Chaplets

INTRODUCTORY PRAYERS Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle within them the fire of Thy love! V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let us pray.O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit dost instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant us by this same Spirit to relish what is right and ever to rejoice in His consolation, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. I. CROWN OF EXCELLENCE [To honor the Divine Maternity...

The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows is made up of seven groups of seven beads, with a medal for each grouping depicting each of Mary’s Seven Sorrows. It originated in the thirteenth century with the Seven Founders of the Servite Order and is also known as the Servite Rosary. The mysteries include: The Prophecy of SimeonThe Flight into EgyptThe Three Day Separation from Jesus in JerusalemMary Meeting Christ on the Road to CalvaryThe Crucifixion and Death of JesusThe Removal of Jesus from the...

The Chaplet of St. Michael O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, etc. [Say one Our Father and three Hail Marys after each of the following nine salutations in honor of the nine Choirs of Angels] 1. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity. Amen. 2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim may the Lord grant us the...

According to Tradition, the Stations of the Cross derived from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary who, year after year on Good Friday, would walk the route through Jerusalem that Jesus walked on the way to Golgotha, pausing to remember what happened at each station. Early Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land began walking this route and a desire to reproduce these holy places eventually led to the devotion of the Stations of the Cross in the 14th century. It is a well known devotion which is...

This rosary is inspired by St. Scholastica, the twin sister of St. Benedict and foundress of the Benedictine nuns. The decade has black and white as outside decade accents- representative of the habit colors of Benedictine nuns. The inside of the decade and Our Father beads is made with Montana Blue czech glass, which is reminiscent of the color of the stained glass chapel windows in the choir chapel of the Mount Saint Scholastica Benedictine Sisters in Atchison, KS, which depicts scenes from...

The Chaplet is prayed as follows.Begin with the following prayer on the Crucifix:"Soul of Christ, sanctify me! Body of Christ, save me! Blood of Christ, inebriate me! Water from the side of Christ, wash me! Passion of Christ, strengthen me! O good Jesus hear me! Within Thy wounds hide me; Permit me not to be separated from Thee; from the malignant enemy, defend me; in the hour of death, call me and bid me come over to Thee, that with Thy saints I may praise Thee forever and ever,Amen."On the...