2. Say 1 Our Father on the 1st of the Seven Sorrows then 7 hail Marys on each of the following 7 beads
3. Go all the way around the chaplet saying doing same until you get back t o the 1st sorrow medal in the center again.
4. Skip to the end of the tail and say 3 Hail Marys. (These are to honor Mary's tears and to ask her help to achieve true contrition for our sins)
5. Use the last bead to pray all concluding prayers:
Say 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary and 1 Glory Be for the intentions of the Pope, then the final prayer:
V: Pray for us, O most Sorrowful Virgin
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ, Amen
Lord Jesus, we now implore, both for the present and for the hour of our death, the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Your Mother, whos Holy Soul was pierced at the time of your passion by a sword of grief. Grant us this favor, O Saviour of the world, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever, Amen
6. Make the sign of the cross
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According to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), seven promises were made to those who medidate on Our Lady's Tears and Dolors. The Blessed Virgin grants seven graces to the souls who honour her daily by saying seven Hail Marys while meditating on her tears and dolors. These are:
1. "I will grant peace to their families."
2. "They will be enlightened about the Divine Mysteries."
3. "I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work."
4. "I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the sanctification of their souls."
5. "I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives."
6. "I will visibly help them at the moment of their death - they will see the face of their mother."
7. "I have obtained this grace from my Divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son will be their eternal consolation and joy."
Against the Blessed Mother
(Use Ordinary Rosary Beads)
(Instead of the Creed and the Our Father Say:)
Mary, my Immaculate Mother, I desire to offer thee reparation for the offenses which thy Immaculate Heart receives from the horrible blasphemies which are uttered against thee. I offer thee these praises to console thee for so many ungrateful children who do not love thee, and to console the Heart of thy Divine Son Who is so deeply offended by the insults offered to thee.
Receive, my Purest Mother, this little act of homage. Make me love thee more each day and look with pity on those blasphemers that they may not delay to cast themselves into thy maternal arms. Amen.
At the beginning of each decade, on the large bead:
Grant that I may praise thee, O Holy Virgin!
Give me strength against thy enemies!
On the 10 small beads, pray:
1. Blessed be the Great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy!
2. Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception!
3. Blessed be her Glorious Assumption!
4. Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother!
5. Blessed be her Immaculate Heart!
6. Blessed be her Virginal Purity!
7. Blessed be her Divine Maternity!
8. Blessed be her Universal Mediation!
9. Blessed be her Sorrows and her Tears!
10. Blessed be the graces with which the Lord crowned her
Queen of Heaven and Earth!
Say at the end of each decade on the large bead:
Glory be to Mary, Daughter of the Father!
Glory be to Mary, Mother of the Son!
Glory be to Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit!
End with this Final Prayer:
My Mother, I love thee for those who do not love thee; I praise thee for those who blaspheme thee; I surrender myself to thee for those who will not recognize thee as their Mother. (5 times)
