The “Chaplet of the Tears of Mary“ is a devotional prayer that reflects on the Virgin Mary’s love, sorrow, and tears as she witnessed Jesus Christ’s passion and crucifixion. The prayer involves meditating on Mary’s tears while seeking Christ’s grace and the strength to follow God’s will, with the ultimate goal of attaining eternal life in Heaven.
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Our Lady of Tears Chaplet
Prayer video – Chaplet of Our Lady of Tears
Opening prayer:
Crucified Jesus! Kneeling at Your Feet, we offer You the tears of the one who accompanied You on Your path of suffering to the Cross with intense participating love. Grant, O Good Master, that we can appreciate the lessons given to us by the tears of Your Most Holy Mother so that we may fulfill Your Most Holy Will here on Earth in such way that we may be worthy to praise and exalt You in Heaven for all eternity. Amen.
On each large bead of the chaplet, pray…
O Jesus, look upon the Tears of the one who loved You most on Earth and loves You most ardently in Heaven!
On the small beads in each group of 7 beads, pray…
O Jesus, hear our prayers for the sake of Your Most Holy Mother’s Tears!
On each of the final three beads at the end of the chaplet, pray…
O Jesus, look upon the Tears of the one who loved You most on Earth and who loves You most ardently in Heaven!
Closing prayers:
O Mary, Mother of Love, of Sorrows, and of Mercy, we beg you, join your prayers with ours so that Jesus, your Divine Son, to Whom we address in the name of your maternal Tears, hears our prayers and grants us, not only the favors we now ask of you, but the crown of eternal life.
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By Your Divine meekness, O Jesus Bound, save the world from the error which threatens it!
O Virgin Most Sorrowful, your Tears have destroyed the infernal empire!