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Thursday, March 24, 2011

St. Agatha Chaplet

History:
Patron saint of nurses and breast cancer.

Medals/Beads:
C  000 000 000  M

Method:
Begin with:
Oh St. Agatha, who withstood the unwelcome advances from unwanted suitors, and suffered pain and torture for your devotion to Our Lord, we celebrate your faith, dignity, and martyrdom.  Protect us against rape and other violations, guard us against breast cancer and other afflictions of women, and inspire us to overcome adversity.  Oh St. Agatha, virgin and martyr, mercifully grant that we who venerate your sacrifice, may receive your intercession. Amen.   
St. Agatha, pray for us.
On each set:
Our Father
HailMary
Glory Be

St. Colette Chaplet

History:
Unknown.

Medals/Beads:
M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Method:
Begin with:
Blessed be the hour in which our Lord Jesus Christ, God and Man was born. Blessed be the Holy Spirit by whom he was conceived. Blessed be the glorious Virgin Mary of whom the Incarnate Word was born.      May the Lord hear our prayers through the intercession of the glorious Virgin Mary and in memory of that most sacred hour in which the Incarnate Word was born, that all our desires may be accomplished for your glory and our salvation.  O good Jesus! O Jesus our Redeemer, do not abandon us as our sins deserve, but hear our humble prayer and grant what we ask through the intercession of the most blessed Virgin Mary and for the glory of your Holy name. Amen.
On each small bead:
As God pleases As God wills.
Conclude with:
Let us praise the Father in his mercy and the Son by his passion and the Holy Spirit the fountain of peace and sweetness and love. Amen, amen without recall!

St. Dismas Chaplet, the Good Thief

History:
This chaplet is taken from, and based on, the conversation between Jesus and the Good Thief, Dismas, as it is reported in Luke 23:35.

Medals/Beads:
M X 000 X 000 X 000 X 000 X 000 X 000 
Method:
1st Set:
O St. Dismas, we come to you for God's Guidance, now that we are your Brothers/Sisters in Christ Jesus. Pray for us from your heavenly post, that we may believe and receive God's Grace, thus becoming true to your "call from The Cross:" to have a Holy Fear of God.
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...
2nd Set:
Pray for me, that I too, will have the heartfelt courage to rebuke my fellow Brothers/Sisters for not fearing God, while acknowledging my own guilt and helpless state.
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...
3rd Set:
Pray that I willingly concede my need for repentance and restorative justice. Just as you confessed faith in the innocence of Christ Jesus, help me to confess my need for faith, hope, charity/love, and truth in Jesus and in the Catholic Church.
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...
4th Set:
Pray that I learn to give Catholic witness of Jesus as my Lord, and to proclaim my faith in the triumph of God's Kingdom over my past, present, and future actions.
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...
5th Set: 
Pray that I undergo forgiveness and mercy from Our Lord Jesus and that I will clearly experience heartfelt sorrow for my sins and my hurt-filled actions, never to do them again.
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...
6th Set:
We ask you now, Inspired St. Dismas, to pray that we will always be proud to proclaim ourselves as true Brothers and Sisters in and for your holy bravery; and that we too, at the last hour, may hear the words Our Lord spoke: "Amen I say to you, this day you will be with Me in Paradise."
Our Father ... 

Hail Mary ... 
Glory Be ...

Chaplet of St. Florian

History:
Composed by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston.

Medals/Beads:
The Chaplet of Saint Florian is prayed on three sets of three beads and the medal of St. Florian.
M  000  000  000

Method:
Begin with:
Dear God, through the intercession of our patron, Saint Florian, have mercy on the souls of our comrades who have made the supreme sacrifice in the performance of their duty, and on all who have gone before us after years of faithful discharge of their responsibilities which now rest on ourselves.  Give us Grace to prepare each day for our own summons to Your tribunal of justice.  Into Your hands O Lord, I commend my spirit. Wherever You call me, I am ready to go.  Merciful Father of all men, save me from all bodily harm, if it be Your will, but above all, help me to be loyal and true, respectful and honorable, obedient and valiant.
Thus fortified by virtue, I shall have no fear, for I shall then belong to You and shall never be separated from You.  Amen.
For each set:
Our Father...
Hail Mary...  
Glory be...

St. Charbel Chaplet

History:
From: My Treasury of Chaplets Seventh, Enlarged Edition by Patricia S. Quintiliani.

Medals/Beads:
The chaplet is made up of five sets of beads, three red, one white and one blue. Five black beads, divide the sets. A medal of the saint connects the beads, with a single white bead following the medal and preceding the five sets.  The red beads are for the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, the virtues by which religious share in the Passion of Christ.  The white beads represent the Holy Eucharist, and the blue beads love and devotion to Our Blessed Mother.
 ..........X  0 0 0  X 0 0 0  X
 M  X (.......................... 0
 ..........0 0 0  X 0 0 0  X  0 0

Method:
On the first white bead:
Father of Truth, behold Your Son, a sacrifice pleasing to You. Accept this offering of Him who died for me; behold His blood shed on Golgotha for my salvation. It pleads for me. For His sake, accept my offering. Many are my sins, but greater is Your mercy. When placed on a scale, Your mercy prevails over the weight of the mountains known only to You. Consider the sin and consider the atonement; the atonement is greater and exceeds the sin. Your beloved Son sustained the nails and the lance because of my sins so in His sufferings You are satisfied and I live. 
On each black bead:
Our Father
On the first three red beads:
Hail Mary - in honor of Saint Charbel's fidelity to the vow of poverty.
On the second set of red beads:
Hail Mary - in honor of Saint Charbel's fidelity to the vow of chastity.
On the third set of red beads:
Hail Mary - in honor of Saint Charbel's fidelity to the vow of obedience.
On the three white beads:
Hail Mary - in honor of Saint Charbel's love for the Eucharist.
On the three blue beads:
Hail Mary - in honor of Saint Charbel's devotion to Our Blessed Mother.
Conclude with:
Prayer to Obtain Graces
Lord, infinitely holy and glorified in Your saints, You have inspired Charbel, the saint monk, to lead the perfect life of a hermit. We thank You for granting him the blessing and the strength to detach himself from the world so that the heroism of the monastic virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience might triumph in his hermitage. We beseech You to grant us the grace of loving and serving You, following his example. Almighty God, who have manifested the power of Saint Charbel's intercession through his countless miracles and favors, grant us this grace (here mention your intention) which we request from You through his intercession. Amen.

St. Clare Chaplet

History:
Unknown.

Medals/Beads:
This chaplet consists of 3 sets of 3 beads, the Cross and a medal of St. Clare.
C  000  000  000  M

Method:
Begin with:
Glorious St. Clare of Assisi, we honor you for the unfailing faith that made you reject all earthly pleasures, and renounce all of your possessions.  We honor you for your life of extreme poverty and austerity, and for your prayer and penance on behalf of your nuns and the town of Assisi.  Grant us dear Lady, the same faith, humility, and charity that you have shown toward God and your community.  Amen.
On each set:
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be

Holy Family Chaplet

History:
 Unknown.

Medals/Beads:
The chaplet of the Holy Family has 3 sets of 3 beads each, a Holy Family  medal and a crucifix.
 C  000  000  000  M

Method:
Begin With:
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, be with me in my last hour.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Amen.
On each set of 3 beads:
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be