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Visitors to the Church of St. Paul at Rome can see the crucifix, above the Tabernacle in the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel, sculptured by Pierre Cavallini, before which St. Bridget knelt when she
received these 15 Prayers from Our Lord. The following inscription is placed in the church to
commemorate the event: "Pendentis, Pendente. Dei verba accepit aure accipit et verbum corde
Brigitta Deum. Anno Jubilei MCCCL."

As St. Bridget for a long time wanted to know the number of blows Our Lord received during His
Passion, He one day appeared to her and said: "I received 5480 blows on My Body. If you wish to
honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Marys with the following Prayers (which He
taught her) for a whole year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds."

Our Lord made the following promises to anyone who recited the 15 St. Bridget Prayers for a whole
year:

Promises

1. I will deliver 15 souls of his lineage from Purgatory.

2. 15 souls of his lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.

3. 15 sinners of his lineage will be converted.

4. Whoever recites these Prayers will attain the first degree of perfection.

5. 15 days before his death I will give him My Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal
starvation; I will give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he
thirst eternally.