Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a essential prayer given by Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s. Prayed on ordinary Rosary beads, it offers the Father the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus for mercy upon the world. Jesus promised extraordinary graces to those who pray it faithfully.
โPrayer Text
Using Rosary beads: Opening: Our Father, Hail Mary, Apostles' Creed On the Our Father beads, pray: "Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world." On the Hail Mary beads (10 times), pray: "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world." Repeat for all five decades. Closing (pray three times): "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."
โฐWhen to Pray
Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 PM (the Hour of Great Mercy), during the Divine Mercy Novena (Good Friday through Divine Mercy Sunday), at the bedside of the dying, and whenever you or the world needs God's mercy.
๐How to Pray
Use ordinary Rosary beads. The chaplet takes about 7-10 minutes. Pray it especially at 3:00 PM, the Hour of Mercy. Jesus told St. Faustina: "At three o'clock, implore My mercy... In this hour I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion."
๐Related Scripture
Ephesians 2:4-5
โBut God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ.โ
Psalm 136:1
โPraise the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.โ
Luke 23:34
โThen Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."โ
๐History & Background
Jesus revealed this prayer to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun, in the 1930s, as recorded in her diary "Divine Mercy in My Soul." Initially suppressed due to translation errors, the devotion was championed by Archbishop Karol Wojtyลa (later Pope St. John Paul II), who canonized Faustina in 2000 and established Divine Mercy Sunday.
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