This just came into my knowledge yesterday and wow what a task to accomplish but the promises are amazing. I really want to do this and started yesterday. Has anyone else done it? It's amazing how the Holy Spirit brings you things! I have always had a large devotion to the souls in Purgatory but also have a very great fear of spending anytime there given many Saints have said even a minute in Purgatory is worse than any physical or emotional pain you could ever experience here. Anyway, here is the info on this amazing devotion with even more amazing promises for yourself and family if anyone cares to start as well! 7 Prayers of Saint Bridget Devotion for twelve years Prayers - Promises Saint Bridget prayed for a long time to know how many blows Our Lord suffered during His terrible Passion. Rewarding her patience, one day He appeared to her and said: "I received 5475 blows upon My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, recite fifteen Our Fathers and fifteen Hail Marys with the following Prayers, which I Myself shall teach you, for an entire year. When the year is finished, you will have honored each of My Wounds." Seven prayers for 12 Years : Prayers Honoring the 7 Times Jesus Spilled His Precious Blood for Us, as Revealed by Our Lady to St. Bridget, and Approved by Pope Clement XII O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord's Prayer seven times in unity with the love with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips into Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much honor and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May these pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that You spilled from them. First Prayer - The Circumcision Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the first wounds, the first pains, and the first Bloodshed as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of youth, as protection against the first mortal sin, especially among my relatives. Amen Second Prayer - The Suffering on the Mount of Olives Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the terrifying suffering of Jesus' Heart on the Mount of Olives and every drop of His Bloody Sweat as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the heart, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of Divine and brotherly Love. Amen Third Prayer - The Flogging Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the many thousands of Wounds, the gruesome Pains, and the Precious Blood of the Flogging as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Flesh, as protection against such sins and the preservation of innocence, especially among my relatives. Amen Fourth Prayer - The Crowning of Thorns Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Wounds, the Pains, and the Precious Blood of Jesus' Holy Head from the Crowning with Thorns as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Spirit, as protection against such sins and the spreading of Christ's kingdom here on earth. Amen Fifth Prayer - The Carrying of the Cross Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Sufferings on the way of the Cross, especially His Holy Wound on His Shoulder and its Precious Blood as atonement for my and all of humanity's rebellion against the Cross, every grumbling against Your Holy Arrangements and all other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for true love of the Cross. Amen Sixth Prayer - The Crucifixion Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You Your Son on the Cross, His Nailing and Raising, His Wounds on the Hands and Feet and the three streams of His Precious Blood that poured forth from these for us, His extreme tortures of the Body and Soul, His precious Death and its non bleeding Renewal in all Holy Masses on earth as atonement for all wounds against vows and regulations within the Orders, as reparation for my and all of the world's sins, for the sick and the dying, for all holy priests and laymen, for the Holy Father's intentions toward the restoration of Christian families, for the strengthening of Faith, for our country and unity among all nations in Christ and His Church, as well as for the Diaspora. Amen Seventh Prayer - The Piercing of Jesus' Side Pray 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, then: Eternal Father, accept as worthy, for the needs of the Holy Church and as atonement for the sins of all Mankind, the Precious Blood and Water which poured forth from the Wound of Jesus' Divine Heart. Be gracious and merciful toward us. Blood of Christ, the last precious content of His Holy Heart, wash me of all my and others' guilt of sin! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me clean of all punishments for sin and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for all the Poor Souls. Amen The Magnificent Promises of the 12 Years Prayers 1. The soul who prays them will suffer no Purgatory. 2. The soul who prays them will be accepted among the Martyrs as though he had spilled his blood for his faith. 3.. The soul who prays them can choose three others whom Jesus will then keep in a state of grace sufficient to become holy. 4. No one in the four successive generations of the soul who prays them will be lost. 5. The soul who prays them will be made conscious of his death one month in advance. ** If the soul praying these prayers dies before the entire 12 years of prayers have been completed, the Lord will accept them as having been prayed in their entirety, because the intention of the soul was to complete them as directed. If a day or a few days are missed due to a valid reason, they can be made up for later, at the soul's earliest opportunity.
Hi Andy. My dear wife has done this before and is completing another year despite all she has been through thus year. She has invited me multiple times but I am a lazy sluggard. But finally will join her next year. She tells me that even if you don't finish the year b/c your called , the Lord see's your intention and all the promises still come. One thing she will do at times to help us to pray along via a video like this...
She did the 12 year one or the one year one where you say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Mary's each day to cover all 5475 blows he suffered? I am going to attempt to do the 12 year one.
I did this novena for the entire 12 years— from 2011-2023. It took me about 3 years to memorize it to where I didn’t need to read the prayers. I personalized the third prayer by adding loved one’s names. I’m very glad I was able to complete it. I hope those promises are real.
Wow Denise! This is fantastic. It must be a huge consolation in this world to know you have all the promises St. Brigid shared.
I got only 1.5 years into the 12 year one, and sadly fell out of the habit when I had a very hard pregnancy with my daughter. I had actually been thinking in the last few days of starting over. Maybe this is my nudge to just do it!
I am four years in! I also personalized the third prayer for family members. I used my phone for the first couple of years to read the prayers from. Finally three years in I printed them out which is so much nicer. I have the paper folded in my Missal so I can say all my night prayers together and the kids see me with a prayer book, not my phone.
When I converted years and years ago I used to love the promises of St Brigid. There must be tens of them. A great source of comfort. I think I used to have an old prayer book with them all listed. Sadly such little books are not printed much now. Not just St Brigid but loads of other promises. Those old Catholic prayer books. They were wonderful. Hard to find now though.
