Divine Mercy Chaplet & EF or OF?

[Deacon_Ed_B]

Isn’t all of Holy Week and Pascha–yea, every Eucharistic Sacrifice–a celebration of Divine Mercy?

Yes it is. However, the Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated the Sunday after Easter, is a feast approved by the Church’s office of liturgy and worship. The feast, through private revelation to Sr. Faustina Kawalska and is chronicled in her diary. I would conclude by your statement that you have not read her diary. If you do so, I can only say that you will not be the same. She, Sr Faustina was the first saint canonized in this century. This is not just a devotion. Divine Mercy is a way of life. The Church is actively promoting it and endorsing it and has set the Sunday after Easter, on the world wide liturgical Calendar as the Feast of Divine Mercy. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI both endorse and encourage it. Through the private revelation, which the Church so far has endorsed in part, the promises made by Jesus as recorded in the diary for those who celebrate this feast in accord with the directions specified , are endorsed in the Church and are in fact bound under the power of the keys, for this annual celebration.

When it was first being celebrated, I remember asking some priests if they were going to have the Divine Mercy liturgy. Several scoffed and said every mass celebrates Divine Mercy. This told me they had not heard of it or of St. Faustina. I gave each of them a copy of her diary. All, but one, are now celebrating this in their parishes. I even got the devotion started this past April in another parish, where I was asked to be the homilist and deacon of the Mass. I can only ask you and all reading this to please get a copy of her diary and read it. You will not be the same once you do so.

I am privileged to be on the official Archdiocesan cenacle for my archdiocese where we promote the expansion of and education of this for all parishes.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B

 

[Cathryn]

I couldn’t participate in the poll because I go to traditional latin Mass on Sundays and Novus Ordo on weekdays and have a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The devotions are both from the same Jesus Christ. I love both devotions and believe both are important for us today.

 

[lizaanne]

We attend both forms of the Mass and say the Chaplet frequently. I see no correlation for us either way.

~Liza

 

[Conservative]

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When it was first being celebrated, I remember asking some priests if they were going to have the Divine Mercy liturgy. Several scoffed and said every mass celebrates Divine Mercy. This told me they had not heard of it or of St. Faustina. I gave each of them a copy of her diary. All, but one, are now celebrating this in their parishes. I even got the devotion started this past April in another parish, where I was asked to be the homilist and deacon of the Mass. I can only ask you and all reading this to please get a copy of her diary and read it. You will not be the same once you do so.

I am privileged to be on the official Archdiocesan cenacle for my archdiocese where we promote the expansion of and education of this for all parishes.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B

Bravo, Deacon Ed !
May God bless you abundantly for your efforts!

 

[CassiusLonginus]

Guess I’m a little late with this…

I don’t think there’s a lot of ‘opposition’ from trads toward the Divine Mercy, but that maybe there’s a little bit of a different sort of prejudice in the form of favoring the Rosary. Trads really take seriously the claim made that the Rosary is the scourge of the devil, and of course, it is more ‘traditional’ (i.e. older, in its basic form, and even having added the Fatima prayer to it etc.). Trads also are basically very practical about their faith, and less likely to just ‘go with the flow’ and worship and pray based on what’s currently popular. Some people are very cautious about this type of thing! Thus the saying “if it was good enough for all the saints, it’s good enough for me”.

I think a more interesting question (for the people who pray the DM chaplet) would be which one do you pray more, the Rosary or the DM?

I pray the Seven Sorrows chaplet and the Sacred Heart chaplet, but I pray the Rosary more. I do have a great devotion to our Mater Dolorosa and the Sacred Heart. Of course, the DM is sort of an extension of the Sacred Heart devotion anyway…

 

[Stylteralmaldo]

I think a more interesting question (for the people who pray the DM chaplet) would be which one do you pray more, the Rosary or the DM?

That would be an interesting topic of discussion. I admit I pray the DM Chaplet moreso than the Rosary. But it has moreso to do with the amount of time it takes to recite the two devotions. I say the DM Chaplet on the way to work whereas the Rosary takes a bit too long for me to complete it (unless I start praying the Rosary the moment I start my car - then I think I could finish). I do pray the Rosary also - generally when I go to Eucharistic adoration or sometimes before bed, but I admit I pray the DM Chaplet more often.

 

[Deacon_Ed_B]

I think a more interesting question (for the people who pray the DM chaplet) would be which one do you pray more, the Rosary or the DM? .

My wife and I both pray the rosary and the Chaplet of divine Mercy daily. We also know of many more who do the same.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B

 

[The_Prodigal]

I understand what you are getting at, but I fear that your approach fails. Consider that you definition above would describe all people who are Catholic, regardless of their chosen or preferred method of worship. And yet, within that large group of people who can say that they follow Rome, we know that some do it using old forms and rites and others do it using the new. This is what traditional and traditionalist describe, and not simply anyone who is Catholic.

I have no doubt that you are an orthodox Catholic in every way, completely sincere in your faith and dedicated in your faithfulness to Rome. But, traditionalist should not I think be seen as a denial of faith and orthodoxy in those who are not generally seen as such, but rather as nothing more than a way to refer to those with an attachment or preference to traditional forms and rituals rather than the newer reformed methods. If we try to see it in another way we actually end up making the word completely meaningless and make it difficult to even discuss the very clear preferences and approaches of those who are in fact traditional in their worship. These people will not disappear or go away, but we will be unable to discuss them in any meaningful way.

This is how I see it at least.

Patrick

Patrick,

To amplify the point you make, in Operative Points of View, Fr. Chad Ripperger, F.S.S.P., distinguishes between “neoconservatives” and “traditionalists.”

Quote:

Traditionalists tend to take not just the current magisterium as their norm but Scripture(41), intrinsic tradition, extrinsic tradition and the current magisterium as the principles of judgment of correct Catholic thinking. This is what distinguishes traditionalists and neo-conservatives i.e. their perspectives regarding the role of ecclesiastical tradition and how the current magisterium relates to it.
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For this reason, the fundamental difference between neo-conservatives and traditionalists is that the neo-conservative looks at the past through the eyes of the present while the traditionalist looks at the present through the eyes of the past.