Blessed sacrament chaplet

 

The beauty of the Blessed Sacrament Chaplet is in its simplicity and ability to unite someone intimately with our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament, at any time of day or night, and in any location.  The chaplet can be prayed reverently in literally two minutes, or it can be prayed slowly in meditation.  

 

The chaplet has 33 beads, one for each year of our Lord’s life.  Our version of the chaplet has a medal which includes an image of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament on one side and St. Peter Julian Eymard on the other side.  

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We chose a spiritual communion that incorporates part of the Angel’s instructions to the children of Fatima on how to address God in the Eucharist, reflecting the full presence of the Trinity therein.

 

The prayer that is prayed on the beads is attributed to Pope St. Pius X

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Prayers:

Make the Sign of the Cross

Invoke the intercession of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament and St. Peter Julian Eymard 

 

Holding the medal pray this spiritual communion:

Oh, Most Holy Trinity, I adore thee, my God, My God,

I love thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament. 

Come spiritually into my heart and make it thine own forever.

 

On Each of the 33 beads pray and adore the Lord within you as follows:

Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament have mercy on us.

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Optional Prayer Suggestions

• The beauty of having a short repeated prayer is that you can easily add the name of someone or think of an intention for each bead you pray - for example:  "Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament have mercy on us and John"

• The prayer on the beads was written before the Church received the revelations about Divine Mercy from St. Faustina.  However, there are absolute correlations between these devotions.  The Divine Mercy chaplet begins each decade offering "the body and blood, soul and divinity" of Jesus - which is the Eucharist.  The Blessed Sacrament Chaplet ties into the Lord's desire for people to call upon His mercy.  We have found a beautiful addition to this chaplet, is to add the phrase, "I trust in you" in one of the following ways:

  • Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, I trust in you, have mercy on us.  ​

  • Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, have mercy on us, I trust in you.

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Compliments to the Rosary and Divine Mercy 

The Blessed Sacrament Chaplet should not be looked at as a competing or in replacement of either the Rosary or the Divine Mercy Chaplet.  It is complimentary to these and based on how short it is (two minutes) there should be no reason not to add it to one's day.  Much like many other spiritual gifts of the Church, these devotions act in conjunction with each other, but also add nuances relative to each devotion.  We believe that the Blessed Sacrament Chaplet brings the builds on the mysteries of the Rosary and the message of Divine Mercy to a create a laser point focus on the Source and Summit of our faith, the Holy Eucharist.  

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About Our Form of Spiritual Communion

There are numerous forms of Spiritual Communion that are used within the Church.  There is not a liturgical requirement since this is a private devotion.  Our spiritual communion is inspired by the visit of the Angel of Fatima to the visionary children.  When the Angel came to them with Holy Communion, he taught the children to address the Holy Eucharist as "Oh, Most Holy Trinity, I adore thee, my God, My God, I love thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.".  We chose this salutation as a reminder that in the Eucharist is not just Jesus, but the Father and the Holy Spirit.  This may sound obvious, but we believe that part of the reason for the decline in belief in the Real Presence has been the intentional dilution in speech and imagery to reduce the Eucharist from being the fullness of the Trinity, to just Jesus, to just bread, to just an image or symbol.  As part of our hope to renew faith in the Real Presence, we are starting with recognizing the fullness of Divinity present in the Eucharist in the spiritual communion.  

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