Dear Friends,
Praise be Jesus and Mary!
A blessed Happy New Year to you all. We hope that this year will be filled with God's blessings and grace.
Today is the feast of the Holy Infant Jesus (January 2). The Daughters of the Most Holy Redeemer have a devotion to this Holy Infant and we would like to dedicate our first blog post of 2023 to His Honour.
At the House of Reparation, we honour this great Sovereign in a number of ways:
#1 The Infant King, Poor Jesus, and the Holy Babe enthroned in the Holy Face Chapel
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| Chapel of the Holy Face House of Reparation The Pines Beach, Christchurch New Zealand |
#2 Celebration of Little Christmas
From January to November, every 25th of the Month, we celebrate "Little Christmas" (Of course December is BIG Christmas) to honour the Nativity of Our Lord.
#3 At Night Prayers, we always invoke the Infant Jesus as the Sovereign of Our Congregation:
#4 On a practical level...
We change the Robes of the Infant Jesus according to the Mass of the Day
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We pray the Infant Jesus Chaplet on our way to Holy Mass
When we have to travel for Mass (it is usually a 20 minute drive from the House of Reparation to the Oratory), we have incorporated the Infant Jesus Chaplet in our Car Prayers.
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| Infant Jesus Chaplet which is part of our Habit |
We make Infant Jesus Chaplets
We usually make Infant Jesus Chaplets for the First Holy Communicants from our Latin Mass Chaplaincy here in Christchurch and friends. We often make these chaplets during our recreation.
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#5 You can join us in spreading the devotion too
Beads wanted!
To spread the devotion to the Holy Infant Jesus, the Sisters would like to request for beads (new or pre-loved - old beads necklace would work too) in order for us to make Infant Jesus chaplets.
Any other support to this work is also very much appreciated.
We are able to send you a chaplet for a donation and postage. You can contact us through the the contact form on the right side of this page.
Fr Anthony Mary, the Latin Mass Chaplain here in Christchurch gave a lovely sermon on the Holy Infant Jesus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJnRMHwrxk&t=67s
To learn more about Consecrating One’s self to this Holy Infant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToVYUGHhoS8&t=694s
The Family of the Infant Jesus was instituted by Venerable Sister Marguerite of the Holy Sacrament.To join the Archconfraternity of the Infant Jesus, one makes the Act of Consecration to the Holy Infant Jesus.
The Archconfraternity of the Infant Jesus is in France and we will be able to add your name when we send the next batch of people wanting to join it. We will send you the certificate once it arrives. You can contact us through the the contact form on the right side of this page.
The promise of the Holy Infant Jesus:
"The More You Honor Me The More I Will Bless You"
May the Holy Infant Jesus bless and protect us, through 2023 and beyond! God bless.
In Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph,
Daughters of the Most Holy Redeemer
Dear Sisters,
ReplyDeletePlease how may I become a member of the Archconfraternity of the Infant Jesus? I write from Nigeria.