The Chaplet of St. Gemma Galgani
This chaplet is a Meinssen Handmade Rosaries original design without imprimateur.
Configuration
St. Gemma end medal +
3 small beads + 1 large bead on the drop +
a center medal +
5 sets of 5 small beads each, divided by 4 large beads on the circle portion (above the center).
St. Gemma Galgani, born in 1878 in Lucca, Italy, was a mystic, a stigmatic, and is closely associated with the Passionist. She was humble and on fire with love for Christ.
Her symbols include lilies (for purity), the Passionist symbol, and the cross.
This chaplet was designed with three small beads above the end medal for the three Hail Marys St. Gemma prayed every day for purity. The twenty five small beads on the circle portion represent St. Gemma's years on Earth. The five quintets are prayed for the Sorrowful Mysteries (Mysteries of the Passion of Our Lord).
How to pray the Chaplet for St. Gemma Galgani
On the end medal, make the sign of the cross and pray this prayer written by Pope St. John Paul II:
O Father, we ask you to establish your dwelling in those who love you with a heart pure and simple, that through the example and the intercession of St Gemma, we may live the pure Gospel and the mystery of a love crucified, to be the living image of your Son. He who lives and reigns, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen
[Here state your intentions for the prayers you are offering, or ask for St. Gemma's intercession for your needs].
On the three small beads above the end medal, pray for purity and other wholesome graces.
First bead: O Mary, by thy pure and Immaculate Conception, make my body pure and my soul holy.
+ one Hail Mary
+O my Mother, preserve me this day from mortal sin.
Second bead: O Mary, by thy pure and Immaculate Conception, make my body pure and my soul holy.
+ one Hail Mary
+O my Mother, preserve me this day from mortal sin.
Third bead: O Mary, by thy pure and Immaculate Conception, make my body pure and my soul holy.
+ one Hail Mary
+O my Mother, preserve me this day from mortal sin.
On the first large bead just below the center medal, announce the first Sorrowful Mystery (the agony in the garden)
+ one Our Father
+ five Hail Marys on the following small beads
+ one Glory Be on the chain.
On the second large bead (now above the center medal), announce the second Sorrowful Mystery (the scourging at the pillar)
+ one Our Father
+ five Hail Marys on the following small beads
+ one Glory Be on the chain.
On the third large bead, announce the third Sorrowful Mystery (the crowning with thorns)
+ one Our Father
+ five Hail Marys on the following small beads
+ one Glory Be on the chain.
On the fourth large bead, announce the fourth Sorrowful Mystery (the carrying of the cross)
+ one Our Father
+ five Hail Marys on the following small beads
+ one Glory Be on the chain.
On the fifth large bead, announce the fifth Sorrowful Mystery (the crucifixion)
+ one Our Father
+ five Hail Marys on the following small beads
+ one Glory Be on the chain.
Optional closing prayer on the reverse of the end medal to St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (a Passionist Saint who interceded for St. Gemma to cure her tuberculosis):
O God, You taught Saint Gabriel to dwell upon the sorrows of Your most sweet Mother, and You raised him to the glory of holiness and miracles. Grant that we may also share Our Lady’s sorrows, and be saved by Her protection and intercession. Amen.