Prayer of St. Therese of the Child Jesus to the Holy Face

O Jesus, who in Thy bitter Passion didst become "the most abject of men, a
man of sorrows", I venerate Thy Sacred Face whereon there once did shine
the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead; but now it has become for me as if
it were the face of a leper! Nevertheless, under those disfigured features,
I recognize Thy infinite Love and I am consumed with the desire to love
Thee and make Thee loved by all men. The tears which well up abundantly in
Thy sacred eyes appear to me as so many precious pearls that I love to
gather up, in order to purchase the souls of poor sinners by means of their
infinite value. O Jesus, whose adorable Face ravishes my heart, I implore
Thee to fix deep within me Thy divine image and to set me on fire with Thy
Love, that I may be found worthy to come to the contemplation of Thy
glorious Face in Heaven. Amen.