The little chaplet of the Holy Face has for its object the honoring of the five senses of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of entreating God for the triumph of His Church. This chaplet is composed of a cross of thirty-nine beads, six of which are large, and thirty-three small, and of a medal of the Holy Face. It is well to recite it every day, in order to obtain from God, by means of the Face of His well-beloved Son, the triumph of our mother the Catholic Church, and the downfall of her enemies. The Cross recalls to us the mystery of our Redemption; we must sign ourselves with it and make the invocation: Deus, in adjutorium meum intende: Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina; followed by the Gloria Patri. The thirty-three small beads represent the thirty-three years of the mortal life of our Lord. The first thirty recall to mind the thirty years of his private life, and are divided into five sixes with the intention of honoring the five senses of the touch, of the hearing, of the sight, of the smell and of the taste of Jesus, which have their seat principally in His Holy Face, and of rendering homage to all the sufferings which our Lord endured in His Face, through each one of these senses. Each of these sixes is preceded by a large bead in honor of the sense which it is intended to honor, and is followed by a Gloria Patri. The three small beads recall to mind the public life of the Savior and have for their object the honoring of all the wounds of His adorable Face; the large bead which precedes them, has the same object in view and is followed by a Gloria Patri. On each bead, must be said: My Jesus, mercy! (100 days of indulgence.) And on each small one: Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face.

The Gloria is repeated seven times, in order to honor the seven words of Jesus upon the Cross, and the seven dolors of the Immaculate Virgin. When terminating it, we must say over the medal: God, our Protector, look on us, and cast Thy eyes upon the Face of Thy Christ.

The little chaplet comes to us from Sister Saint-Pierre, and the little scapular from Mr. Dupont.