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Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:09 PM
For those unfamiliar with The Divine Mercy, EWTN offers a helpful background and history of this devotion. I especially like their description of the message of the Divine Mercy:
The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us — no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. It is a message we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.
A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.
B — Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.
C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.
I’ve told you before how much I loved Fr. Michael Gaitley’s book Consoling the Heart of Jesus
I was so very honored when Fr. Michael asked me to participate in this year’s Mercy Sunday celebration at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The day’s events will be broadcast live on EWTN, including Fr. Michael’s interview of me, talking about ways in which even busy mothers can practice a Divine Mercy devotion. I am looking forward to this year’s feast more than ever—what a blessing!
In an apparition to St. Faustina, Jesus asked that, in preparation for the feast of Divine Mercy, we pray a Divine Mercy novena, beginning on Good Friday. As I have in past years, I will be posting the daily prayers of the novena here at Faith & Family Live, so that we can remind one another and pray this powerful novena together.
Besides the novena, the Divine Mercy chaplet is another beautiful devotion associated with the Divine Mercy. It’s easy to learn! You can read basic instructions for praying it using rosary beads at EWTN. A really beautiful way to pray the chaplet is by singing it. Play the video below to hear a beautiful version. I hope that you will take advantage of this grace-filled time of year and fully participate in this year’s Divine Mercy novena and upcoming feast day.
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The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a beautiful & powerful devotion. Fr. Joseph Homick, former Abbot of Holy Transfiguration Monastery in CA, has a good post about this devotion:
http://wordincarnate.wordpress.com/save-a-soul-today/
The Trisagion (also called the Thrice Holy Hymn) of the Chaplet is a common & fervent invocation in the Eastern Catholic Churches:
Holy God,
Holy and Mighty One,
Holy and Immortal One,
Have mercy on us.
Maybe I’ll see you there, in Stockbridge, Danielle. I have been volunteering at Mercy Sunday at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy for a number of years. Fr. Mike Gaitley is wonderful.
Blessed Triduum and Easter to all. I’ll be signing off the computer for a few days tonight. (Try to avoid such things on Good Friday and Holy Saturday)
The Divine Mercy Chaplet and the image are the anchor of my life. The chaplet brought about my conversion as an adult to a serious life of faith 24 years ago. I am convinced that the Novena brought me the woman to whom I have been married for almost 15 years. It is my daily source of strength and consolation, a powerful intercessory prayer, and a reminder of my total dependence on Him. “Jesus I trust in You”—I want this to be the prayer of my heart.
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