Child Jesus
The Holy Infant Jesus
of Prague Divine child
Devotion to the Infant Jesus celebrates the great mystery of the Incarnation. By honouring the Infancy of Our Lord, we acknowledge the humanity and the divinity of Christ, and we rejoice in God's caring love for us.
The Holy Infant of Prague
Devotion to the Holy Infant Jesus has grown as due to the miracles obtained through the veneration of the Holy Infant of Prague.
In 1637 Fr. Cyril found an abandoned statue of the Holy Infant which had broken hands. He was filled with wonder as he contemplated the God who became a child out of love for his people. Suddenly the statue spoke to the stunned Carmelite:
HAVE MERCY ON ME AND I WILL HAVE MERCY ON YOU. GIVE ME HANDS AND I WILL GIVE YOU PEACE. THE MORE YOU HONOUR ME, THE MORE I WILL BLESS YOU.
For almost four centuries this promise has inspired devotion and love Of the Infant Jesus. The original statue is preserved in the church of Our Lady of Victory in Prague.
The statue is nineteen inches tall, made of wood and wax. It represents the Infant Jesus dressed in royal robes and wearing a crown.