Written : 25 January 2010
It was first introduced by our boss at my office a few years back. He instructed us to pray it every 3 o’clock in the afternoon during office hours. I never heard of the prayer beforehand so I researched about it. I found out a lot about that certain prayer. Those divine mercy chaplet prayer were the exact words by Jesus Christ who appeared to Saint Faustina. The latter wrote it down as a prayer and tell everyone she knows of her story and the prayer behind it. According to Jesus, this prayer should be said during the hour of mercy which is every 3 o’clock. Whoever prays for it shall have divine mercy, even in his dying bed. When someone prays it, even once in his whole life, his soul will be saved and on his death, God will appear to him not as a just Judge but as a merciful Savior…
I, personally has been a devotee of saints. St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Saint Faustina, St. Thomas, St. Paul, St. Rose of Lima and even those who haven’t been beatified yet like Blessed Margaret and our very own, Blessed Pedro Calungsod.
Prayer is our communication with God. It is our main line to him. Direct, unlimited, no service charge, no interruptions, no connection error and no need to load all the time. I may not be the most religious teenage girl around, I do sins and sometimes forget to ask penance, I skip rosaries at times and even miss out masses for certain occasions. But as a sinner, I am accountable for that. What I know that matters now is the fact that I am doing something for my reconciliation with God, with my salvation, for my soul’s redemption.
Here it goes the prayer I get used to praying every 3 pm for years now…
1. In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you. Blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
2. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified died and was buried. He descended into hell, on the 3rd day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic church. The communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
3. (Pray this like the Our Father in the rosary)
Eternal father, I offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of our dearly beloved son, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
4. (Pray this like the Hail Mary in the rosary)
For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and the whole world. (Repeat ten times)
Repeat number 3 and 4 five times just like the decades of the rosary.
Holy God, Holy Mighty one, Holy immortal one, have mercy on us and the whole world. (Repeat three times)
You expired Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy open up for the whole world. Oh fountain of life, unfathomable divine mercy, envelop the whole world and empty yourself out upon us. Oh blood and water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus, as a fount of mercy for us, we trust in you.
Continue praying this as long as you live and you will receive eternal salvation.
Whoever gathers and pray in my name, I tell you. I am with them.
In 1933, God gave Sister Faustina a striking vision of His Mercy,
I, personally has been a devotee of saints. St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Saint Faustina, St. Thomas, St. Paul, St. Rose of Lima and even those who haven’t been beatified yet like Blessed Margaret and our very own, Blessed Pedro Calungsod.
Prayer is our communication with God. It is our main line to him. Direct, unlimited, no service charge, no interruptions, no connection error and no need to load all the time. I may not be the most religious teenage girl around, I do sins and sometimes forget to ask penance, I skip rosaries at times and even miss out masses for certain occasions. But as a sinner, I am accountable for that. What I know that matters now is the fact that I am doing something for my reconciliation with God, with my salvation, for my soul’s redemption.
Here it goes the prayer I get used to praying every 3 pm for years now…
1. In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you. Blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
2. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified died and was buried. He descended into hell, on the 3rd day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic church. The communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
3. (Pray this like the Our Father in the rosary)
Eternal father, I offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of our dearly beloved son, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
4. (Pray this like the Hail Mary in the rosary)
For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and the whole world. (Repeat ten times)
Repeat number 3 and 4 five times just like the decades of the rosary.
Holy God, Holy Mighty one, Holy immortal one, have mercy on us and the whole world. (Repeat three times)
You expired Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy open up for the whole world. Oh fountain of life, unfathomable divine mercy, envelop the whole world and empty yourself out upon us. Oh blood and water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus, as a fount of mercy for us, we trust in you.
Continue praying this as long as you live and you will receive eternal salvation.
Whoever gathers and pray in my name, I tell you. I am with them.
In 1933, God gave Sister Faustina a striking vision of His Mercy,
"I saw a great light, with God the Father in the midst of it. Between this light and the earth I saw Jesus nailed to the Cross and in such a way that God, wanting to look upon the earth, had to look through Our Lord's wounds and I understood that God blessed the earth for the sake of Jesus."
Of another vision on Sept. 13, 1935, she writes:
"I saw an Angel, the executor of God's wrath... about to strike the earth...I began to beg God earnestly for the world with words which I heard interiorly. As I prayed in this way, I saw the Angel's helplessness, and he could not carry out the just punishment...."
Jesus said later to Sister Faustina:
"Say unceasingly this chaplet that I have taught you. Anyone who says it will receive great Mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as the last hope. Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this Chaplet even once, will receive grace from My Infinite Mercy. I want the whole world to know My Infinite Mercy. I want to give unimaginable graces to those who trust in My Mercy...."
"....When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person not as the just judge but as the Merciful Savior".
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, ...teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always till the close of the age.” -- MATTHEW 28:20
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