He was despised and rejected by others;
    a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity,
and as one from whom others hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him of no account. Isaiah 53:3

Please pray for America. Pray for President Trump and for the innocent man who was killed yesterday as well as for those injured and traumatized by what is happening in our nation.

I wanted to leave you with two prayers that have been near and dear to my heart in the last little while.

Consecration to the Holy Face by Saint Therese of Lisieux.

O, Jesus, who, in Thy cruel Passion didst become the “reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows,” I worship Thy divine Face. Once it shone with beauty and sweetness of the Divinity; but now, for my sake, it is become as “the face of a leper.” Yet, in that disfigured Countenance, I recognize Thy infinite love, and I am consumed with the desire of making Thee loved by all mankind. The tears that flowed so abundantly from Thy eyes are to me as precious pearls that I delight to gather, that with their worth I may ransom the souls of poor sinners. O Jesus, whose Face is the sole beauty that ravishes my heart, I may not see here below the sweetness of Thy glance, nor feel the ineffable tenderness of Thy kiss, I bow to Thy Will – but I pray Thee to imprint in me Thy divine likeness, and I implore Thee so to inflame me with Thy love, that it may quickly consume me, and that I may soon reach Thy glorious Face in heaven. Amen.

In a letter to her Sister Celine Therese said, “Let us not believe that we can love without suffering, without suffering much.”

What we do to one another is what we do to the Face of God.

The Act of Amendment to the Holy Name of God – by Sister Marie de Saint-Pierre

Adorable Trinity, one God in Three Persons, whom the angels worship with a holy trembling, prostrate before Thy infinite Majesty, we unite ourselves to those sublime spirits to repair the Blasphemy and horrible swearing which the impious daily pour forth against Thy holy name.

We make amends for those numberless oaths, those frightful curses, those multiplied profanations of Thy sacred name committed in our unhappy country. May our eyes, Lord, become a fountain of tears to weep day and night for such great offenses which have drawn down, and still draw down on us Thy chastisements.

Pardon guilty France (America) O Father of mercies, we beseech Thee, by the merit of the humiliation of Thy divine Son Jesus Christ, in whose name every knee should bend, in heaven, on earth, and in the hells (purgatory); a Name blessed above every other name, whence flows a celestial sweetness, and which has nevertheless become the object of sacrilegious derision, and the inveterate hatred of an incredulous and perverse generation.

Strengthen us, Lord, in the respect due to Thy august mysteries, in the faith of the true Church, and lastly, in the determination of serving and loving Thee to the last breath of our life. We beseech Thee to grant this our request by the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who, one God, lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

I am actually astonished that this prayer was written over 175 years ago and the world has just delved deeper into offending His Holy Name and wounding His Holy Face. Keep your eyes on Christ, we are in for a wild ride the next few months. God Bless you all and God Bless America, let us turn back to Him with all of our hearts.

If you would like to purchase the Family Healing prayer book, The Queen’s Triumph, I co-authored with Ashley Blackburn, please click this link.