It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked Our Lord
which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and Our Lord answered: "I
had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a
grievous Wound, which was more painful than
the others and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy
devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through Its
virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this
Wound, I will remit to them all their venial
sins and will no longer remember their mortal sins."
(This prayer is not meant to replace confession)
THE PRAYER
O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and
worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear
Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to
inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any
other Wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most
sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for this most
sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain and by
the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be
merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins,
and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
Imprimatur: Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield, Ma.
Pope Eugenius III, at the earnest request of St.
Bernard, has granted three thousand years Indulgence to all who with a
contrite heart, recite the Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary 3 times, in honor
of the Wound on the Shoulder of Our Blessed Redeemer.
EFFICACIOUS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
1. - O my Jesus, You said "verily I say to You, ask and you shall receive,
seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you", behold I knock, I
seek and I ask for the grace of ...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Sacred Heart of
Jesus I put all my trust in Thee.
II. - O my Jesus, You said, "verily I say to You, whatsoever you shall
ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you , behold in your name I ask
the Father for the grace of...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I
put all my trust in Thee.
III. - O my Jesus, You said, "verily I say to You, heaven and earth
shall pass away but My words shall not pass away", behold I encouraged by your
infallible words, now ask for the grace of...
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I
put all my trust in Thee.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom one thing alone is impossible,
namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners
and grant us the grace which we ask of Thee through the Sorrowful and Immaculate
Heart of Mary, your and our tender Mother.
Say the Salve Regina and add, St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus,
pray for us.
P.S. - This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio
for all those who recommended themselves to his prayers.
THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY
The Lord said to Sister Faustina (1905-1938): You will recite this chaplet on the beads of the rosary in the following manner:
First of all you will say one OUR FATHER, one HAIL MARY, and one APOSTLES’ CREED. Then, on the OUR FATHER BEADS say these words:
"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Body and Blood, Soul and
Divinity of Thy Most Beloved Son and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
in atonement for our sins and the sins of the whole world."
On the HAIL MARY BEADS say the following words: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and the whole world.
In conclusion say THREE TIMES these words: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
THREE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON THE HOUR OF GREAT MERCY
At three o’clock implore My mercy especially for sinners; and, if
only for a brief moment, steep yourself in My Passion, particularly in
My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy
for the whole world. . . . In this hour I will refuse nothing to the
soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion.
A True Letter Of Our Savior Jesus Christ
Consecrating the Drops of Blood which Our Lord Jesus lost on His way to
Calvary.
Copy of a letter of the Oration found in the Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord
Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, preserved in a silver box by His Holiness and by the Emporers and
Empresses of the Christian Faith.
St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget,
wishing to know something of the Passion of Jesus Christ, offered fervent and special
prayers, upon which there appeared to them Our Lord Jesus Christ who spoke to them in
the following manner:
I descended from Heaven to the Earth in order to convert you.
In olden times, people were religious, and their harvests were abundant;
at present, on the contrary, they are scanty.
If you want to reap an abundant harvest you must not work on Sunday, for
Sunday you must go to Church and pray to God to forgive your sins. He gave you six days
in which to work and one for rest and devotion and to tender your help to the poor and assist
the Church.
Those people who brawl against My Religion and cast slurs on this Sacred
Letter will be forsaken by Me.
On the contrary, those people who shall carry a copy of this letter with
them shall be free from death by drowning and from sudden death. They shall be free from
all contagious diseases and lightning; they shall not die without confession, and shall be free
from their enemies and from the hand of wrongful authority, and from all their slanderers and
false witnesses.
Women in peril at child-birth will, by keeping this Oration about them,
immediately overcome the difficulty. In the houses where this Oration is kept, no evil
thing will ever happen: and forty days before the death of a person who has this Oration
about him or her, the Blessed Virgin will appear to him or her. So said St. Gregorious.
To all those faithful who shall recite for three years, each day, 2 Paters,
Glorias, and Aves, in honor of the drops of blood I lost, I will concede the following five graces:
1st
The plenary indulgence and remission of your sins.
2nd
You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
3rd
If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you it will
be the same as if you had completed them.
4th
It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood
for the Holy Faith.
5th
I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives,
until the fourth generation.
Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150; those who trailed me
while I was bound were 23. The number of executioners of justice were 83; the blows received
on my head were 150; those on my stomach, 108; kicks on my shoulders, 80. I was led, bound
with cords by the hair, 24 times; spits in the face were 180; I was beaten on the body 6666 times;
beaten on the head, 110 times. I was roughly pushed, and at 12 o'clock was lifted up by the
hair; pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard 23 times; received 20 wounds on the head; thorns
of marine junks, 72; pricks of thorns in the head, 110; mortal thorns in the forhead, 3.
I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the body, 1000. The
soldiers who led me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched me were 3, and those who mocked
me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28,430.
Benedetta DA S.S.; Pope Leo XIII, in Roma 5 Aprile 1890
TESTIMONIES AND MIRACLES REGARDING THE TRUE LETTER OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST (I)
“A certain Spanish Captain travelling by land saw, near Barcelona, a head severed from the body, which spoke to him as follows: “As you are bound for Barcelona, my good man, for God’s sake send hither a Priest so that I may confess myself. It is already three days now that I have been attacked by robbers, and I cannot die without first confessing myself.” The Captain brought the Confessor to the place; the living head confessed, then expired. On the body from which the head had been severed, the present Oration (the True Letter of Our Saviour Jesus Christ) was found. On that occasion it was approved by several Tribunals of the Holy Inquisition and by the Queen of Spain. The said Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glory Be can be recited for the benefit for any soul.
At the time of the terrible earthquake in Northern Italy and in France, a girl from Nice named Nathaline was caught under a fallen house and remained three days buried alive. When unearthed, a copy of this Letter was found on her! She was illiterate and uneducated. When found she was sleeping, untouched by the devastation of the earthquake!
On March 12, 1821, many emigrants from S. Giovanni Incario, in the Province of Caserta (Italy) sailed for America to look for work. During the trip they were caught in a most terrible storm which threw their ship into collision with a warship. This caused it to sink. The event occurred on the 19th March, St Joseph’s Day. Out of the 667 people on board, only 9 were saved. Every one of them had a copy of this Letter of Christ in his possession. The survivors were found almost naked, wearing only their vests, in the pockets of which the Letters were found dry, not even wrinkled!
Two of the survivors from the same town, named Luigi Ceccaccio and Francesco Nero, furnished ample and substantial proof of the miraculous event.
Another miracle of the Sacred Letter of Jesus Christ was revealed at the island of Iri, also in Italy. A man was peacefully sleeping in his bed, when a mysterious hand shook him abruptly and a voice thundered: “Get up in haste, and save yourself in a corner of the house!” Promptly complying with the divine warning, the man rose and reached, pale and trembling, a remote corner, just in time to see the floor where he had lain in bed, sink into a deep abyss. This Letter saved him.
Another miracle was accomplished by the “Mater Dolorosa”, three miles from the town of Castelpetrosa, in the Province of Campobasso, Italy. A 13 year old shepherdess, named. Maria Grazia Estassia Bibiana, was attending her duties in the vicinity of an old Convent. Suddenly appeared to her, and to her astonished mother who was nearby, the Virgin Mater Dolorosa, who told them: “Come with me to this old Church, wherein my Son shall celebrate the Mass.” At the end of the Service, the Virgin thus spoke to them: “My Son is vexed with the people of this world, as there are too many sins committed, vice is rampant everywhere; religion is neglected. Therefore destructive earthquakes, pestilence and famine are putting humanity to severe punishment. Go to Church, do not sin, make regularly your confession and receive Holy Communion at least once a year. Thus, He will pardon your sins.” Then the Virgin disappeared.
– “In honour of the drops of Blood lost by Our Lord on His way to Calvary, recite for 3 years every day: 2 Our Fathers, 2 Hail Marys, 2 Glory Be.”
“OUR FATHER, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
“HAIL, MARY, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.”
“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.”
