NJ KKOTTONGNAE
Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
Prayer of St. Theresa of Jesus to the Holy Face
O Jesus, who in Thy bitter Passion didst become “ the most abject of men, a man of sorrows”,
I venerate Thy Sacred Face whereon there once did shine the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead;
but now it has become for me as if it were the face of a leper!
Nevertheless, under those disfigured features,
I recognize Thy infinite Love and I am consumed with the desire to love Thee
and make Thee loved by all men.
The tears which well up abundantly in Thy sacred eyes appear to me
as so many precious pearls that I love to gather up,
in order to purchase the souls of poor sinners by means of their infinite value.
O Jesus, whose adorable Face ravishes my heart,
I implore Thee to fix deep within me.
Thy divine image and to see me on fire with Thy Love, that I may be found worthy to come to the contemplation of
Thy glorious Face in Heaven. Amen
Campaign for the Holy Cause of Mama Gili
A Small Museum of Mama Gili in Orange (1892-1985)
Dolores Immacolata Penza was born in Atripalda, Italy on May 7,1892. On her 17th birthday she moved to the United States. In 1913 Dolores was marries to Joseph Gili, a business man from Orange, NJ. During the great depression in 1931 her husband dies and she was left alone to provide for her five children working at two jobs and trusting in God. Yet her houses remained opened to all as a shelter of prayer and charitable work.
On a return visit to Italy in 1953 in her home town of Atripalda she met a priest who introduced her to the Devotion of the Holy Face of Jesus. She became inflamed with zeal to promote tirelessly the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. She organized Holy Hours of Reparation and enthronement of the Holy Face in private homes and in churches. She had an extraordinary gift for listening to people in difficulty, for encouraging and inspiring all to live an authentic Christian life of love for God and neighbor.
God allowed Mama Gili to be an example of patience and strength in her long illness. From 1978 to her death on Oct. 26, 1985, she was completely bedridden. She accepted her sufferings as God’s Will and offered them for the Church, for priests, religious, married couples, the youth and all those she would recommend themselves to her prayers. Mama Gili lived and died as a true apostle of the Holy Face of Jesus.
In 1999, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Newark appointed Fr. Dante DiGirolamo to work on the cause of her beatification. In 2002, the New Jersey KKOTTONGNAE was founded at her historical dwelling place in Orange, New Jersey as Mama Gili foretold with a divine providence.
Prayer for Holy Cause of Mama Gili
O Lord,
Let the light of Your Face shine on us
as it shone in the life of Your humble servant Dolores Immacolata Gili.
With the help of Your grace she promoted devotion to Your Holy Face
with extraordinary zeal and accepted her sufferings with patience and love.
She saw Your Face in the faces of all who came to her in physical and spiritual need.
Grant that the Holiness of her life may be recognized by Your Church,
so that her virtue may serve to promote Your glory and inspire us to follow her example.
Look mercifully on us in all our needs and answer our prayer…
(Here mention your petition)
We ask this through Christ our Lord… Amen.
Adorable Face of Jesus, whom all the angels adore,
may You be known, loved and adored by the whole world.
Telephone
– Office & Fax: (973) 676-2364
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Direction & Map
– From NY (North bound) I-95 exit 15W via I-280 Exit 11B
– From Trenton (South bound) I-95 Exit 11 via NJ Garden State Pkwy North Exit 145 via I-280 W Exit 11B
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