Just before the Second World War a Polish nun (St. Faustina) experienced personal revelations from the Lord about this being the time of mercy from the Lord before the time of judgment would come. With the increase of evildoing in the 20th century here was a message about the need to ask for, and imitate, the Divine Mercy that God offers us in Jesus Christ.
One prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet is a favorite of mine: "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world." It helps us grow into praying for the world, not just our own network of needs and relationships.
At Masses this weekend I mentioned that I would put in the space directions on how to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Click here for those instructions.
Here are some promises that St. Faustina heard the Lord give in her mystical moments with the Lord:
687 Say unceasingly the Divine Mercy Chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy.
1541 My daughter, encourage souls to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet. When hardened sinners say it, I will fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy one.
1541 Write that when they say this Divine Mercy Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as a merciful Saviour.
1731 Through the chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My Will.
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