Summary: <a href="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/36490519_035.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br> Prayers and Chaplet for St. Charbel<br> Saint Charbel was born on May 8, 1828, from a modest Maronite family in Bekaa Kafra, a village in North Lebanon. He entered the order of Lebanese monks in 1851 and was ordained a priest in 1859. Later he withdrew to the hermitage of Saints Peter and Paul to spend 23 years in prayer, fasting, manual labor, and penance until on Christmas Eve of the year 1898 he piously gave back his soul to God. Aged 70 years. After his death, many graces and bodily cures have been obtained through his intercession. He was canonized by His Holiness Paul VI in 1977.<br> For more visit his <a href="https://www.discerninghearts.com/?page_id=1979" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discerning Hearts St. Charbel page</a><br> Chaplet<br> THE CHAPLET<br> The chaplet is made up of five sets of beads, three red, one white and one blue. Five black beads, divide the sets. A medal of the saint connects the beads, with a single white bead following the medal and preceding the five sets.<br> The red beads are for the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, the virtues by which religious share in the Passion of Christ.<br> The white beads represent the Holy Eucharist, and the blue beads love and devotion to Our Blessed Mother.<br> ORDER OF RECITATION<br> On the first white bead after the medal say the “Father of Truth” prayer. On each black bead recite an “Our Father”.<br> On the first three red beads say the “Hail Mary” in honor of Saint Charbel’s fidelity to the vow of poverty.<br> On the second set of red beads say the “Hail Mary” in honor of Saint Charbel’s fidelity to the vow of chastity.<br> On the third set of red beads say the “Hail Mary” in honor of Saint Charbel’s fidelity to the vow of obedience.<br> On the three white beads say the “Hail Mary” in honor of Saint Charbel’s love for the Eucharist.<br> On the three blue beads say the “Hail Mary” in honor of Saint Charbel’s devotion to Our Blessed Mother. Conclude with the prayer to obtain graces on the medal.<br> Father of Truth Prayer<br> Father of Truth, behold Your Son, a sacrifice pleasing to You. Accept this offering of Him who died for me; behold His blood shed on Golgotha for my salvation. It pleads for me. For His sake, accept my offering. Many are my sins, but greater is Your mercy. When placed on a scale, Your mercy prevails over the weight of the mountains known only to You. Consider the sin and consider the atonement; the atonement is greater and exceeds the sin. Your beloved Son sustained the nails and the lance because of my sins so in His sufferings You are satisfied and I live.<br> Prayer to Obtain Graces<br> Lord, infinitely holy and glorified in Your saints, You have inspired Charbel, the saint monk, to lead the perfect life of a hermit. We thank You for granting him the blessing and the strength to detach himself from the world so that the heroism of the monastic virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience might triumph in his hermitage. We beseech You to grant us the grace of loving and serving You, following his example. Almighty God, who have manifested the power of Saint Charbel’s intercession through his countless miracles and favors, grant us this grace (here mention your intention) which we request from You through his intercession. Amen.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012WYMFE?tag=disceheart-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0012WYMFE&adid=1YWDPPESGP1AT7QBYBFZ&" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012WYMFE?tag=disceheart-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0012WYMFE&adid=1YWDPPESGP1AT7QBYBFZ">the music fo...</a>
