The 7 prayers to Santa Brigida to be recited for 12 years

Bridget of Sweden, born Birgitta Birgersdotter was a Swedish religious and mystic, founder of theOrder of the Most Holy Savior. She was proclaimed a saint by Bonifacio IX on 7 October 1391.

Patroness of Sweden since October 1, 1891 at the behest of Pope Leo XIII, October 1, 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed her co-patroness of Europe together with St. Catherine of Siena e Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, placing them side by side with St. Benedict of Nursia and with Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Famous are the seven prayers dedicated to her which are recited every day, for 12 years, without interruption.

Initial prayer

O Jesus, I wish to address your prayer to the Father by joining the Love with which you sanctified it in your Heart. Bring it from my lips to your Heart. Improve it and complete it in a perfect way so that it can bring to the Holy Trinity all the honor and joy that You paid to it when you raised this prayer on earth; may honor and joy flow over your Sacred Humanity in glorification of your most painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that flowed from them.

First prayer: the circumcision of Jesus

Eternal Father, by the most pure hands of Mary and by the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you the first wounds, the first pains and the first blood that He shed in atonement for all young people, as protection against the first mortal sin, in particular of my relatives.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Second Prayer: the sufferings of Jesus in the Garden of Olives

Eternal Father, through the immaculate hands of Mary and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you the terrible sufferings of the Heart of Jesus felt on the Mount of Olives and every drop of his sweat of Blood, in reparation for all the sins of my heart and of those of all men, as protection against such sins and for the spread of love towards God and neighbor.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Third prayer: the scourging of Jesus on the column

Eternal Father, through the immaculate hands of Mary and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you the many thousands of blows, the horrible pains and the Precious Blood of Jesus shed during the scourging, in expiation for my sins of the flesh and those of all men, as protection against such sins and for the safeguard of innocence, especially among my relatives.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Fourth prayer: the crowning with thorns on the head of Jesus

Eternal Father, through the immaculate hands of Mary and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you the wounds and the Precious Blood poured out by the Head of Jesus when he was crowned with thorns, in expiation for my sins of the spirit and those of all men, as protection against such sins and for the spreading of the Kingdom of God on earth.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Fifth Prayer: Jesus' ascent to Mount Calvary loaded under the heavy wood of the cross

Eternal Father, through the immaculate hands of Mary and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you the sufferings suffered by Jesus on the Via del Calvario, in particular the Holy Plague of the Shoulder and the Precious Blood that came out of it, in expiation for my sins of rebellion against the cross and those of all men, of the murmur against your holy designs and of all the other sins of the tongue, as protection against such sins and for an authentic love for the Holy Cross.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Sixth prayer: the Crucifixion of Jesus

Eternal Father, through the immaculate hands of Mary and the Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you your Divine Son nailed and lifted up on the Cross, the Wounds and the Precious Blood of his hands and feet poured out for us, his extreme poverty. and his perfect obedience. I also offer you all the terrible torments of his Head and his soul, his Precious death and his non-violent renewal in all the Holy Masses celebrated on earth, in reparation for all the offenses made to the holy evangelical vows and to the rules. of religious orders; in atonement for all my sins and those of the whole world, for the sick and dying, for priests and laity, for the intentions of the Holy Father regarding the renewal of Christian families, for the unity of faith, for the our homeland, for the unity of peoples in Christ and in his Church, and for the Diaspora.

Pater, Ave, Glory

Seventh Prayer: the wound of the Sacred Side of Jesus

Eternal Father, deign to accept the Blood and water gushed from the wound of the Heart of Jesus for the needs of the Holy Church and in atonement for the sins of all men. We beg you to be compassionate and merciful to everyone. Blood of Christ, last Precious content of the Sacred Heart of Christ, wash me from the sins of all my sins and purify all brothers from all guilt. Water from the side of Christ, purify me from the pains of all my sins and extinguish the flames of Purgatory for me and for all the poor souls of the dead. Amen.

Pater, Ave, Gloria, Eternal rest, Angel of God, St. Michael the Archangel