Magnificent Prayers of St. Bridget: Third Prayer

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Journey with me as I embrace a wonderful devotion based on Our Lord's Passion and Death - The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden.

St. Bridget of Sweden desired for a long time to know the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion. Jesus revealed to her:


"I received 5480 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 He then taught her) for an entire year. When the year is finished, you will have honored each of My Wounds."

To learn more about St. Bridget of Sweden, visit Catholic Culture.

Note: For many years these prayers were published with twenty-one promises given to St. Bridget. These promises offered wonderful graces and benefits to those who recited the prayers. In 1954, the Holy Office in Rome issued a Monitum prohibiting publication of the twenty-one promises. The Holy Office warned that the supernatural origin of the promises had not been proved in any way. For more information, read: Magnificent Prayers, Yes — Magnificent Promises, No.

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Third Prayer

Our Father - Hail Mary

O 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, O 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.