ADVICE TO THE ASSOCIATES
I. To wear on their persons a picture of the Holy Face, to kiss it devoutly the first thing in the morning on awaking and at night before going to sleep, to consecrate their actions during the day to the divine Face, to resolve to perform them in its presence and before its eyes.
II. At the commencement of their prayers, or of any exercise of piety, as an easy means of placing themselves in the presence of God, and of combatting distractions, to think of the Holy Face whose eyes are open and fixed upon us, to adore it with faith, to look at it with love.
III. In presence of the Blessed Sacrament, to recall to our remembrance the fact that the Face of the Savior is present there in the sacred Host; that it sees us, listens to us, blesses us, speaks to us interiorly.
IV. To endeavor in their conduct to imitate the virtues of patience, of gentleness, of serenity, of modesty, which shine in the Holy Face. Listen to the divine Master who said learn of me, in seeing me, that I am meek in face and humble of heart: knowing that, in fact the gentleness and humility of the heart of Jesus are, as in a very clear mirror, admirably reflected on the Face of the Man God.
V. In trials, sicknesses, accidents, temptations, to prostrate themselves before the picture of the Holy Face whether in their private Oratory, or above all, in the church of the Confraternity where it is specially exposed.
VI. To have in their houses a picture of the Holy Face which they shall honor as the protector of the family and the guardian of the domestic hearth; to recite before it the prayers which are habitually said in common by the household.
VII. When they shall hear any blasphemies pronounced, or shall see an act of impious sacrilege which they cannot prevent, to recollect themselves and to pronounce with their hearts, if they cannot with their lips, the words: «Behold, o God, our protector, and look upon the Face of thy Christ,” or: «May the Name of the Lord be blessed!” Sit Nomen Domini benedictum !
VIII. To propagate the worship of the Holy Face in their locality, amongst their friends and acquaintances, and to make use of it in order to combat, in every possible manner, the terrible effects of indifference and irreligion.
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