The Twelve Year Prayers of Saint Bridget on the Passion of Jesus
Introduction
These prayers, given by Our Lord to St. Bridget of Sweden, are to be prayed for 12 years. Our Lord promised to all who pray them the five graces listed below.
If the person praying these prayers dies before the 12 years are over, Our Lord will accept them as having been prayed in their entirety because the intention of the person was to complete them as directed. If a day or two is missed due to a valid reason, they can be made up at the earliest opportunity.
This devotion was pronounced authentic and was recommended by the "Sacro Collegio de propaganda fide," as well as by Pope Clement XII. Pope Innocent X confirmed this revelation as being from Our Lord.
The Promises
The soul who prays them will suffer no Purgatory.
The soul who prays them will be accepted among the Martyrs as though he had spilled his blood for his faith.
The soul who prays them can choose three others whom Jesus will then keep in a state of grace sufficient to become holy.
No one in the four successive generations of the soul who prays them will be lost.
The soul who prays them will be made conscious of his death one month in advance.
Opening Prayer
O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord's Prayer seven times in unity with the love with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips into Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much honor and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May these pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that You spilled from them.
1st Prayer: The Circumcision
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the first wounds, the first pains, and the first Bloodshed as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of youth, as protection against the first mortal sin, especially among my relatives.
2nd Prayer: The Suffering on the Mount of Olives
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the terrifying suffering of Jesus' Heart on the Mount of Olives and every drop of His Bloody Sweat as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the heart, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of Divine and brotherly Love.
3rd Prayer: The Flogging
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the many thousands of Wounds, the gruesome Pains, and the Precious Blood of the Flogging as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Flesh, as protection against such sins and the preservation of innocence, especially among my relatives.
4th Prayer: The Crowning of Thorns
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Wounds, the Pains, and the Precious Blood of Jesus' Holy Head from the Crowning with Thorns as atonement for my and all of humanity's sins of the Spirit, as protection against such sins and the spreading of Christ's Kingdom here on earth.
5th Prayer: The Carrying of the Cross
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You the Sufferings on the Way of the Cross, especially His Holy Wound on His Shoulder and its Precious Blood as atonement for my and all of humanity's rebellion against the Cross, every grumbling against Your Holy Arrangements and all other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for true love of the Cross.
6th Prayer: The Crucifixion
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, through Mary's unblemished hands and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer You Your Son on the Cross, His Nailing and Raising, His Wounds on His Hands and Feet, and the three streams of His Precious Blood that poured forth from these Wounds for us, His extreme tortures of His Body and Soul, His precious Death and its un-bloody Renewal in all the Holy Masses on earth as atonement for all wounds against the vows and regulations within the Religious Orders, as reparation for my and all of the world's sins, for the sick and the dying, for all holy priests and laymen, for the Holy Father's intentions toward the restoration of Christian families, for the strengthening of Faith, for our country and unity among all nations in Christ and His Church.
7th Prayer: The Piercing of Jesus' Side
Our Father - Hail Mary
Eternal Father, accept as worthy, for the needs of Your Holy Church and as atonement for the sins of all Mankind, the Precious Blood and Water which poured forth from the Wound of Jesus' Divine Heart. Be gracious and merciful toward us. Blood of Christ, the last precious content of His Holy Heart, wash me of all my and others' guilt of sin! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me clean of all punishments for sin and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for all the Poor Souls. Amen.