devotion to the Holy Face: the medal that makes you get graces

The medal of the Holy Face of Jesus is a gift from Mary Mother of God and our Mother.

On the night of May 31, 1938, the Servant of God M. Pierina De Micheli, nun of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires, found herself going to the chapel of her Institute in Milan in via Elba 18.

While she was immersed in deep adoration before the Tabernacle, a Lady of celestial beauty appeared to her in a dazzling light: it was the Most Holy Virgin Mary.

She held a medal in her hand as a gift which on one side had the effigy of the Face of Christ dead on the cross imprinted on it, circumscribed by the biblical words "Let the light of your face shine upon us, Lord." On the other side there appeared a radiant Host limited by the invocation "Stay with us, Lord".

DIVINE PROMISES

The Mother of Heaven approached the nun and said to her: "Listen carefully and tell the confessor father that this medal is a WEAPON of defense, a SHIELD of fortitude and a PLEDGE of mercy that Jesus wants to give to the world in these times of sensuality and hatred against God and the Church. Devilish nets are stretched to snatch faith from hearts, evil spreads there. The true apostles are few: a divine remedy is needed, and this remedy is the Holy Face of Jesus. All those who will wear this medal and will be able, every Tuesday, to visit the SS. Sacrament to repair the outrages that the Holy Face of my son Jesus received during the passion and that he receives every day in the Sacrament of the Eucharist:

- will be fortified in faith;

- will be ready to defend it;

- will have the graces to overcome internal and external spiritual difficulties;

- will be helped in the dangers of the soul. and body;

- they will have a serene death under the smiling gaze of my Divine Son

- This consoling divine promise is a call for love and mercy from the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Indeed, Jesus himself said on May 21, 1932, to the servant of God: “By contemplating my Face, the souls will participate in my sufferings, they will feel the need to love and repair. Is this not the true devotion to my Heart? "

On the first Tuesday of 1937 Jesus had further added to her that "the worship of His Face completed and increased the devotion to His Heart". In truth, when we contemplate the Face of Christ who died for our sins, we can understand and live the heartbeats of love of His divine Heart.

APPROVAL AND DISSEMINATION OF THE MEDAL

The cult of the S. Volto medal received ecclesiastical approval on 9 August 1940 with the blessing of Blessed Card. Ildefonso Schuster, Benedictine monk, very devoted to the S. Volto di Gesù, then Archbishop of Milan. After overcoming many difficulties, the medal was coined and began its journey.

Great apostle of the medal of the Holy Face of Jesus was the servant of God, Abbot Ildebrando Gregori, a Silvestrian Benedictine monk, since 1940 spiritual father of the servant of God Mother Pierina De Micheli. He made the medal known by word and deed in Italy, America, Asia and Australia. It is now widespread in every part of the earth and in 1968, with the blessing of the Holy Father, Paul VI, it was placed on the moon by American astronauts.

THE MEDAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL

It is admirable that the blessed medal is received with reverence and devotion by Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and even non-Christians. All those who have had the grace to receive and bring with faith the sacred Icon, people in danger, sick, imprisoned, persecuted, prisoners of war, souls tormented by the spirit of evil, individuals and families distressed by all kinds of difficulties, have experienced above them a particular divine protection, they found serenity, self-confidence and faith in Christ the Redeemer. In the face of these daily wrought and witnessed wonders, we hear the whole truth of the Word of God, and the cry of the psalmist springs spontaneously from the heart:

"LORD, SHOW US YOUR FACE AND WE WILL BE SAVED" (Psalm 79)

PRAYER TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS

Holy face of my sweet Jesus, living and eternal expression of love and divine martyrdom suffered by human redemption, I adore you and I love you. I consecrate you today and always my whole being. I offer you the prayers, actions and sufferings of this day for the purest hands of the Immaculate Queen, to atone for and repair the sins of poor creatures. Make me your true apostle. May your sweet gaze always be present to me and light up with mercy at the hour of my death. So be it.

Holy face of Jesus look at me with mercy