From my left side and while sitting at the pew for the 0800am morning mass to begin, Rose, a blood-shot eyed, parishioner handed to me a booklet for the `Devotion To The Infant Jesus Of Prague` – A Silver Jubilee edition (August 27, 1956 – August 27, 1981). It contains seven `Loving prayers from your CARMELITES OF ANGELES CITY` (Philippines):
1. Powerful Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague
(by the Ven. Father Cyril of the Mother of God the First and Most Devoted Venerator of the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague)
O Infant Jesus, I have recourse to You. Invoking the powerful intercession for Uour holy Mother. I beg You to assist me in my present necessity (Here mention your request). I firmly believe that You can assist me; and I confidently hope to obtain Your holy grace. I love You with my whole heart and my whole soul. I am sincerely sorry for all my sins and humbly beg Your pardon and forgiveness. I entreat You, O Kind and Loving Jesus, to give me the grace and strength to overcome in myself whatever offends You. I resolve never again to offend You; and to suffer all things rather than displease You. Hence forth I will serve you, O Divine Jesus, and for Your sake will love my neighbor as myself.
O Jesus, most powerful Child, I implore You again to assist me on this occasion (Repeat your request.), grant me the grace of possessing You eternally with Mary and Joseph and of forever adoring You with the Holy Angels and Saints. Amen.
I.D.V.M. July 16, 1956; Feast of Our lady of Mount Carmel; Imprimatur, Cesar Maria Guerrero; Bishop of San Fernando
2. Daily Offering Of The Holy Infant Jesus
I offer You dear Jesus each action of today, my prayers, my work, my sufferings. Accept them now I pray. I offer You dear Jesus, the moments as they pass; I join my feeble heart’s desire with Yours in Holy Mass. An while You Heart, dear Jesus, for sinners ever pleads; I offer You, through Mary, a decade of her beads. I offer You dear Jesus, Oh, who could offer more? Yourself, in sweet Communion, the Heart which I adore. And to Your own, dear Jesus, my poor heart closely bind; In love and reparation for sins of all mankind then take my gifts, dear Jesus, take all I have to give; Oh, would that I could give my life. Within Your Heart to live. Amen.
3. 9-Hours Novena In Urgent Need To The Infant Jesus Of Prague
(To be said on the same day, for nine consecutive hours.)
Oh Jesus, who has said, `Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you,` through the intercession of Mary, You most holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted. (Mention your request.)
Oh Jesus, who has said, `all that you ask of the Father in My Name He will grant you,` through the intercession of Mary, Your most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Your Father in Your Name that my prayer be granted. (Mention your request.)
Oh Jesus, who has said, `Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass,` through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I fee confident that my prayer will be granted. (Mention your request.)
4. Prayer of Thanksgiving For Grace Received From The Infant Jesus
I prostrate myself before Your holy image, O most gracious Infant Jesus, to offer You most fervent thanks for the blessings You bestowed on me. I shall incessantly praise Your ineffable mercy and confess that You alone are my God, my helper and my protector. Hence-forth my entire confidence shall be placed in You! Everywhere I will proclaim aloud Your mercy and generosity, so that Your great love and the deeds which You performed through this miraculous image may be acknowledged by all. May devotion to Your holy infancy extend more and more in the hearts of all Christians, and may all who experience Your assistance persevere with me in showing unceasing gratitude to Your most holy infancy, to which be praise and glory forever, Amen.
5. Chaplet Of The Infant Jesus
(The chaplet to the Infant Jesus of Prague has 15 beads. It consist of prayer 3 Our Father (of the Holy Family) and 12 Hail Mary (of the 12 years of the Infancy of our Divine Savior.)
Divine Infant Jesus, I adore Thy Cross and I accept all the cross Thou wilt be pleased to send me. Adorable Trinity, I offer Thee for the glory of Thy Holy Name of God, all the adoration of the Sacred Heart of the Holy Infant Jesus.
[Each `Our Father` and `hail Mary` is preceded by the aspiration `And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us`. At the end of the chaplet, say: `Holy Infant Jesus, bless and protect us.`]
6. Novena Prayer For Everday (Priest & People)
Lord Jesus, I have come to show You my wholehearted love and gratitude. I am very sorry for all my sins and humbly ask Your pardon and forgiveness. I sincerely beg You, O kind and loving Jesus, to give me the grace and strength to correct in myself whatever offends You. I will try my best not to offend You knowingly, and to do willingly whatever will please You. From now on, I will try to love and serve You better, and also my brothers and sisters as myself.
O Infant Jesus, with the intercession of Your Holy Mother, I have recourse to You. I beg You to assist me in my present need. (Pause and mention your request.)
7. Act Of Consecration To The Divine Infant Jesus (Priest & People)
Divine Infant Jesus, I adore You as my God. You are the Divine Word, the living Image of the Father, eternally begotten in His Bosom.
Lord Jesus, I adore You as the Incarnate Word. For the glory of God and for Your Infinite love for us poor sinners, You became man and were born of the Virgin Mary.
Divine Infant, I give myself entirely to You through Mary, Your and our loving Mother. in her, with her, and through her, I give You myself with all my senses, promising to use them according to Your Holy Will. I accept whatever God may have in store for me: sickness or health, sorrows or joys, death or life. I give You my total self: my intellect, my will and my emotions. I dedicate my whole self to Your service and to the love of my fellowmen through Mary’s guidance and protection. I renounce whatever may stand against the way of the sanctification of me and may endanger my own salvation. Amen.
Imprimatur: (Sgd.) Most Rev. Oscar V. Cruz, D.D.; Archbishop of San Fernando; San Fernando, Pampanga; March 7, 1979.
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