Fifteen traditional prayers on the Passion of Christ, long associated with St. Bridget of Sweden.
These fifteen Passion prayers circulated in late-medieval Catholic Europe and were printed in English by William Caxton in 1491. They are traditionally associated with St. Bridget of Sweden, but that historical attribution is not securely established.
The prayers remained in later Catholic devotional manuals, including nineteenth-century editions. They invite extended meditation on the suffering and love of Christ.
Important distinction: the Holy Office issued a warning on January 28, 1954, concerning allegedly supernatural promises printed with the Fifteen Prayers. Bishops were directed not to permit publication of those promises because their supernatural origin was not established.
The warning concerned the alleged promises; it did not forbid Catholics from praying the fifteen Passion prayers. We deliberately do not reproduce or endorse those promises.
Fitting for contemplating the Passion, growing in sorrow for sins, renewing gratitude for Christ’s sacrifice, and seeking perseverance.
St. Bridget herself is an important witness to medieval Catholic devotion to the suffering Christ, even though precise authorship of these prayers is disputed.
The guided form presents all fifteen historical prayers, each followed by an Our Father and a Hail Mary.
The app retains complete prayer texts and offers guided progression through fifteen Passion meditations.
Sources for the historical context, devotional practice, and any relevant ecclesiastical distinction: