Traditionally this Novena is prayed from Sexagesima Sunday to the Feast of the Holy Face (Shrove Tuesday).

In the book on the life of Sr. Marie de St Pierre, one sister said, ” ‘Really, you can obtain from God all that you desire by making this novena of Reparation.’ There was at the time, a sister very ill, who felt inspired to promise Our Lord that she would make this novena; on the third day she was perfectly restored, and came to impart her joy to me. These were great consolations, for beholding that God thus granted so many remarkable graces, I was confirmed in my opinion, that by the grace of God, the spiritual communications which I received, regarding this work, were not illusions. One day after communion, my Divine Master himself, wishing to console me, said these words, which have since been verified: ‘My daughter, these prayers of Reparation shall be printed, and they shall be distributed.’ 

‘Could the heart of the God-Man be insensible to such a concert of supplications, supported by so many acts of virtue? No doubtless! His merciful Face will be our powerful Advocate; He will send us that grace of salvation of which, at the present day, society has so great need, and which the sacred Scriptures promise us: O Lord, show us Thy Face, and we shall be saved.’

P. Janvier.