Prayers by St. Thérèse of Lisieux to the Holy Face of Jesus

Ecce Homo” by José de Ribera, 1620

Prayers by St. Thérèse of Lisieux to the Holy Face of Jesus
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 the beauty and sweetness of the Divinity: now for my sake it has 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 loving Thee and of making Thee loved by all mankind. The tears that streamed in such abundance from Thine eyes are to me as precious pearls which I delight to gather, that with their infinite worth I may ransom the souls of poor sinners.
O Jesus, whose Face is the sole beauty that ravishes my heart, I may not behold here upon earth the sweetness of Thy glance, nor feel the ineffable tenderness of Thy kiss. Thereto, I consent, but I pray Thee to imprint in me Thy Divine Likeness, and I implore Thee to so inflame me with Thy love, that it may quickly consume me, and soon I may reach the vision of Thy glorious Face in heaven! Amen.
Prayer for Sinners 
Eternal Father, since Thou hast given me for my inheritance the Adorable Face of Thy Divine Son, I offer that Face to Thee, and I beg Thee, in exchange for this coin of infinite value, to forget the ingratitude of souls dedicated to Thee, and to pardon all poor sinners.
Act of Consecration to the Holy Face (for her novices)
O Adorable Face of Jesus! since Thou hast deigned to make special choice of our souls, in order to give Thyself to them, we come to consecrate these souls to Thee. We seem, O Jesus, to hear Thee say: “Open to me, my Sisters, my Spouses, for My Face is wet with the dew, and My Locks with the drops of the night.”
Our souls understand Thy language of love; we desire to wipe Thy sweet Face, and to console Thee for the contempt of the wicked. In their eyes Thou art still “as it were hidden…they esteem Thee an object of reproach.” 
O Blessed Face, more lovely than the lilies and the roses of spring, Thou art not hidden from us. The tears which dim Thine Eyes are as precious pearls which we delight to gather, and through their infinite value, to purchase the souls of our brethren.
From Thy Adorable Lips we have heard Thy loving plaint: “I thirst.” Since we know that this thirst which consumes Thee is a thirst for love, to quench it we would wish to posses an infinite love. Dear Spouse of our souls, if we could love with the love of all hearts, that love would be Thine!… Give us, O Lord, this love! Then come to thy Spouses and satisfy Thy Thirst. And give to us souls, dear Lord!… We thirst for souls… above all for the souls of apostles and martyrs…that through them we may inflame all poor sinners with love of Thee.
O Adorable Face, we shall succeed in winning this grace from Thee! Unmindful of our exile, “by the rivers of Babylon” we sing in Thine Ears the sweetest of melodies. Since Thou art the true and only Home of our souls, our songs shall not be sung in a strange land.
O Beloved Face of Jesus, while we await the Eternal Day when we shall gaze upon Thy Infinite Glory, our only desire is to delight Thy Divine Eyes by keeping our faces hidden too, so that no one on earth may recognize us… Dear Jesus, Heaven for us is Thy Hidden Face.