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The Chaplet of the Precious Blood

The Chaplet of the Precious Blood was given to the Church through the Congregation of the Most Precious Blood, founded by St.

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Begin: O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The seven mysteries, honoring the seven times Our Lord shed His Blood. On each mystery, pray five Our Fathers (one Our Father on the seventh mystery), meditating on the mystery named: 1. The Circumcision of Our Lord. 2. The Agony in the Garden. 3. The Scourging at the Pillar. 4. The Crowning with Thorns. 5. The Carrying of the Cross. 6. The Crucifixion. 7. The Piercing of the Sacred Side. (One Our Father) Conclude: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood. R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom. Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Devotion of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

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Gaspar del Bufalo in 1815, and was widely promoted in the nineteenth century. Its thirty-three Our Fathers recall the thirty-three years of Our Lord's life, and its seven mysteries walk through each occasion on which Christ shed His Blood, from the Circumcision to the piercing of His side. It is prayed especially in July, the month of the Precious Blood, and by those seeking protection and reparation.

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