How to Pray the Powerful Devotion to the Holy Wounds of Jesus & Its Amazing Promises

Caroline Perkins -
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The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus.

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed. -Isaiah 53:5

Before we share a special way to grow in devotion to the blood of Christ, here is what the Catechism says about the significance of the wounds of Christ:

“The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. ‘The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.’ ‘For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.' As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross.” (CCC, 766)

There are numerous prayers for growing closer to Jesus by meditating on the blood He shed during His Passion and crucifixion. The devotion to the Holy Wounds of Jesus is one of them!

The Holy Wounds of Jesus Devotion

This devotion is based on the five piercing wounds Jesus experienced during His crucifixion: the nail wounds on His hands and feet along with the lance wound on His side.

People throughout history have meditated on the wounds of Jesus as a way to remember Jesus’s Passion and victory over evil.

According to the Holy Wounds website,

“It was through the revival of religious life and the zealous activity of Saint Bernard and Saint Francis in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, combined with the enthusiasm of the Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, which gave impetus for devotion to His Holy Wounds.”
Sister Mary Martha Chambon, Public Domain

The chaplet/rosary to the Holy Wounds and the promises associated with this devotion were revealed by Our Lord to Sister Mary Martha Chambon (1841-1907) of the Monastery of the Visitation of Chambery. At the time, she wrote about these encounters in her journal. After her death, Sister Mary Martha’s Mother Superior published notes on her life.

Below you will find instructions on how to Pray the Chaplet/Rosary of the Holy Wounds and the promises associated with this devotion.

How to Pray the Chaplet/Rosary of the Holy Wounds of Jesus

On The Crucifix:

O Jesus, our Divine Redeemer, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

First Three Beads:

  1. Holy God, Holy Mighty God, Holy Immortal God, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  2. Grace and Mercy O my Jesus, in the present dangers and cover us with Thy Precious Blood.
  3. Eternal Father, have mercy on us through the Precious Blood of Thine only Son, Jesus Christ.

FIRST MYSTERY

Meditate and Adore The Sacred Wound on the Left Foot

Large Bead:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Holy Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our soul.

Small Beads:

V. My Jesus, Pardon and Mercy,

R. through the Merits of Thy Holy Wounds.

SECOND MYSTERY

Meditate and Adore The Sacred Wound on the Right Foot

THIRD MYSTERY

Meditate and Adore The Sacred Wound on the Left Hand

FOURTH MYSTERY

Meditate and Adore The Sacred Wound on the Right Hand

FIFTH MYSTERY

Meditate and Adore The Sacred Wound on the Sacred Side and Sacred Heart

Upon completion, finish by praying the following prayer three times:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of our Lord JESUS CHRIST to heal the wounds of our souls.

The Promises of Devotion to the Holy Wounds of Jesus

  • Every word of the Chaplet of Mercy you pronounce, I allow a drop of My Blood to fall upon the soul of a sinner.
  • Each time that you offer to My Father the merits of My Divine Wounds, you win an immense fortune.
  • Souls that will have contemplated and honored My crown of thorns on earth, will be My crown of glory in Heaven.
  • I will grant all that is asked of Me through the invocation of My Holy Wounds. You. Will obtain everything, because it is through the merit of My Blood, which is of infinite price. With My Wounds and My Divine Heart, everything can be obtained.
  • From My Wounds proceed fruits of sanctity. As gold purified in the crucible becomes more beautiful, so you must put your soul and those of your companions into My sacred Wounds; there they will become perfected as gold in the furnace. You can always purify yourself in My Wounds.
  • My Wounds will repair yours. My Wounds will cover all your faults. Those who honor them will have a true knowledge of Jesus Christ. In meditation on them, you will always find a new love. My Wounds will cover all your sins.
  • Offer Me your actions united to My Wounds and they will be of value. All your actions, even the least, soaked in My Blood, will acquire incomprehensible riches, an infinite merit, and will please My Heart.
  • In offering My Wounds for the conversion of sinners, even though the sinners are not converted, you will have the same merit before God as if they were.
  • When you have some sorrow, something to suffer, quickly place it in My Wounds, and the pain will be alleviated.
  • This aspiration must often be repeated near the sick: “My Jesus, Pardon, and Mercy through the merits of Your Holy Wounds!” This prayer will solace the soul and body.
  • The sinner who will say the following prayer: “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls”, shall obtain conversion”.
  • There will be no death for the soul that expires in My Holy Wounds; they give true life. The way to My Holy Wounds is easy, so easy to reach Heaven.
  • This chaplet is a counterpoise to My justice; it restrains My vengeance.
  • The soul who prays with humility and meditates on My Passion, will one day share in the glory of My Divine Wounds. The souls will be crowned with resplendent beauty and glory.
  • The more you will have contemplated My painful Wounds on this earth, the higher will be your contemplation of them glorious in Heaven.
  • The soul who during life has honored the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ and has offered them to the Eternal Father for the souls in Purgatory, will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the angels; and Our Lord on the Cross, all brilliant in glory, will receive her and crown her.
  • The invocations of the Holy Wounds will obtain an incessant victory for the Church.
  • The Holy Wounds are the“Treasure of Treasures” for the souls in purgatory.

Nihil obstat: John A. Schulien, Censor Librorum; Milwaukee, WI, 2 May 1956. Imprimatur: +Albertus G. Meyer, Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1 May 1956
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