St. Veronica
Patron Saint of Photographers
Feast Day: February 4. Prayer to the Holy Face. 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 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 soul of the 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 pay 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.
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