{"id":26680,"date":"2025-09-21T19:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=26680"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:03:06","slug":"the-chaplet-of-the-holy-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/the-chaplet-of-the-holy-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chaplet of the Holy Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\"><b>The Chaplet of the Holy Cross<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>prayed using Rosary beads, &amp; especially suitable for Fridays, feasts of the Cross &amp; martyrs,<br \/>\nLent &amp; Paschaltide, times of suffering or temptation, &amp; for the dying<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> <i>indicates when others should join in or respond<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Opening Prayers<\/h2>\n<p><i>Signing your lips with the Cross, say:<\/i> O Lord, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>+ <\/b><\/span>Thou wilt open my lips, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*\u00a0<\/b><\/span>and my mouth shall proclaim Thy praise. (Ps 50)<\/p>\n<p><i>Signing your head and chest slowly and attentively, say:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>O God, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>+<\/b><\/span> come to my assistance. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> 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. Alleluia! <i>[During Septuagesima and Lent, instead of <\/i>Alleluia<i>:<\/i> Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory!<i>]<\/i> (Ps 69)<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Introductory Prayers<\/h2>\n<p>Apostles\u2019 Creed <i>&amp; <\/i>Our Father<\/p>\n<p><i>For an increase of the theological virtues:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Faith:<\/i> Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span>\u00a0And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to Myself. (John 3 &amp; 12)<\/p>\n<p><i>Hope:<\/i> If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross\u00a0and follow Me. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses\u00a0his life for My sake will find it. (Matt 16)<\/p>\n<p><i>Charity:<\/i> Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart,\u00a0and you shall find rest for your souls. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> For My yoke is sweet and My burden light.\u00a0(Matt 11)<\/p>\n<p>Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> sweet the Load that hangs thereon.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Decade<\/h2>\n<p><i>A single decade may be said, or up to five in honour of the wounds of Jesus.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The following sections may be said in alternation, or all may join in at <\/i> Therefore <i>:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Christ Jesus humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> Therefore, God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the Name\u00a0which is above every name, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2)<\/p>\n<p>We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*\u00a0<\/b><\/span>because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. <i>[x 10]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>* <\/b><\/span>by Whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Gal 6)<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, laying aside every weight and sin around us, let us run by patience the contest set before us, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and now is seated on the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb 12)<\/p>\n<p>This sign of the Cross shall be in heaven. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> When the Lord shall come to judge.<br \/>\n<i>[In Paschaltide, after each versicle, add <\/i> Alleluia.<em>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>If the Chaplet is recited in a group, the one leading adds<\/i> Let us pray <i>before the Collect:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>O God, Who didst will to hallow the standard of the life-giving Cross by the Precious Blood of Thine only-begotten Son, grant, we pray, that those who rejoice in the honour of the same holy Cross may also rejoice in Thy protection everywhere. Through the same Christ Our Lord. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> Amen.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Prayers for Deliverance from Evil<\/h2>\n<p>It behoves us to glory in the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> in Whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection, by Whom we are saved and delivered. (cf. Gal 6)<\/p>\n<p>May the holy Cross be my light. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> May the dragon not be my guide.<\/p>\n<p>Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> and let those who hate Him flee from before His Face. (Ps 67)<\/p>\n<p>Behold the Cross of the Lord! Flee, you enemy hosts! <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered! Alleluia!<\/p>\n<p>Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"> <b>*<\/b><\/span> as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>By the Sign of the Cross, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> deliver us from our enemies, O our God.<\/p>\n<p>In the Name of the Father, <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>+<\/b><\/span> and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. <span style=\"color: #ee0000;\"><b>*<\/b><\/span> Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chaplet of the Holy Cross &nbsp; prayed using Rosary beads, &amp; especially suitable for Fridays, feasts of the Cross &amp; martyrs, Lent &amp; Paschaltide, times of suffering or temptation, &amp; for the dying * indicates when others should join in or respond Opening Prayers Signing your lips with the Cross, say: O Lord, + <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":589,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-piety"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-6Wk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/589"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26680"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26703,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680\/revisions\/26703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}