How to pray the Chaplet of the Sacred Face
This devotion to the Sacred Face is prayed on the popular Marian Rosary of 59 beads.
Begin with the following prayer:
“Most Sacred Face,
we call on You until You hear our prayers.
You are able to help us wonderfully.
Holy God, Mighty God, Holy Immortal God!
Have mercy on us and on the whole world!
Turn Your Face towards us
and we shall be saved!”
On the Our Father beads, say the following prayer:
“Heavenly Father,
humbly and fervently we offer You
the infinite merits
and sufferings of the Sacred Face,
His Precious Blood,
all the wounds and tears of Jesus,
to Your greater Glory,
for help in our great need.”
On the Hail Mary beads, say the following prayers:
1 st decade
“O Sacred Face, covered with wounds,
have mercy on us who call on You!”
2 nd decade
“O Sacred Face, covered with blood,
have mercy on us who call on You!”
3 rd decade
“O Sacred Face, shedding tears with infinite Love,
have mercy on us who call on You!”
4 th decade
“O Sacred Face, despised and insulted,
have mercy on us who call on You!”
5 th decade
“O Sacred Face, silently bearing the most bitter pain,
have mercy on us who call on You!”
At the end of the Chaplet, say the following prayer:
“Let us adore the Sacred Face
of Our Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior,
whose merits are infinite
and whose mercy is fathomless.
May He grant us the remission
of our sins and true conversion.
Let us console His Sacred Face
by the purity of our lives,
by fearless witness to our Faith
and by the depth of our love!
Amen.”