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THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL IS DIVINE MERCY

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Divine Mercy is "Love's second name."​

It is a particular mode of love that encounters brokenness. Divine Mercy is when God's love meets us and helps us in the midst of our suffering and sin.

The Main Parts of the Divine Mercy

Feast, Image, Novena, Chaplet, Hour (F.I.N.C.H)

Feast of Divine Mercy

What Jesus said about the Feast of Divine Mercy:

“On that day (Divine Mercy Sunday), the very depths of My tender mercy are opened. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy… On that day, all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. “ (Diary, n. 699).

 

“The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.” (Diary, n. 699).

 

*There are three simple requirements to receive the grace of Divine Mercy Sunday. 

1) Go to Confession within 8 days before, on, or after the Feast. 

2) Be in the state of grace (have no mortal sin on your soul). 

3) Receive Holy Communion with the intention of obtaining the promised grace.​

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We should also do acts of mercy such as forgiving people, praying for others, and strive to be more merciful to our neighbor. 

 

What Jesus said about the Image of Divine Mercy:


“I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces … that vessel is this image with the signature, ‘Jesus, I trust in you.’ By means of this image, I shall be granting many graces to souls.” (Diary, n. 327, 742).

 

  • The image shows Jesus stepping towards us with His hand raised in a blessing.  The red and white rays represent the blood and water which flowed from His side at the crucifixion. 

  • Great graces flow through the veneration of this image.

  • One particular grace is healing some people’s mistaken view of God as a fierce judge.  The Image of Divine Mercy helps people discover Jesus as our Merciful Savior who loves us and wants what is best for us. 

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Image of Divine Mercy

What Jesus said about the Chaplet: 

“Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death…. 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.” (Diary, n. 687)

 

“Oh what great graces I will grant to souls who say this chaplet; the very depths of My tender mercy are stirred for the sake of those who say the chaplet.” (Diary, n. 848).

 

  • The Chaplet of Divine Mercy calls down mercy for us and the world through the merits of Christ’s Passion.  Its strength is drawn from the holiest and mightiest prayer there is, the Mass, which makes it an extension of Jesus’ own sacrifice of love.

  • It is prayed on ordinary rosary beads

  • On each “Hail Mary” bead, we pray, “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”

Hour of Great Mercy

What Jesus said about the Hour of Mercy: 

“This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world.. I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion.” (Diary, n. 1320).

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  • Because Jesus died on the Cross for us at 3p.m., every day between 3:00-4:00 in the afternoon is known as the Hour of Great Mercy. 

  • During this hour, Jesus asked St. Faustina to pray the Stations of the Cross, provided her duties permitted to it, or to step into a chapel for a moment and adore the Blessed Sacrament, and if unable to do that, then, “immerse yourself in prayer where you happen to be, and if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony.” (Diary, n. 1572, 1320).

  • Practice the “Three O'clock Habit” - in some way remember Christ’s sacrifice of love on the Cross at 3:00. 

Novena to the Divine Mercy

What Jesus said about Divine Mercy, “By this novena, I will grant every possible grace to souls.” (Diary, n. 796).   

 

  • Jesus taught St. Faustina a novena.  Each day, He asked that a different group of people be entrusted to him (for example “all sinners” on day one and “all priests and religious” on day two).

  • The novena can be prayed at any time, but a special time to pray it is in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday. The starting date is Good Friday, and it ends on the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday.

"There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy – that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God."

Pope Saint John Paul II 

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