APB Large Book 4 22 08 - The Association of the Precious Blood

1 1 Precious Blood of Jesus Daily Devotional A Prayer BookWritten, edited and compiled byThe Adorers of the Precious Blood12 NIHIL OBSTAT: Rev. Fr. Stephen Obiukwu Censor Deputatus Chairman, Doctrine and Faith Committee Archdiocese of Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria 1 July 1999 CONTACT US: For more information and to purchase this book and other sacramentals Association of the Precious Blood Box 15851 Tallahassee, FL 32317-5851 USA Phone (850) 577-0607 Fax: (850) 576-3392 E-mail: Web: Please contact us with details about all miracles, Large and small, or any unusual phenomenon associated with this entirely from Church-approved : 0-9770978-0-3 2007 by the Adorers of the Precious BloodThe Patricia A. Fason version - your guaranteeof an authentic and accurate gratefully acknowledge the editing assistance provided by Fr. Anthony Anokete and the graphics and proofi ng work done by Tomisha Eaton and our staff. May God bless you all!

2 All Biblical quotations taken from the Douay-Rheims 1899 Edition, by the John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland. All rights reserved. Permission is granted by the Adorers of the Precious Blood for the copying and distribution of the prayers in this book under the following conditions: No additions, deletions or changes are to be made to the text in any way and the copies may not be sold for profi t. 4 Table of Contents Pope John XXIII on the Precious Blood .. 6 How to Pray this Devotion .. 10 The Holy Rosary .. 19 Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary .. 28 Chaplet of the Precious Blood .. 32 Litany of the Precious Blood .. 41 Consecration to the Precious Blood .. 46 Consolation Prayers .. 48 Adoration Prayers .. 57 The Anguished Appeals .. 70 The Mystical Prayers .. 97 Reparation Prayer to the Eternal Father .. 110 Prayer of Divine Praise and Adoration ..111 Reparation Prayer for the Precious Blood ..111 Original Prayer to St.

3 Michael .. 112 Powerful Invocation of Protection .. 115 Prayer for the New Israel .. 116 Atonement with the Crown of Thorns .. 118 Prayer for the Control of the Tongue .. 123 Crown of Thorns Offering .. 123 Blessing of the Archangel Michael .. 124 Third Friday Reparation .. 125 The Roses of the Glorious Reign .. 128 Litany of the Saints (in Latin & English) .. 136An Alert for the Twelve Tribes of Israel .. 146 Prayer Appendix .. 150 The Promises .. 1545 DedicationTo Our Lady of Guadalupe whose virginal Blood mingled with the most Precious Blood of her Holy Son during her divine gestation. May her powerful prayers save all the unborn from the holocaust of abortion and assist us in the rapid spread of this devotion to all her children in the world in order to save as many souls as possible from the destructive power of the evil one. And to our beloved Pope John Paul II, of blessed memory, who warned us of the coming trials during his pontifi cate.

4 Help us with your prayers to teach this devotion to the whole world before the fearful hour comes. Please intercede for us, for the safety of the Church and her people. 6On PromotingDevotion to theMost PreciousBlood of OurLord Jesus ChristAn ApostolicLetter from Blessed PopeJohn XXIIIJune 30, 1960 Unlimited is the effectiveness of the God-Man s Blood - just as unlimited as the love that impelled him to pour it out for us, fi rst at his circumcision eight days after birth, and more profusely later on in his agony in the garden, in his scourging and crowning with thorns, in his climb to Calvary and crucifi xion, and fi nally from out of that great wide wound in his side which symbolizes the divine Blood cascading down into all the Church s sacraments. Such surpassing love suggests, nay demands, that everyone reborn in the torrents of that Blood adore it with grateful Blood of the new and eternal covenant especially deserves this worship of latria when it is elevated during the sacrifi ce of the Mass.

5 But such worship achieves its normal fulfi llment in sacramental communion with the same Blood , indissolubly united with Christ s Eucharistic Body. In intimate Association with the celebrant, the faithful can then truly make his sentiments at communion their own: I will take the chalice of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.. The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul for everlasting life. Amen. Thus as often as they come worthily to this holy table they will receive more abundant fruits of the redemption and resurrection and eternal life won for all men by the Blood Christ shed through the Holy Spirit. Nourished by his Body and Blood , sharing the divine strength that has sustained countless martyrs, they will stand up to the slings and arrows of each day s fortunes - even if need be to martyrdom itself for the sake of Christian virtue and the kingdom of God. Theirs will be the experience of that 8burning love which made St.

6 John Chrysostom cry out, Let us, then, come back from that table like lions breathing out fi re, thus becoming terrifying to the Devil, and remaining mindful of our Head and of the love he has shown for us.. This Blood , when worthily received, drives away demons and puts them at a distance from us, and even summons to us angels and the Lord of angels.. This Blood , poured out in abundance, has washed the whole world clean.. This is the price of the world; by it Christ purchased the This thought will check in us unruly passions. How long, in truth, shall we be attached to present things? How long shall we remain asleep? How long shall we not take thought 9for our own salvation? Let us remember what privileges God has bestowed on us, let us give thanks, let us glorify him, not only by faith, but also by our very works. You know well enough that your ransom was not paid in earthly currency, silver or gold; it was paid in the Precious Blood of Christ; no lamb was ever so pure, so spotless a victim.

7 If only they would lend a more eager ear to the apostle of the Gentiles: A great price was paid to ransom you; glorify God by making your bodies the shrines of his presence. Their upright lives would then be the shining example they ought to be; Christ s Church would far more effectively fulfi ll its mission to men. God wants all men to be saved, for he has willed that they should all be ransomed by the Blood of his only-begotten Son; he calls them all to be members of the one Mystical Body whose head is Christ. If only men would be more responsive to these promptings of his grace, how much the bonds of brotherly love among individuals and peoples and nations would be TO PRAY THIS DEVOTION HIS is the Devotion to the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ as given by Our Lord and Our Lady and a multitude of angels and saints to a nearly illiterate Nigerian teenage boy, Barnabas Nwoye, in the village of Olo, Enugu State, Nigeria, from 1995 2003.

8 Our Lord told young Barnabas this is the greatest devotion He has ever given the Church and the last one He will give in this age. This is the ark that will protect and bring the Holy Catholic Church, the remnant faithful and all those you love and pray for safely through the bitter trials of the coming chastisement and into the promised Era of are three main parts to this devotion: (1) The Daily Devotion The minimum daily prayers for a devotee are: 1. One Mystery of the Rosary (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful or Glorious) 2. Chaplet of the Precious Blood 113. Litany of the Precious Blood 4. Consecration to the Precious Blood 5. Any other prayers from the Full Daily Devotion that you can add into your day without neglecting your duties to your family or work. (see page 18) Pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance in fi nding the proper balance of prayer, work and family commitment for your particular situation in life.

9 Begin to discard frivolous activities and replace them with silence and prayer. The wise advice of a competent spiritual director is a great blessing for anyone who desires to reach a higher state of perfection in this life and is strongly recommended.(2) The Gethsemane Hours - Every Thursday night from 11pm to Friday morning at 3am are the Gethsemane Hours. These are the actual hours Our Lord suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is best to pray these hours in the presence of Our Lord in exposition or before the tabernacle. If you are not blessed with a local church or chapel open at this hour, 12there are internet sites with live images of Our Eucharistic Lord in exposition you can visit, or, you can set up a sacred place or altar with a crucifi x, image of Christ, crown of thorns, candle, etc. It is best to pray in groups of two or more, but not necessary. If only the minimum of one hour is possible for you, Our Lord requests it between midnight and 3am on Friday.

10 Our Lord has given the prayers below for the full four hour observance. For less than this, we recommend you pray one or more complete sets of prayers each week (all the Anguished Appeals or all the Adoration Prayers, etc.) until you have prayed them all, then begin again. 1. All four mysteries of the Rosary (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious) 2. Chaplet of the Precious Blood 3. Litany of the Precious Blood 4. Consecration to the Precious Blood 5. Consolation Prayers 6. Adoration Prayers 7. The Anguished Appeals 8. The Mystical Prayers 139. Votive Mass of the Precious Blood and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, where available. It is suggested you take a nap of as many hours as possible before you begin so you may not fall asleep during these powerful hours of prayer as the Apostles did, but remain alert and awake to console Our Lord and adore His Most Precious Blood .