St. Bridget 15 Magnificent Prayers
These beautiful prayers are reputed to have been given to St. Bridget of Sweden by our Lord after the great saint had meditated intently on His Passion. It is alleged our Lord revealed that He received 5,480 blows to His Body and instructed that these prayers, each preceded with an Our Father and Hail Mary, be prayed each day for one full year, thereby honouring each blow by completion. It is further alleged that our Lord promised significant graces to those who complete this exacting devotion.
The Church has given approbation to the prayers themselves, though not to the alleged ‘Magnificent Promises’ and has further indicated these unapproved promises are not to be published or promoted and many are quick to dismiss them as silly, even impossibly ridiculous, medieval superstition. There are any number of regurgitated articles to found online regarding these prayers, though there is a good one at DailyCatholic.org.
This poster has a positive view regarding the grace obtained from this devotion, having prayed it everyday for one full calendar year (which represents upwards of 120 hours), and sensed a deepening of understanding, a perceived increase in grace and, by extension, an improvement in conduct. As the Very Rev. Fr. Casimir M. Puskorius, CMRI writes in the article linked above (emphasis added):
… The reader should be able to see why the Holy Office took exception to the “Magnificent Promises,” and, with the apostolic authority it possessed, forbade publishers to print them and the faithful to believe them. The prayers themselves are fine, and certainly conducive to sanctification. I encourage you to pray them devoutly every day for a year, and blessings are sure to flow from this recitation.
First Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained from all eternity in the Divine plan.
Remember, O Lord, that during the Last Supper with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most Precious Body and Blood, and while at the same time thou didst sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion.
Remember the sadness and bitterness which Thou didst experience in Thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying: “My Soul is sorrowful even unto death.”
Remember all the fear, anguish and pain that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the Crucifixion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by three judges during the flower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal season.
Remember that Thou wast despoiled of Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and outrages.
In memory of all these pains and sufferings which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me before my death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen.
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Second Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! True liberty of angels, Paradise of delights, remember the horror and sadness which Thou didst endure when Thy enemies, like furious lions, surrounded Thee, and by thousands of insults, spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of-cruelties, tormented Thee at will.
In consideration of these torments and insulting words, I beseech Thee, O my Saviour, to deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and to bring me, under Thy protection, to the perfection of eternal salvation. Amen.
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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.
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Fourth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Heavenly Physician, raised aloft on the Cross to heal our wounds with Thine, remember the bruises which Thou didst suffer and the weakness of all Thy Members which were distended to such a degree that never was there pain like unto Thine. From the crown of Thy Head to the Soles of Thy Feet there was not one spot on Thy Body that was not in torment, and yet, forgetting all Thy sufferings, Thou didst not cease to pray to Thy Heavenly Father for Thy enemies, saying: “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
Through this great Mercy, and in memory of this suffering, grant that the remembrance of Thy Most Bitter Passion may effect in me a perfect contrition and the remission of all my sins. Amen.
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Fifth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Mirror of eternal splendour! Remember the sadness which Thou experienced when, contemplating in the light of Thy Divinity the predestination of those who would be saved by the merits of Thy Sacred Passion, Thou didst see at the same time, the great multitude of reprobates who would be damned for their sins, and Thou didst complain bitterly of those hopeless lost and unfortunate sinners.
Through this abyss of compassion and pity, and especially through the goodness which Thou displayed to the good thief when Thou saidst to him: “This day, thou shalt be with Me in Paradise.” I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, that at the hour of my death, Thou wilt show me mercy. Amen.
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Sixth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief Thou didst suffer, when naked and like a common criminal, Thou was fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Thy relatives and friends abandoned Thee, except Thy Beloved Mother, who remained close to Thee during Thy agony and whom Thou didst entrust to Thy faithful disciple when Thou saidst to Mary: “Woman, behold thy son!” and to St. John: “Son, behold thy Mother!”
I beg of Thee O my Saviour, by the sword of sorrow which pierced the soul of Thy holy Mother, to have compassion on me in all my afflictions and tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death. Amen.
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Seventh Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Inexhaustible Fountain of compassion, Who by a profound gesture of Love, said from the Cross: “I thirst!” suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human race.
I beg of Thee O my Saviour, to inflame in my heart the desire to tend toward perfection in all my acts; and to extinguish in me the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor of worldly desires. Amen.
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Eighth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Sweetness of hearts, delight of the spirit, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gall which Thou didst taste on the Cross for Love of us, grant me the grace to receive worthily Thy Precious Body and Blood during my life and at the hour of my death, that they may serve as a remedy and consolation for my soul. Amen.
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Ninth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Royal virtue, joy of the mind, recall the pain Thou didst endure when, plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, Thou didst cry out in a loud voice that Thou was abandoned by Thy Father, saying: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”
Through this anguish, I beg of Thee, O my Saviour, not to abandon me in the terrors and pains of my death. Amen.
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Tenth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of all things, life and virtue, remember that for my sake Thou was plunged in an abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the crown of Thy Head.
In consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure love, Thy Commandments, whose way is wide and easy for those who love Thee. Amen.
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Eleventh Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Deep abyss of mercy, I beg of Thee, in memory of Thy Wounds which penetrated to the very marrow of Thy Bones and to the depth of Thy being, to draw me, a miserable sinner, overwhelmed by my offences, away from sin and to hide me from Thy Face justly irritated against me. Hide me in Thy wounds until Thy anger and just indignation shall have passed away. Amen.
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Twelfth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symbol of unity, link of charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou wast covered from Head to Foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable Blood. O Great and Universal Pain, which Thou didst suffer in Thy virginal Flesh for love of us!
Sweetest Jesus! What is there that Thou couldst have done for us which Thou has not done!
May the fruit of Thy Sufferings be renewed in my soul by the faithful remembrance of Thy Passion, and may Thy Love increase in my heart each day, until I see Thee in eternity. Thou Who art the treasure of every real good and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, O Sweetest Jesus, in Heaven. Amen.
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Thirteenth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Strong Lion, Immortal and Invincible King! Remember the pain which Thou didst endure! When all Thy strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted, Thou didst bow Thy Head, saying: “It is consummated!”
Through this anguish and grief, I beg of Thee Lord Jesus, to have mercy on me at the hour of my death when my mind will be greatly troubled and my soul will be in anguish. Amen.
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Fourteenth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! Only Son of the Father, Splendour and Figure of His Substance, remember the simple and humble recommendation Thou didst make of Thy Soul to Thy Eternal Father, saying: “Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit!” And with Thy Body all torn, and Thy Heart Broken, and the bowels of Thy Mercy open to redeem us, Thou didst Expire.
By this Precious Death, I beg of Thee O King of Saints, comfort me and help me to resist the devil, the flesh and the world, so that being dead to the world I may live for Thee alone. I beg of Thee at the hour of my death to receive me, a pilgrim and an exile returning to Thee. Amen.
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Fifteenth Prayer
Our Father … Hail Mary … O Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the abundant outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed from Thy Sacred Body as juice from grapes in a wine press.
From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by a soldier, blood and water issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a single drop; and finally, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross, Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed, the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up.
Through this bitter Passion and through the outpouring of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, to receive my soul when I am in my death agony. Amen.
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Closing Prayer
O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart so that my tears of penitence and love will be my bread day and night. May I be converted entirely to Thee, may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation, may my conversation be pleasing to Thee, and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints, praise Thee forever. Amen.
Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortális, miserére nobis.
(Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us.)
Sancta Birgitta sponsa Cristi. Ora pro nobis.
(St. Bridget, bride of Christ. Pray for us.)
Actually I prayed them for a little over a year. Jesus appeared on the cross and revealed a wound to the back of his head three drops fell from the wound. I missed the first one but caught the other two. That was God’s answer to whether my prayers were heard and I was delivered from my concern. His response was in line with St. Bridget’s petition to know and understand Christ’s suffering for our salvation.
Today, I was told that my opthamologist was amazed at how well I see despite my cataracts in both eyes. If you do not have 20-20, I may see as well as you. Again in line with the promises that God will guard and preserve your five senses,
The prayers are a revelation that I understand Pope Pius ix approved as true. They certainly reveal in detail his suffering and “thirst” for our salvation,
I could relate more but I have found the purposeful disowning of the promises disturbing. You do not understand the power of God. What God ordain in his Will SHALL BE. As a priest I recall would state before his homilies, “We stand on the shoulders of those who went before us” I am sure that I have benefited from the Masses and Rosaries of those who went before me. There is no reason why I could not be assured of the salvation of 15 of my line. The current approve 12 year prayer assures the salvation of 4 generations and 3 people of your choosing. There is no reason that God could not fulfill any the promises attached.
People like you injure the trust and faith that have been placed in these promises. How many mothers have prayed them to preserve their children from harm and assure their salvation.
I am a practicing attorney and been so for going on 33 years.
This is what you need to understand. First m that when Hes IU s talks about how great the harvest and bnb how few the workers, I he is really talking about how few people pray everyday for the salvation of souls. WE are supposed to be those laborers,
Second, the concept of mortal vs denial sin is misconstrued to rationalize permission. People think it is ok to sin as long as it is not mortal. Thus the book “Whatever became of sin”
Third, there should be a 7th precept of the church that vfc we each pray one mystery each day. There, if our big heavenly mother is Queennof the Rosarym her Son, our Sabior is King of the Rosary
Actually I prayed them for a little over a year. Jesus appeared on the cross and revealed a wound to the back of his head three drops fell from the wound. I missed the first one but caught the other two. That was God’s answer to whether my prayers were heard and I was delivered from my concern. His response was in line with St. Bridget’s petition to know and understand Christ’s suffering for our salvation.
Today, I was told that my opthamologist was amazed at how well I see despite my cataracts in both eyes. If you do not have 20-20, I may see as well as you. Again in line with the promises that God will guard and preserve your five senses,
The prayers are a revelation that I understand Pope Pius ix approved as true. They certainly reveal in detail his suffering and “thirst” for our salvation,
I could relate more but I have found the purposeful disowning of the promises disturbing. You do not understand the power of God. What God ordain in his Will SHALL BE. As a priest I recall would state before his homilies, “We stand on the shoulders of those who went before us” I am sure that I have benefited from the Masses and Rosaries of those who went before me. There is no reason why I could not be assured of the salvation of 15 of my line. The current approve 12 year prayer assures the salvation of 4 generations and 3 people of your choosing. There is no reason that God could not fulfill any the promises attached.
People like you injure the trust and faith that have been placed in these promises. How many mothers have prayed them to preserve their children from harm and assure their salvation.
I am a practicing attorney and been so for going on 33 years.
This is what you need to understand. First m that when Hes IU s talks about how great the harvest and bnb how few the workers, I he is really talking about how few people pray everyday for the salvation of souls. WE are supposed to be those laborers,
Second, the concept of mortal vs denial sin is misconstrued to rationalize permission. People think it is ok to sin as long as it is not mortal. Thus the book “Whatever became of sin”
Third, there should be a 7th precept of the church that vfc we each pray one mystery each day. There, if our big heavenly mother is Queennof the Rosarym her Son, our Sabior is King of the Rosary
Dear Michael
I agree with you. It is sad that people dismiss the promises because they are too wonderful. We should not just dismiss the church’s approval unless the church contradicted the bible or earlier teachings.
Many years ago, I prayed the 15 prayers for 1 year, but later fell into deep sin from which I could see no way out. I felt trapped and unable to believe.
Then I started praying the rosary asking our Lady to guide me to her son and help me in my situation. I then started praying the 7 prayers in 2016 and all the insurmountable problems of faith and life began to disappear. I then prayed the 15 prayers – keeping the rosary and the 7 prayers as well and I have had a wonderful re-version and miraculously found the time to pray every day!!!
Initially I was concerned about people saying that we should not take the promises seriously but I felt that I should believe. After all, I pray in the apostle’s creed “….I believe in the holy catholic church…..” My return to faith was intrinsically connected to accepting the word of the bible AND the Church, because all these years I had taken it upon myself to choose which part of the bible or the teachings of the church I agreed with. This was the cause why I fell into deep sin.
So I said to the Lord. “I believe the promises you made to St Bridget – but I don’t want to only pray them because of the promises but because I want to love and honour your sacrifice and blood. To prove this, I decided to pray the 15 prayers for a second year and offer the prayers to the dying. I believe God will always look into our hearts and our intentions and how hard we try – and Our Lord asked Sister Faustine to pray: JESUS, TRUST IN YOU
Who knows maybe I received the grace of faith because I prayed the 15 prayers all these years ago – and they were part of my salvation. One day I will know.
I’m someone who’s foruntate enough to receive regular religion visions each morning shortly after waking up. I first came across St. Bridget’s 7 Prayers in August, and the morning after I prayed them, I saw 4 blue angels cheering and rejoicing with a golden light behind them. Then this month I started praying Bridget’s 15 Prayers. I’ve been attacked by evil spirits and Satan a couple of times. The spirits I assume were sent by Satan and they conjure these sick, disgusting dreams, and when I wake up I see them as like an eye looking at me. Satan appeared in the form of big cat’s/snake’s eyes and feelings of nausea and pain. He had a big claw like a dragon and inside the palm of his claw was an arched stone doorway through which I could see flames. I then saw some bubble writing, spelling out “YOU’RE DEAD”. In the dream I had before waking up to all that, I was levitating above a train station and a cathedral. When I landed I went into the stairwell of the train station and felt sick, so I bent over and walked down the steps. Then a woman appeared next to me, who I didn’t look at as I walked around her. She started telling me about how I’ve finished some kind of course, equal to 1,000 pages of a book, and “this is pure sunshine”. Then I woke up to those evil looking eyes and the feeling of sickness. By reciting the Jesus Prayer, I was able to remove the vision, like rubbing chalk off a blackboard. I’m not sure if it was the 15 Prayers that did conjured this specific attack, because the night before, I also did the prayer for the Souls in Purgatory for the first time. But the evil spirits had been visiting and showing me gross stuff since before then and I’m convinced it’s the St. Bridget’s prayers they hate so much.
MAY I REQUEST FOR A COPY OF THE MAGNIFICENT PRAYERS OF SAINT BRIGET OF SWEDEN
Saint Brigid’s Day.
It’s Saint Brigid’s day
A peaceful holy day
And her peace and love is beating inside our hearts on this special day and we are thinking and praying for you on Saint Brigid’s Day and with our Lord’s peace and love his faith and hope will never cease And Lord Jesus Christ will
strengthen us in any weakness and heal
all the sick and suffering and we will
Praise and bless Saint Brigid today and our saviour Lord Jesus Christ and give them thanks every day and we will feel
Our Lord’s everlasting and eternal love inside our hearts every day Amen Lord Jesus Christ.
So much is so very good in these prayers. The Holy Spirit is present each time and the Sorrowful And Immaculate Heart of Mary weeps for us. Our closeness is manifest in our own hearts as we dwell on these mysteries of the Passion and Suffering of Christ Our Lord.
I have been saying the 15 St. Bridget prayers daily without interruption for over 25 years. I memorized them to make it easy to say them any time, any place, even while hospitalized, thank God. I will continue them daily until I die. Also the 7 St. Bridget 12 year prayers I have memorized and my 12 th year ended in February of 2025, but like the 15 St. Bridget prayers, I will continue them 7 St. Bridget prayers daily until I die. They are beautiful and a wonderful way to concentrate on Jesus’ Passion. Thanks be to God! And St. Bridget pray for us!🙏✝️♥️
Thanks for the opportunity to express our faith in the Saints that have gone before us!