Chaplet of Saint Anthony

Chaplet of Saint Anthony

This chaplet is composed of 13 decades of 3 blue beads each. 

On the first bead of each decade is said 1 Our Father, on the second the Hail Mary, and on the third the Glory be.  At the end the Miraculous Responsory is recited.

The Miraculous Responsory (by St. Bonaventure)

If miracles thou vain would see;

Lo, error, death, calamity.

The leprous stain, the demon flies,

From beds of pain the sick arise.

The hungry seas forgo their prey,

The prisoner's cruel chains give way;

While palsied limbs and chattels lost

Both young and old recovered boast.

And perils perish, plenty's hoard,

Is heaped on hunger's famished board;

Let those relate who know it well,

Let Padua of her patron tell.

The hungry seas forgo their prey,

The prisoner's cruel chains give way;

While palsied limbs and chattels lost

Both young and old recovered boast.

Glory be the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

The hungry seas forgo their prey,

The prisoner's cruel chains give way;

While palsied limbs and chattels lost

Both young and old recovered boast.

V/. Pray for us, blessed Anthony,

R/. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us Pray

O God, let the notive commemoration of Blessed Anthony, Thy confessor, be a source of joy in Thy Church, that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance, and may deserve to possess eternal joy.  Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Image Credit Kevin Dooley