YouTube Video on Praying the Chaplet
The following excerpt regarding the origin of the chaplet is from CatholicTradition.com:
Next to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus there is nothing more touching and effective than the tears of our heavenly Mother! How many tears she shed on the Way of the Cross and when she stood beneath the Cross! She shed bitter tears in reparation for the many insults her Divine Son then and which He would receive in the future. She wept bitter tears for the many souls who would not submit to the Commandments of God, and so would be lost forever.
This rosary or chaplet was revealed in 1929 and 1930 by Our Lord and His most holy Mother to Sister Amalia in Campina, Brazil, and was confirmed as supernatural by Bishop Campos Baretto.
Our Lords words to Sister Amalia on November 8, 1929 were:
"My daughter, whatever I am asked through the tears of My Mother, I shall give lovingly."
On March 8, 1930 the most Pure Mother stated:
"Through this rosary the devil will be subdued and the power of Hell will be destroyed. Prepare yourself for this great combat."
The sorrows used for meditation are also known as the seven sorrows of Mary
- the prophecy of Simeon;
- the flight into Egypt;
- the loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple;
- the meeting of Mary and Jesus as he carried His Cross;
- the Crucifixion; the striking of Jesus with the lance;
- Mary receiving the body of Jesus in her arms; and
- the Body of Jesus being placed in the tomb.
Read more: The Power of Tears
