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Chaplet of the Five Wounds

10 min

The Wound of the Left Foot

Meditate on the Wound in the left Foot of our Lord.

On each of the five beads, one Glory Be:

Glory Be ×5

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

One Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows:

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

The Wound of the Right Foot

Meditate on the Wound in the right Foot of our Lord.

On each of the five beads, one Glory Be:

Glory Be ×5

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

One Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows:

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

The Wound of the Left Hand

Meditate on the Wound in the left Hand of our Lord.

On each of the five beads, one Glory Be:

Glory Be ×5

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

One Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows:

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

The Wound of the Right Hand

Meditate on the Wound in the right Hand of our Lord.

On each of the five beads, one Glory Be:

Glory Be ×5

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

One Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows:

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

The Wound of the Sacred Side

Meditate on the Wound in the sacred Side of our Lord.

On each of the five beads, one Glory Be:

Glory Be ×5

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

One Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows:

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

About this prayer

The Passionist chaplet: five groups of five Glory Bes, one group for each of the Wounds of Christ crucified, each closed by a Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows.

History

The chaplet was introduced in Rome in 1821 by Fr. Paul Aloysius of the Virgin Mary, superior general of the Passionists, who had beads and medals made and leaflets of short prayers printed for the missionaries to give away. Pius VII approved it in 1822 with an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be on every bead; Leo XII, by decree of 20 December 1823, reduced it to the form kept since: a Glory Be on each of twenty-five beads and a Hail Mary between the groups, while the Wounds are meditated upon. Pius IX confirmed and extended its indulgences in 1851. The order of the Wounds is not prescribed; the Passionist medals customarily lead from the left Foot to the Side.

How to pray it

Pray on beads of five groups of five. While meditating on one Wound, pray a Glory Be on each of the five beads, then one Hail Mary in honour of our Lady of Sorrows. Repeat for each of the five Wounds.

*The Raccolta, or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works*, tr. Ambrose St John, 1910 ed. (Burns & Oates / Benziger), no. 126 "Chaplet of the Five Wounds", pp. 106–107 — [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft/page/106); order of the Wounds: Fr. Warren Womack, C.P., "Chaplet of the Five Wounds: Its history, blessing and indulgences", *The Passionist*, Dec. 1951 — [Passionist Historical Archives](https://web.archive.org/web/20191023192929/http://www.cpprovince.org/archives/thepassionist/chaplet-5wounds.php)

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