Hail Immaculate Heart

The history of this Chaplet goes back to a devout Servant of God, Antonia d'Astonac, who had a vision of St. Michael. He told Antonia to honor him by nine salutations to the nine Choirs of Angels. St. Michael promised that whoever would practice this devotion in his honor would have, when approaching Holy Communion, an escort of nine angels chosen from each of the nine Choirs. In addition, for those who would recite the Chaplet daily, he promised his continual assistance and that of all the holy angels during life, and after death deliverance from purgatory for themselves and their relations.

OUR LORD’S PROMISES ATTACHED TO THE
PRAYING OF THE
CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY
AS REVEALED TO ST. FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
 
 1. “I promise that the soul that will venerate this image (of Divine Mercy) will not perish. I also promise victory over (its) enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory.” (Diary, 48) 

 2. “The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My mercy during their lifetime and especially at the hour of their death.” (Diary, 754) 

3. “When hardened sinners say it, I will fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy one.” (Diary, 1541) 

4. “When they say this chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as a just Judge but as a merciful Savior.” (Diary, 1541)

5. “Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death.” (Diary, 687)

 6. “Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy…I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy.” (Diary, 687)

 7. “To priests who proclaim and extol My mercy, I will give wondrous power; I will anoint their words and touch the hearts of those to whom they will speak.” (Diary, 1521)

 8. “The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion for sinners. Know, my daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered.” (Diary, 1397)

 9. “At three o’clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony…I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion.” (Diary, 1320; also, cf. Diary, 1572)

 10. “Souls who spread the honor of My mercy…at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior.” (Diary, 1075)

 11. “The two rays denote Blood and Water…These two rays issued from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross. These rays shield souls from the wrath of My Father…I desire that the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy…whoever approaches the Fount of Life on this day will be granted complete remission of sins and punishment. Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy.” (Diary, 299-300)

 12. “I desire that the Feast of Mercy…be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter…The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion (in a state of grace on this day) shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.” (Diary, 699)

 13. “Through this chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will.” (Diary, 1731)

 15. “My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world.” (Diary, 1485)

This novena was prayed daily by Padre Pio for those who asked for his prayers.

(This devotion to the Holy Wounds and the following promises were revealed by Our Lord to Sr Mary Martha Chambon (1841-1907), of the Monastery of the Visitation of Chambery. The cause for her beatification was introduced in 1937.) 

PROMISES OF OUR LORD FOR THOSE WHO PRACTISE THIS DEVOTION: 

1. At each word that you pronounce of the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds, I allow a drop of My Blood to fall upon the soul of a sinner. 

2. Each time that you offer to My Father the merits of My Divine Wounds, you win an immense fortune. 

3. Souls that will have contemplated and honoured My crown of thorns on earth, will be My crown of glory in Heaven. 

4. I will grant all that is asked of Me through the invocation of My Holy Wounds. You. Will obtain everything, because it is through the merit of My Blood, which is of infinite price. With My Wounds and My Divine Heart, everything can be obtained. 

5. From My Wounds proceed fruits of sanctity. As gold purified in the crucible becomes more beautiful, so you must put your soul and those of your companions into My sacred Wounds; there they will become perfected as gold in the furnace. You can always purify yourself in My Wounds. 

6. My Wounds will repair yours. My Wounds will cover all your faults. Those who honour them will have a true knowledge of Jesus Christ. In meditation on them, you will always find a new love. My Wounds will cover all your sins. 

7. Plunge your actions into My Wounds and they will be of value. All your actions, even the least, soaked in My Blood, will acquire by this alone an infinite merit and will please My Heart. 

8. In offering My Wounds for the conversion of sinners, even though the sinners are not converted, you will have the same merit before God as if they were. 

9. When you have some trouble, something to suffer, quickly place it in My Wounds, and the pain will be alleviated. 

10. This aspiration must often be repeated near the sick: “My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Your Holy Wounds!” This prayer will solace soul and body. 

11. A sinner who will say the following prayer will obtain conversion: “Eternal Father, I offer You the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal those of our souls.” 

12. There will be no death for the soul that expires in My Holy Wounds; they give true life. 

13. This chaplet is a counterpoise to My justice; it restrains My vengeance. 

14. Those who pray with humility and who meditate on My Passion, will one day participate in the glory of My Divine Wounds. 

15. The more you will have contemplated My painful Wounds on this earth, the higher will be your contemplation of them glorious in Heaven. 

16. The soul who during life has honoured the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ and has offered them to the Eternal Father for the souls in Purgatory, will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the angels; and Our Lord on the Cross, all brilliant in glory, will receive her and crown her. 

17. The invocations of the Holy Wounds will obtain an incessant victory for the Church. 

PROMISE GIVEN TO ST GERTRUDE FOR THOSE WHO HONOUR OUR LORD’S HOLY WOUNDS: 

One day as St Gertrude was completing her prayers and salutations in honour of the Wounds of the Saviour, her compassion was rewarded by a vision of Our Lord, on whose Wounds rested golden roses. Our Lord said to her: “Behold, I will appear to you in this refulgent form at the hour of your death, and I will cover all your sins, and adorn you with a glory like that with which you have adorned My Wounds by your salutations. All who do so shall receive the like favour.” 

 These Prayers and these Promises have been copied from a book printed in Toulouse in 1740 and published by the P. Adrien Parvilliers of the Company of Jesus, Apostolic Missionary of the Holy Land, with approbation, permission and recommendation to distribute them.
Pope Pius IX took cognisance of these Prayers with the prologue; he approved them May 31, 1862, recognising them as true and for the good of souls. 

As St. 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 Marys 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.” 

He made the following promises to anyone who recited these Prayers for a whole year: 

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 a 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. 

My mom and I are praying them for life. 
July 23 marks the feast of St. Bridget of Sweden, a 14th century mystic, widow, and religious sister. Bridget and her husband had eight children. After her husband’s death, Bridget founded the Order of the Most Holy Savior and lived the remainder of her life as a nun.

Throughout her life, Bridget experienced visions of Jesus, Mary, and various saints. Many of the visions involved the sufferings of Christ, and their contents were published following her death.  

The devotion consists of a series of prayers honoring the seven times Christ spilled his blood for the world - the circumcision, the agony in the garden, the scourging at the pillar, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, the crucifixion, and the piercing of Christ’s side.

Christ himself is believed to have appeared to St. Bridget to teach her the prayers, as a special way to honor his sufferings, and to offer five promises to those who would pray them daily for 12 years. 

The promises include:

1)  The soul who prays them suffers 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.

The Stations of the Cross according to Catalina Rivas, Bolivian mystic.