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	Ý 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 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
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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:
 

In obedience to the Magisterium of the Church, the 21 Promises attached to these 15 prayers    of St. Bridget, will no longer be published here.                           The following is the statement given by the Church:    WARNING CONCERNING THE "PROMISES OF ST. BRIDGET"  Marius Crovini Notary of the Supreme Holy Congregation of the Holy Office In some places, a little work has been disseminated called the "Secret of Happiness: 15 prayers revealed by the Lord to St. Bridget in the Church of St. Paul at Rome", published at Nice and elsewhere in several languages.  Since it is asserted in this pamphlet that God made to St. Bridget certain promises, whose supernatural origin is uncertain, let local ordinaries take care not to grant permission for publishing or reprinting pamphlets or other writings which contain these promises.  Given at Rome, from the offices of the Holy Office, 28 January 1954  Marius Crovini  Notary of the Supreme Holy Congregation of the Holy Office

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