Infant Jesus of Prague

Devotion to the Infant Jesus of Prague highlights the mystery of Jesus' childhood. Whenever Saint Teresa of Avila founded a new Carmelite convent, she wished for it to have a statue of the Child Jesus. However, she was not alone in her devotion – other great devotees included Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Anthony of Padua (always depicted holding the baby Jesus), Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and many others.

Looking at the statue of the Infant Jesus can inspire us to show devotion to Jesus both in his humanity and in his power. He humbled himself, yet he reigns. Jesus is a child and a king at the same time.

The Holy Child ends hostility, frees prisoners, saves those condemned to death, brings hardened sinners to repentance, and blesses childless parents with children. Simply put, he becomes all things to all people.

No colic is so painful, no fever so fierce, no tumour so malignant, no attack of Satan so furious, no plague so infectious, and no swelling so severe that this blessed child cannot disperse or heal it.

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