FIRST PRAYER
As Saint Bridget for a long time
wanted to know the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion, He one
day appeared to her and said: "I received 5480 blows
on My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15
Hail Mary's with the following Prayers (which He taught her) for a whole year.
When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds."
Our Lord made the
following promises to anyone who recited 15 Our Fathers, 15 Hail Mary's and
the 15 Prayers of Saint Bridget each day for a whole year.
Promises
1. I will
deliver 15 souls of his lineage from Purgatory.
2. 15 souls of his
lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.
3. 15 sinners of his
lineage will be converted.
4. Whoever recites these Prayers will attain the
first degree of perfection.
5. 15 days before his death I will give
him My Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal starvation; I will give
him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst eternally.
6. 15 days before
his death he will feel a deep contrition for all his sins and will have a
perfect knowledge of them.
7. I will place before him the sign of My
Victorious Cross for his help and defense against the attacks of his
enemies.
8. Before his death I shall come with My Dearest Beloved
Mother.
9. I shall graciously receive his soul, and will lead it into eternal
joys.
10. And having led it there I shall give him a special draught from the
fountain of My Deity, something I will not for those who have not recited
My Prayers.
11. Let it be known
that whoever may have been living in a state of mortal sin for 30 years, but who
will recite devoutly, or have the intention to recite these Prayers, the Lord
will forgive him all his sins.
12. I shall protect him from strong
temptations.
13. I shall preserve and guard his 5 senses.
14. I shall
preserve him from sudden death.
15. His soul will be delivered from eternal
death.
16. He will obtain all he asks for from God and the Blessed
Virgin.
17. If he has lived all his life doing his own will and he is to die
the next day, his life will be prolonged.
18. Every time one recites these
Prayers he gains 100 days indulgence.
19. He is assured of being joined to
the supreme Choir of Angels.
20.
Whoever teaches these Prayers to another, will have continuous joy and merit
which will endure eternally.
21. There where these Prayers are being said or
will be said in the future God is present with His grace.
PRAYERS APPROVED BY POPE PIUS
IX
"The approbation of such revelations
implies nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to
publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don't merit the same
credence as the truths of religion, one can, however, believe them out of human
faith, conforming to the rules of prudence by which they are probable, and
supported by sufficient motives that one might believe in them
piously. (Les Petits Bollandistes, tome
XII)
THE FIRST
PRAYER
Say one Our Father and one Hail
Mary---
O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to
those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope
of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be
among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of
men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy
conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained
from all eternity in the Divine plan.
Remember, O Lord, that during the Last
Supper with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most
Precious Body and Blood, and while at the same time Thou didst sweetly console
them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion.
Remember the sadness and bitterness
which Thou didst experience in thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying:
"My Soul is sorrowful even unto death."
Remember all the fear, anguish and pain
that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the
Crucifixion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood,
Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation
Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by
three judges during the flower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal
season.
Remember that Thou wast despoiled of
Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were
veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy
Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and
outrages.
In memory of all these pains and
sufferings which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me
before my death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy
satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen!
SECOND
PRAYER
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
O Jesus! True liberty of angels,
Paradise of delights, remember the horror and sadness which Thou didst endure
when Thy enemies, like furious lions, surrounded Thee, and by thousands of
insults, spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of-cruelties, tormented
Thee at will. In consideration of these torments and insulting words, I beseech
Thee, O my Saviour, to deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible,
and to bring me, under Thy protection, to the perfection of eternal salvation.
Amen!
THIRD PRAYER
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Creator of Heaven and earth Whom
nothing can encompass or limit, Thou Who dost enfold and hold all under Thy
Loving power, remember the very bitter pain Thou didst suffer when the Jews
nailed Thy Sacred Hands and Feet to the Cross by blow after blow with big blunt
nails, and not finding Thee in a pitiable enough state to satisfy their rage,
they enlarged Thy Wounds, and added pain to pain, and with indescribable cruelty
stretched Thy Body on the Cross, pulled Thee from all sides, thus dislocating
Thy Limbs.
I beg of Thee, 0 Jesus, by the memory of
this most Loving suffering of the Cross, to grant me the grace to fear Thee and
to Love Thee. Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
O Jesus! Heavenly Physician, raised aloft
on the Cross to heal our wounds with Thine, remember the bruises which Thou
didst suffer and the weakness of all Thy Members which were distended to such a
degree that never was there pain like unto Thine. From the crown of Thy Head to
the Soles of Thy Feet there was not one spot on Thy Body that was not in
torment, and yet, forgetting all Thy sufferings, Thou didst not cease to pray to
Thy Heavenly Father for Thy enemies, saying: "Father forgive them for they know
not what they do."
Through this great Mercy, and in memory of
this suffering, grant that the remembrance of Thy Most Bitter Passion may effect
in us a perfect contrition and the remission of all our sins.
Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Mirror of eternal splendor,
remember the sadness which Thou experienced, when contemplating in the light of
Thy Divinity the predestination of those who would be saved by the merits of Thy
Sacred Passion, Thou didst see at the same time, the great multitude of
reprobates who would be damned for their sins, and Thou didst complain bitterly
of those hopeless lost and unfortunate sinners.
Through this abyss of compassion and pity,
and especially through the goodness which Thou displayed to the good thief when
Thou saidst to him: "This day, thou shalt be with Me in Paradise." I beg of
Thee, 0 Sweet Jesus, that at the hour of my death, Thou wilt show me mercy.
Amen.
Say one Our Father and One
Hail Mary---
0 Jesus! Beloved and most desirable King,
remember the grief Thou didst suffer, when naked and like a common criminal,
Thou was fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Thy relatives and friends
abandoned Thee, except Thy Beloved Mother, who remained close to Thee during Thy
agony and whom Thou didst entrust to Thy farthful disciple when Thou saidst to
Mary: "Woman, behold thy son!" and to St. John: "Son, behold thy
Mother!"
I beg of Thee 0 my Saviour, by the sword of
sorrow which pierced the soul of Thy holy Mother, to have compassion on me in
all my affliction and tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist
me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death.
Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Inexhaustible Fountain of
compassion, Who by a profound gesture of Love, said from the Cross: "I thirst!"
suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human race. I beg of Thee 0 my
Saviour, to inflame in our hearts the desire to tend toward perfection in all
our acts; and to extinguish in us the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor
of worldly desires. Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Sweetness of hearts, delight of
the spirit, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gall which Thou didst taste on
the Cross for Love of us, grant us the grace to receive worthily Thy Precious
Body and Blood during our life and at the hour of our death, that they may serve
as a remedy and consolation for our souls. Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Royal virtue, joy of the mind,
recall the pain Thou didst endure when, plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the
approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, Thou didst cry out in a loud
voice that Thou was abandoned by Thy Father, saying: "My God, My God, why hast
Thou forsaken me?"
Through this anguish, I beg of Thee, 0 my
Saviour, not to abandon me in the terrors and pains of my death.
Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of
all things, life and virtue, remember that for our sakes Thou was plunged in an
abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the crown of Thy Head. In
consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure
love, Thy Commandments, whose way is wide and easy for those who love Thee.
Amen.
ELEVENTH
PRAYER
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
O Jesus! Deep abyss of mercy, I beg of
Thee, in memory of Thy Wounds which penetrated to the very marrow of Thy Bones
and to the depth of Thy being, to draw me, a miserable sinner, overwhelmed by my
offenses, away from sin and to hide me from Thy Face justly irritated against
me, hide me in Thy Wounds, until Thy anger and just indignation shall have
passed away. Amen!
TWELFTH
PRAYER
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symbol of unity,
link of Charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou was covered
from head to foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable Blood, 0
Great and Universal Pain which Thou didst suffer in Thy virginal Flesh for Love
of us! Sweetest Jesus! What is there that Thou couldst have done for us which
Thou hast not done! May the fruit of Thy sufferings be renewed in my soul by the
faithful remembrance of Thy Passion, and may Thy Love increase in my heart each
day, until I see Thee in eternity, Thou Who art the treasury of every real good
and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, 0 Sweetest Jesus, in Heaven.
Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Strong Lion, Immortal and
Invincible King, remember the pain which Thou didst endure when all Thy
strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted, Thou didst bow Thy
Head, saying: "It is consummated!" Through this anguish and grief, I beg of Thee
Lord Jesus, to have mercy on me at the hour of my death when my mind will be
greatly troubled and my soul will be in anguish. Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
0 Jesus! Only Son of the Father, Splendor
and Figure of His Substance, remember the simple and humble recommendation Thou
didst make of Thy Soul to Thy Eternal Father, saying: "Father, into Thy Hands I
commend My Spirit!" And with Thy Body all torn, and Thy Heart Broken, and the
bowels of Thy Mercy open to redeem us, Thou didst Expire. By this Precious
Death, I beg of Thee 0 King of Saints, comfort me and help me to resist the
devil, the flesh and the world, so that being dead to the world I may live for
Thee alone. I beg of Thee at the hour of my death to receive me, a pilgrim and
an exile returning to Thee. Amen.
Say one Our Father and One Hail
Mary---
Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the
abundant outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed from Thy Sacred
Body as juice from grapes in a wine press.
From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by a
soldier, blood and water issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a
single drop, and finally, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross
Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed , the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and
the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up. Through this bitter Passion and through the
outpouring of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, to receive my
soul when I am in my death agony. Amen.
