The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
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Opening prayer
(optional)
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty yourself out upon us.
O Blood and Water
(Repeat three times)
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in you!
3×
Eternal Father
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.
For the sake of his sorrowful Passion
For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Holy God
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Closing prayer
(optional)
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
Amen.
Latin text
Pater noster
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum.
Advéniat Regnum tuum.
Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie.
Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.
Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem, sed líbera nos a malo.
Amen.
Ave Maria
Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum; benedicta tu in muliéribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostræ.
Amen.
Credo
Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cæli et terræ.
Et in Jesum Christum, Filium eius únicum, Dóminum nostrum, qui concéptus est de Spíritu Sancto, natus ex María Vírgine, passus sub Póntio Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus: descéndit ad ínferos, tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis, ascéndit ad cælos, sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis, inde ventúrus est iudicáre vivos et mórtuos.
Credo in Spíritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclésiam cathólicam, Sanctórum communiónem, remissiónem peccatórum, carnis resurrectiónem , vitam ætérnam.
Amen.
Pada manik Bapa Kami
Ad singula grana in quibus PATER NOSTER dicitur:
Pater æterne, offero tibi Corpus et Sanguinem, Animam et Divinitatem dilectissimi Filii tui, Dómini nostri, Iesu Christi, in propitiatione pro peccatis nostris et totius mundi.
Pada manik Salam Maria
Ad singula grana in quibus AVE MARIA dicitur:
Pro dolorosa Jesu Passione, miserere nobis et totius mundi.
10×
Penutup: Sanctus Deus
In conclusione:
Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis et totius mundi.
3×
Penutup: Jesu, in te confide
Jesu, in te confide.
3×
Meaning in brief
In this chaplet we offer the Father the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world (cf. 1 John 2:2). For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, we ask God to show his mercy to us and to all people.
Intentions and hope
The faithful pray this chaplet to ask God's mercy for themselves, for sinners, and above all for those who are dying. What we may hope for is a heart that trusts more deeply and surrenders to God's will, whatever his answer may be.
When and how to pray
- The chaplet can be prayed at any time, on ordinary rosary beads or by counting on your fingers.
- Begin with the Sign of the Cross, an opening prayer if you wish, then one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Apostles' Creed.
- On each large bead, pray "Eternal Father, I offer you…"; on the ten small beads that follow, pray "For the sake of his sorrowful Passion…". Repeat for all five decades.
- Close with "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One…" (usually three times) and the closing prayer.
- The chaplet is also prayed for people who are seriously ill or near death.
- The chaplet is prayed in a special way as a novena leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday (the Second Sunday of Easter).
Where it comes from
History
Tradition · According to the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska, this chaplet was given to her on 13–14 September 1935 in Vilnius, after she had a vision of an angel. This account of its origin rests on the private revelation she received and has no other documentation outside her writings. [3][6]
In 1958 the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office issued a Notification forbidding the spread of this devotion in the forms proposed by Faustina. The prohibition was confirmed on 6 March 1959 and concerned images and writings that presented the devotion in those forms. [6][4]
On 15 April 1978 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that the 1959 prohibition was no longer binding. By then the Congregation had examined many original documents that had not been known in 1959. In 1979 the Congregation confirmed that there was no obstacle to spreading the devotion in the authentic forms proposed by Faustina. [4]
In 2002 the Apostolic Penitentiary issued a decree, approved by Pope John Paul II, on the plenary and partial indulgences connected with Divine Mercy Sunday. A plenary indulgence is granted to those who take part in prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy, under the usual conditions. The decree refers to these devotions in general terms. [5]
Sources & version
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- How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
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- Corona Divinae Misericordiae
Latin text from christusregnat.com
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- The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Published by Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Vilnius
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- History of the Message and Devotion to Divine Mercy - Marian Connection
Published by Marian Fathers (thedivinemercy.org)
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- Indulgences Attached To Divine Mercy Devotions (Decree text)
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- Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
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