THE GOLDEN ARROW PRAYER
May the Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Adorable, Most Incomprehensible and Unutterable Name of God, be always Praised, Blessed, Loved, Adored, and Glorified in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
This prayer was revealed by Our Lord to Sr. Mary of St. Peter in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.
THE GOLDEN ARROW
From “Life of Sister Mary St. Peter” (1884)
[August 26, 1843] A violent storm had suddenly burst forth from the fiery heavens and fell in torrents over the city of Tours. “Never,” said the Carmelite sister, “have I realized the justice of an irritated God as at that moment. Prostrate in an agony of fear before the Lord, I unceasingly offered Jesus Christ to his Heavenly Father for the necessities of the Church: The terrible rolling of the thunder and the gleaming of the lightning seemed to be the menacing threats of the Most High. The flashes of lightning were like arrows, ready to destroy the enemies of the Lord. At five o’clock, she commenced her evening prayer; placing herself in spirit at the foot of the cross, she lovingly asked of Our Lord the cause of his wrath. Her Divine Master, wishing to try her, changed his usual manner, and said: “I have lent ear to your sighs, and have seen your desire to glorify me; yet, all this, proceeds not from you, it is I who am the Author of all Holy Desires.”
The sister continues: “Then he unfolded his Heart to me, concentrating therein the powers of my soul, and addressed me thus: ‘My Name is everywhere blasphemed, even little children blaspheme it.’ And he made me understand how that dreadful sin pierced and wounded his Heart, more than all other crimes. By blasphemy, the sinner outrages him to His Face, attacks Him openly, and pronounces upon himself his, own judgment and condemnation. Blasphemy is an empoisoned arrow, wounding his Divine Heart continually; he told me that he would give me a Golden Arrow with which to wound him delightfully, and heal the poisonous wounds caused by sin.”
“Our Lord, dictated to me, notwithstanding my unworthiness, for the reparation of blasphemy against his Holy Name: he offered it to me as a Golden Arrow, assuring me that every time I said it, I would wound his Heart most lovingly.”
“May the Most Holy, the Most Sacred, the Most Adorable, the Most Incomprehensible and Unutterable Name of God, be Always Praised, Blessed, Loved, Adored, and Glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.”
The sister here suddenly interrupts her interesting narrative to explain an expression contained in this prayer.
She continues: “Our Lord, having given me this Golden Arrow, added: ‘Beware how you appreciate this favor, for I shall demand an account of it.’ At that moment, I seemed to behold flowing from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, wounded by this golden arrow, torrents of grace for the conversion of sinners.”
“This communication,” said the sister, “has wrought a change in my soul, for I am constantly occupied in glorifying the most Holy Name of God. Our Lord inspired me to add to the golden arrow, some other prayer, to be repeated every hour of the day; he graciously accepted this exercise, desiring that it be promulgated. My Divine Saviour made me participate in his desire of beholding the name of his Father Glorified; he exhorted me to Praise and Bless that Adorable Name, in imitation of the angels who are perpetually singing, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus; that thus I would accomplish his desire, that of honoring his Sacred Heart and the holy Heart of his Mother.”
More information can be obtained from the book The Golden Arrow: Tan Books The Autobiography and Revelations of Sister Mary Peter (1816-1848) on DevotionTo The Holy Face of Jesus. Tan Books and Publishers.: Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur.: Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 90-70238; ISBN.: 0-89555-389-9