{"id":9416,"date":"2015-02-17T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=9416"},"modified":"2015-02-17T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T08:57:09","slug":"9416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/9416\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass of the Holy Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"santovolto.jpg\"<\/a>In Rome and in other places, Shrove Tuesday is observed as the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus. In 2007 I had the privilege of concelebrating a Solemn Mass in honour of the Holy Face of Jesus at the Roman Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia with His Eminence, the late Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini (1 August 1916 \u2013 22 November 2014)<\/span>, a great apostle of the Holy Face of Jesus.<\/p>\n

Masses in honour of the Holy Face appeared as early as the fourteenth century. In 1958 Pope Pius XII approved the observance of a feast of the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday. At Manoppello<\/a>, the feast of the Holy Face is celebrated on August 6th, the Transfiguration of the Lord. The Benedictines of Jesus Crucified, founded in France in 1930, honoured the Holy Face with the Litanies sung in procession on the Sunday After Ascension. A Mass of the Holy Face of Jesus for Shrove Tuesday was approved by the Holy See in 1986. A flash of paschal glory before beginning Lent! Here are the Proper Mass texts of the Mass in English. The translation is my own.<\/p>\n

Entrance Antiphon<\/strong>
\nMR
\nOf you my heart has spoken: \u201cSeek his face.\u201d It is your face, O Lord, that I seek; hide not your face (Ps 26:8-9).
\n(Cf., Tibi dixit<\/em>, GR 88)<\/p>\n

Collect<\/strong>
\nO God, who willed that your only-begotten Son should become man, and show us in his human nature a perfect image of your divinity, grant, we beseech you, that by venerating the image of his Holy Face we may be united with him in the mysteries of his Passion and Death, and so come to contemplate forever his glorious Face in the joy of the resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

Proper Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Reading
\n<\/strong>Isaiah 52:13 –53:12.
\n(Lectionary, Votive Mass of The Mystery of the Holy Cross, 4)<\/p>\n

Responsorial Psalm<\/strong>
\nR. I long to see your face, O Lord.
\nPs 27:1, 4, 5, 8-9abc, 11
\n(Lectionary, Mass for the Consecration of Virgins and Religious Profession, 2)<\/p>\n

Alleluia Verse<\/strong>
\nHe is the brightness of eternal light, the unspotted mirror,
\nand the image of his goodness (Wis 7:26)
\nOr:
\nGod of hosts, bring us back;
\nlet your face shine on us and we shall be saved (Ps 79:8).<\/p>\n

Gospel<\/strong>
\nMt 17:1-19
\n(Lectionary, August 6, Feast of the Transfiguration, Gospel A).<\/p>\n

General Intercessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

That the Church, as she prepares to enter the Great Fast of Forty Days, may direct the gaze of all believers to the Face of the Crucified and Risen One, the proclamation and pledge of our glory,
\nto the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\n<\/em>
\nThat the leaders of nations may turn aside from every project of destruction and war, and, in the light of the Face of Christ, seek to build up \u201cthe civilization of love,\u201d
\nto the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\n<\/em>
\nThat all who know weariness, humiliation, or suffering may lift their eyes to the holy Face of Christ;
\nand that those despised by the powerful of this world may recognize in the Face of Christ one like themselves,
\nto the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\n<\/em>
\nThat the sick and the dying may see on the Face of Christ all glory, all sorrow, and all love, in the greatest peace,
\nto the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\n<\/em>
\nThat we may keep the Holy Face of Jesus ever present before our eyes and discover there the revelation of the secrets of his Heart,
\nto the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\n<\/em>
\nCollect at the General Intercessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almighty and ever-living God, whose splendour on Sinai was such that Moses was obliged to veil his face made radiant by the brightness of your holiness; remove the veil from our faces, and open our eyes to the knowledge of your glory shining in the face of Christ, that we, with the gaze of our hearts fixed on him, may, by the power of the Holy Spirit, be changed into his likeness and so praise you forever in the company of the saints in light. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
\nOr:
\nO Lord Jesus Christ, beauty of the heavenly Father and light of souls, we beseech you with confidence that, as we advance in the darkness of this world, the splendour of your Face may shine upon us and that, in the light of your Countenance, we may one day merit to contemplate the eternal light in which you live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

Prayer Over the Offerings<\/strong>
\nO God, the Father of lights, look upon us, we beseech you, and beholding the Face of Christ your Son who offered himself for us as a victim of reconciliation, grant that we, like him, may offer ourselves to you as a spiritual sacrifice to the praise of your glory. Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Preface of the Transfiguration<\/strong>
\nTruly it is right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord.
\nChrist revealed his glory before chosen witnesses,
\nand filled with splendour
\nthat human form in which he is one with us.
\nIn this way he prepared the disciples
\nto bear the scandal of the Cross
\nand he, being the head of his body.
\nshowed that in the Church
\nthat same glory would be fulfilled
\nthat shone upon his Face on the holy mountain.
\nAnd so, with all the choirs of angels,
\nwe praise your glory, now and forever,
\nas with one voice we sing:<\/p>\n

Communion Antiphon<\/strong>
\nMR
\nWe have beheld his glory,
\nglory as of the only Son from the Father,
\nfull of grace and truth (Jn 1:14).
\nOr:
\nSurely he has borne our griefs
\nand carried our sorrows;
\nyet we esteemed him stricken,
\nsmitten by God, and afflicted (Is 53:4).<\/p>\n

Prayer After Communion<\/strong>
\nLet your Face, O Lord, shine graciously upon us, so that illumined by your word and nourished by the Bread of Life, we may walk in your presence until we reach the wonderful life of your kingdom. Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Solemn Blessing<\/strong>
\nMay the Lord bless you and keep you.
\nR. Amen.
\nMay his Face shine upon you,
\nand show your mercy.
\nR. Amen.
\nMay he turn his Face toward you,
\nand give you his peace.
\nR. Amen.
\nMay the blessing of Almighty God,
\nthe Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
\ndescend upon you and remain with you forever.
\nR. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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