Sunday, January 20, 2008

Chaplet of the Twelve Stars

Immaculata(From "St. Vincent's Manual" published in the 19th century, and highly approved and recommended by Cardinal Gibbons.)

All praise and thanksgiving be to the ever-blessed Trinity who has manifested to us Mary, ever-Virgin, clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars.
Response: For ever and ever. Amen.
Let us praise and give thanks to God the Father, who elected her for His Daughter.
Response: Amen. Our Father...
Praise be to God the Father, who predestined her as the Mother of His Son.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Father, who saved her from all stain in her conception.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Father, who on her birthday decked her with His choicest gifts.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Father, who gave her Joseph for her pure Spouse and companion.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary... and Glory be...

Let us praise and give thanks to God the Son, who chose her vor His Mother.
Response: Amen. Our Father...
Praise be to God the Son who became incarnate in her bosom and abode in her nine months.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Son, who was born of her and gave her milk wherewith to nourish Him.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Son, who in His childhood willed that Mary should teach Him.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Son, who revealed to her the mysteries of the redemption of the world.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary... and Glory be...

Let us praise and give thanks to God the Holy Spirit, who made her His Spouse.
Response: Amen. Our Father...
Praise be to God the Holy Spirit, who first revealed to her His name of Holy Spirit.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Holy Spirit, through whose operation she bacame Virgin and Mother.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Holy Spirit, through whom she became the living Temple of the Most Holy Trinity.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary...
Praise be to God the Holy Spirit, by whom she was exalted in Heaven high above all creatures.
Response: Amen. Hail Mary... and Glory be...

For the Holy Catholic Church, for the propagation of the Faith, for world peace and for the uprooting of all heresy, we shall say the Hail Holy Queen.

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