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Prayer — Eucharistic & Heart of Jesus

Laudes Divinae

The Divine Praises

1797, by Fr. Luigi Felici SJ; expanded 1801–1960

Recited after every Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament — a chain of acclamations against blasphemy, expanded several times over two centuries.

The Prayer

English · Original

Blessed be God.
Blessed be his holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be his most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

When the Prayer is Said

After every Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

History & Background

The first form of the Divine Praises was composed in 1797 by the Jesuit priest Luigi Felici as a reparation for the blasphemies of the French revolutionary period. Pius VII (1801) added 'Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man'; Pius IX (1856) added 'Blessed be the Name of Jesus'; Leo XIII (1897) added 'Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception'; and Pius XII (1958) added 'Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.'

The Praises are recited aloud, with the people repeating each line, immediately after Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament — the moment when the consecrated host has just been used to bless the assembly and is being returned to the tabernacle.

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