Chaplet of Surrender & Joy

(For private devotion)

A chaplet prayed on the rosary, invoking the Holy Spirit and yielding all things to God

This chaplet is prayed on a standard rosary, following the normal structure of the daily mysteries. The mysteries are announced and contemplated as usual. What changes are the prayers prayed on the beads.

The chaplet is marked by a movement of surrender:

• first to the Holy Spirit,

• then to the Father,

• then to Jesus the King,

• then to the Trinity as eternal love,

• and finally into joy, peace, and eternal praise.

How to Pray the Chaplet

1. On the Crucifix

Veni Sancte Spiritus (English text as prayed)

Come, Holy Spirit,

and send out from heaven

the ray of your light.

Come, father of the poor,

come, giver of gifts,

come, light of hearts.

Greatest comforter,

sweet guest of the soul,

sweet consolation.

In labour, rest,

in heat, temperateness,

in tears, solace.

O most blessed light,

fill the inmost heart

of your faithful.

2. Instead of the Our Father (on each large bead)

On each large bead, announce the mystery as usual then pray the following prayers once each, in the order given:

Father, loving creator of all things,

thy will be done.

Jesus, King of the Universe,

I abandon myself to you.

Holy Spirit, fountain of the Father’s love,

take over.

Trinity, eternal exchange of love,

into your hands I commend my spirit.

I close the eyes of my soul, go with the flow of your Grace, and let my mind wander to your …

3. Instead of the Hail Mary (on each small bead)

On each of the ten small beads, pray:

Love and joy and peace and calm,

eternal.

Pray this ten times for each decade, as you would normally pray ten Hail Marys.

4. Glory Be (after each decade)

After the ten invocations of Joy and peace and love, eternal, pray the full Glory Be:

Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Then proceed to the next large bead and continue with the next mystery.

5. Finish

After completing all five decades of the daily mysteries, conclude with Hail Holy Queen:

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry, 

poor banished children of Eve.

To thee do we send up our sighs,

mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious advocate,

thine eyes of mercy toward us,

and after this our exile

show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving,

O sweet Virgin Mary.

Conclusion

This chaplet is a prayer of yielding rather than striving. It begins by calling down the Holy Spirit and ends by resting the soul in eternal joy. Each decade hands authority away — to the Father’s will, to Christ the King, to the Spirit who acts, and to the Trinity who is love itself.

This is surrender —

and from surrender comes joy.