Other than the Rosary

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Today begins the Divine Mercy Novena which is the lead in to the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday, which this year is April 28, exactly one week after Easter.

It’s a great time to get started, because you won’t have to wait most of a whole year. I am anxiously looking forward to it.

Divine Mercy Sunday is considered by many to be a day of total forgiveness, almost a second baptism, if you will, where all temporal punishment is cleansed away.

http://www.divinemercysunday.com

You can get some idea of it here, and other similar places.
 
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I like beginning my morning, after Lauds, with the Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Franciscan Crown is traditionally prayed on Saturdays. Saturdays are dedicated to Our Lady, as it lays between Good Friday and the commemoration of the Resurrection on Easter.
I pray the Dolors, or Seven Sorrows of Mary on Fridays.
I have a copy of Scripture Meditations for the Dominican Rosary, Franciscan Crown, and Seven Dolors.
I also have a St. Michael chaplet, which can be used to pray either the chaplet to St. Michael or to the Guardian Angels at end of day.
 
I do the Chaplet of Divine Mercy regularly. I also have the Chaplet of St. Therese of Lisieux and I pray that occasionally. God Bless and have a holy Easter!
 
The 7 Sorrows of Mary Rosary is an amazing devotion. When I pray it I definitely feel I get closer to Mary! I don’t pray it often though. I pray the Rosary daily and the Divine Mercy chaplet daily. At the moment I’m making an intense Rosary novena–four 5 decade Rosaries/day, the entire set of mysteries–and it is pretty time consuming! I read that Padre Pio prayed up to 100 Rosaries per day and I wonder how that is even possible…
 
the chaplet of St Anne is a powerfull devotion to the morher of the Holy Virgin Mary, easy to do and a very inspiring

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I do the Chaplet of Divine Mercy regularly. I also have the Chaplet of St. Therese of Lisieux and I pray that occasionally. God Bless and have a holy Easter!
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I have to admit I find it a little odd of St.Therese de Lisieux having a chaplet since she very much disliked the rosary during her lifetime…
 
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the Stations of the Cross chaplet… 14 stations… You can do it in your church or in the holy land itself… A very moving and spiritual experience…

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My 14 stations chaplet is red and has each station depicted in color. The 15th station is the Resurrection [“He is Risen. Alleluia”]. When ordering, the devotion is included.
I use the meditations on the Stations of the Cross found in the Roman Missal, which unfortunately do not include the 15th station. It makes for a great Friday devotion, whether prayed at home or if a person has the opportunity in his/her home church walking the Stations.
 
I purchased a copy of My Treasury of Chaplets by Patricia S. Quintaliani.
It has the formats of various chaplets.
The drawback I find is, except for the meditations on the Luminous mysteries, those given for the rosary are not Scriptural. I don’t remember off hand from where I ordered the book. I do get many catalogs in the mail.
I also use My Complete Rosary Book, found at a local Christian Bookstore, although often advertised online plus Scriptural Meditations for the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Franciscan Crown, Seven Sorrows and Rosary by Acta Publications.

I did find it cumbersome to use the scriptural meditations with the Divine Mercy Chaplet (Sorrow Mysteries) since I already use them with the Dominican Rosary on Tuesdays and Seven Sorrows (Dolors) rosary focus on the Sorrows of our Lord.
As Tis Bearself as pointed out, it has become the tradition for many to combine the rosary and Divine Mercy. It is common practice to pray the Divine Mercy immediately after the Dominican Rosary.

In her Way of Perfection, St. Theresa of Lisieux points out that one Our Father reverently prayed is more pleasing to our Our Lord than 100 prayers that are rushed. God looks at the disposition of the heart.
A favorite line from The Kitchen Prayer my mother had, “I may have Martha’s hands, but I have a Mary heart.” I loved that honest prayer where work becomes meditation.
 
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Thanks for the book titles- I’ll look for them at my nearest Christian bookseller’s.

Kind regards.
 
You can turn any saint’s prayer into a Chaplet. I pray a Chaplet using my patron saint’s prayer.

The process is simple:

You’ll use a nine bead Chaplet.
  1. Sign of the cross
  2. Creed (while holding the crucifix)
  3. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be (x3)
  4. Saint’s prayer (on the Saint medal)
  5. Sign of the Cross
Pretty simple.

I also pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I haven’t done any others as of yet. I’m sure I will as I continue to grow in the faith. I’m just a baby Catholic, after all.
 
The best place to obtain a St. Michael Chaplet is from Rugged Rosaries.
https://www.cordbands.com/pages/how-to-st-michael-chaplet.
These are the same as those provided the Vatican Guard and are made of metal. It works for the Chaplet of Holy Angels as well.
Different chaplets can be used for different purposes. As stated in my first post, I like beginning my morning with The Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin. I discovered this devotion after reading True Devotion to Mary. While I do not own an actual chaplet, but simply pray the prayers prescribed with the devotion, there are several chaplets that can be prayed using the Little Crown chaplet.
It is based on “A woman clothes with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars” from the Book of Revelations.

The chaplet will have 3 sets of 4 beads. There are various chaplets with this combinations. Some have a single bead set itself, and some have three. These include the chaplets of Our Lady of Mercy, and Immaculate Conception.

The rosary in Praise of the Most Blessed Virgin in Reparation for Blasphemies can be prayed on a single decade rosary.

What I do not own is a Pro-Life Rosary. The description and prayers are included in my Book of Chaplets, but not where to obtain the rosary. It would be great to have for praying during the 40 days for life.
I explained the colors of my Missionary rosary to a friend. That’s the one I carry with me.
 
The Pro-Life rosary described in my Chaplet book has specific colors, like the Missionary Rosary, each with its symbolism.
The first decade alternates between aqua-blue and white (or clear) representing the intentions of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Peace in Our World.
The second decade is red and white (or clear) representing blood split and the Grace of healing.
The third decade is black and white (or clear) for the medical profession and conversion.
The forth decade is red, white, and blue for the reversal of current anti-life laws and straightening of every pro-life law in existence.
The fifth decade is green and white (clear) symbolizing hope in Jesus Christ.

Each decade has a specific intention prayer associated with it.
 
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