Pray the Chaplet of the Holy Face

To pray this chaplet, start by making the sign of the cross with the crucifix and recite this invocation:

“O God, incline unto my aid. O Lord, make haste to help me,” followed by the Glory Be.

 

On the Crucifix make The Sign of the Cross / Signum Crucis

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

 

O God, incline unto my aid. O Lord, make haste to help me.

 

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.

 

On each of the six larger beads (precedes each decade of six beads):

“My Jesus, mercy!” and one “Glory Be..”

 

On the thirty-three small beads:

“Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let all who hate Thee flee before Thy Face!”

 

At the end of meditating on the senses of Jesus, continue repetitions of “Arise, O Lord” prayer on the remaining three beads, to bring the total to 33, one for each year of Our Lord’s earthly life. On each of these last three beads, think about the wounds in His holy face from the slaps He endured, and from the crown of thorns.

 

After all of this, repeat seven times, in honor of the 7 words of Jesus from the Cross:

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.
 

On the medal at the end pray:

“O God, our Protector, look down upon us and cast Thine eyes upon the Face of Thy Christ!”