The Golden Arrow prayer

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I haven’t heard of any condemnations, so I would say yes. Do you see an issue with it?
 
I just read this prayer and I love it so much I had to write down with my calligraphy pen.

Thanks for sharing it!
 
Wow, that prayer is beautiful. I can see why you love it so much, Monica. Reading it stirred my heart. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Student09 said:
It is part of the Holy Face Devotion, which is approved.
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What is the Holy Face Devotion?
 
I have to believe it is approved by the Church. After all, the Discaled Carmelites of Buffalo, NY are the US headquarters for the Confraternity of the Holy Face and the Golden Arrow prayer is the center piece of the prayers prescribed for members.

The Holy Face Devotion is much like the Sacred Heart devotion (in fact, the Lord described His face as the expression of His heart). The main focus is to make reparations to his Holy Face (especially through veneration of the icon of Veronica’s Veil and the Image of the Shroud of Turin & of course, Eucharistic adoration, which is His hidden face so often abused) for the crimes of blasphemy, atheism (especially Communism), and those who profane the Holy Days. The Lord dictated the Golden Arrow Prayer to Sr. Mary of St Peter in the late 1800s, right on the eve of Communism. She had a vision that when she recited it a golden arrow “delightfully” struck His heart and it poured out graces for the conversion of sinners.

It is a beautiful devotion.
 
Monica4316 said:
Hi, does anyone know if this prayer is accepted by the Church?

here’s more info:
catholicplanet.com/catholic/arrow.htm
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This is great prayer I am always happier saying!

The Golden Arrow

May the most holy, most sacred,
most adorable, most mysterious
and unutterable Name of God
be always praised, blessed,
loved, adored and glorified,
in heaven, on earth and under the earth,
by all the creatures of God,
and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ
in the most holy Sacrament of the altar.

The Golden Arrow was revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ to a Carmelite nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.

Jesus said: “This Golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully, and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy.”
 
JS_Cortez said:
I have to believe it is approved by the Church. After all, the Discaled Carmelites of Buffalo, NY are the US headquarters for the Confraternity of the Holy Face and the Golden Arrow prayer is the center piece of the prayers prescribed for members.

The Holy Face Devotion is much like the Sacred Heart devotion (in fact, the Lord described His face as the expression of His heart). The main focus is to make reparations to his Holy Face (especially through veneration of the icon of Veronica’s Veil and the Image of the Shroud of Turin & of course, Eucharistic adoration, which is His hidden face so often abused) for the crimes of blasphemy, atheism (especially Communism), and those who profane the Holy Days. The Lord dictated the Golden Arrow Prayer to Sr. Mary of St Peter in the late 1800s, right on the eve of Communism. She had a vision that when she recited it a golden arrow “delightfully” struck His heart and it poured out graces for the conversion of sinners.

It is a beautiful devotion.
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🙂

I would just add that this devotion was very important to St. Therese of Lisieux, which is why her religious name was “St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.”
 
Shin said:
The Golden Arrow was revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ to a Carmelite nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.

Jesus said: “This Golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully, and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy.”
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That is so beautiful :).
 
Shin said:
It is guaranteed spiritual happiness isn’t it? 😃

It’s not the only prayer of that kind! 😉
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It’s a real delight to pray. I love God for making it known :).
JS_Cortez said:
I have to believe it is approved by the Church. After all, the Discaled Carmelites of Buffalo, NY are the US headquarters for the Confraternity of the Holy Face and the Golden Arrow prayer is the center piece of the prayers prescribed for members.

The Holy Face Devotion is much like the Sacred Heart devotion (in fact, the Lord described His face as the expression of His heart). The main focus is to make reparations to his Holy Face (especially through veneration of the icon of Veronica’s Veil and the Image of the Shroud of Turin & of course, Eucharistic adoration, which is His hidden face so often abused) for the crimes of blasphemy, atheism (especially Communism), and those who profane the Holy Days. The Lord dictated the Golden Arrow Prayer to Sr. Mary of St Peter in the late 1800s, right on the eve of Communism. She had a vision that when she recited it a golden arrow “delightfully” struck His heart and it poured out graces for the conversion of sinners.

It is a beautiful devotion.
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Thanks so much for sharing that! It’s a beautiful story and devotion.
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Student09:
I would just add that this devotion was very important to St. Therese of Lisieux, which is why her religious name was “St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.”
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Seriously? Wow. Did she mention that in her autobiography, because for some reason I missed it first time through.
 
Lief_Erikson said:
It’s a real delight to pray. I love God for making it known :).

Thanks so much for sharing that! It’s a beautiful story and devotion.

Seriously? Wow. Did she mention that in her autobiography, because for some reason I missed it first time through.
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She mentions it only briefly on page 152 in the John Clarke edition: “The tears and blood of Jesus were to be her dew, and her Sun was His adorable Face veiled with tears. Until my coming to Carmel, I had never fathomed the depths of the treasures hidden in the Holy Face. …] Ah! I desired that, like the Face of Jesus, “my face be truly hidden, that no one on earth would know me.”” There’s a picture of her holding an icon of the Child Jesus and the image of the Holy Face that she used (that was before the image on the Shroud of Turin became available), on this page (scroll down about halfway). fisheaters.com/holyface.html That page also has some prayers and poems that Therese wrote to the Holy Face, and some history of the devotion including the Golden Arrow Prayer. 🙂
 
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