Happiness
The Secret of
THE FIFTEEN PRAYERS
revealed by
OUR LORD to ST. BRIDGET
in the
CHURCH of ST. PAUL in ROME
The Secret of
THE FIFTEEN PRAYERS
revealed by
OUR LORD to ST. BRIDGET
in the
CHURCH of ST. PAUL in ROME
On May 31, 1862, the collection of small books containing these prayers was blessed by His Holiness Pope Pius IX. On August 22 of the following year, this collection was recommended by the Great Congress of Malines.
Imprimatur
] V. Germond
Vicar General
Niciae, September 23, 1940
] V. Germond
Vicar General
Niciae, September 23, 1940
In full obedience to our Holy Father the Pope, we submit without reserve the entire contents of this text to the judgment of the Apostolic See of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
Approbation
These Prayers and these Promises were copied from a book printed in Toulouse in 1740 and published by the Father Adrien Parvilliers of the Society of Jesus, Apostolic Missionary of the Holy Land, with the approbation, permission and recommendation to spread the devotion.
In the 14th century, printing not yet invented, Pope Urban VI encouraged copyists to multiply their efforts to produce these revelations for kings, Bishops, universities, libraries, monasteries and convents eager these revelations.
Over the years, numerous Prelates, including His Eminence Cardinal Giraud of Cambria (1845) and Archbishop Florian of Toulouse (1863), gave their approval to the books containing these Prayers and Promises. On May 31, 1862, the collection of small books containing these prayers was blessed by His Holiness Pope Pius IX. In the prologue, the Holy Father recognized them as true and for the good of souls. On August 22 of the following year, this collection was recommended by the Great Congress of Malines.
Pope Benedict XV expressed himself as follows on the Revelations of Saint Bridget:
"The approbation of such revelations implies nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don't merit the same credence as the truths of religion, one can, however, believe them out of human faith, conforming to the rules of prudence by which they are probable, and supported by sufficient motives that one might believe them piously. (Les Petits Bollandistes, tome XII)
The 14th of June 1303, at the moment Bridget was born, Benedict, the curate of Rasbo, prayed for the happy deliverance of Ingeborde. Suddenly he found himself enveloped by a luminous cloud out of which Our Lady appeared:
"A child has been born at Birger; her voice will be heard by the entire world." Safii, die XXIV Aprilis 1903.
Visitors to the Church of Saint Paul in Rome can see the natural size Crucifix sculptured by Pierre Cavalini (above the Blessed Sacrament Chapel's Tabernacle) before which Saint Bridget knelt and the following inscription commemorating the miracle of Christ conversing with Bridget from the Crucifix:
"Pendentis, Pendente Dei verba accepit aure accipit et verbum corde Brigitta Deum. Anno Jubilei MCCCL."
The Secret of Happiness
Approved by Pope Pius IX
Magnificent Promises to Saint Bridget of Sweden
The Promises
Approved by Pope Pius IX
Magnificent Promises to Saint Bridget of Sweden
The Promises
Saint Bridget prayed for a long time to know how many blows Our Lord suffered during His terrible Passion. Rewarding her patience, one day He appeared to her and said: "I received 5475 blows upon My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, recite fifteen Our Fathers and fifteen Hail Marys with the following Prayers, which I Myself shall teach you, for an entire year. When the year is finished, you will have honored each of My Wounds."
Our Lord grants these promises to all who devoutly recite the 15 Saint Bridget Prayers every day for a year:
- I will deliver 15 souls of his lineage from Purgatory.
- 15 souls of his lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.
- 15 sinners of his lineage will be converted.
- Whoever recites these Prayers will attain the first degree of perfection.
- 15 days before his death I will give him My Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal starvation; I will give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst eternally.
- 15 days before his death he will feel a deep contrition for all his sins and will have a perfect knowledge of them.
- I will place before him the sign of My Victorious Cross for his help and defense against the attacks of his enemies.
- Before his death I shall come with My Dearest Beloved Mother.
- I shall graciously receive his soul, and will lead it into eternal joys.
- And having led it there I shall give him a special draught from the fountain of My Deity, something I will not for those who have not recited My Prayers.
- Let it be known that whoever may have been living in a state of mortal sin for 30 years, but who will recite devoutly, or have the intention to recite these Prayers, the Lord will forgive him all his sins.
- I shall protect him from strong temptations.
- I shall preserve and guard his 5 senses.
- I shall preserve him from a sudden death.
- His soul will be delivered from eternal death.
- He will obtain all he asks for from God and the Blessed Virgin.
- If he has lived all his life doing his own will and he is to die the next day, his life will be prolonged.
- Every time one recites these Prayers he gains 100 days indulgence.
- He is assured of being joined to the supreme Choir of Angels.
- Whoever teaches these Prayers to another, will have continuous joy and merit which will endure eternally.
- There where these Prayers are being said or will be said in the future God is present with His grace.
