Divine Mercy Chaplet

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Hello,

So I’m leading my university’s prayer team tomorrow morning, and I’m planning to do the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I’m familiar with it but I’ve never prayed it in a group setting, and I just want to make sure I know what I’m doing haha.

From what I understand, I’ll do the opening prayer (“You expired Jesus…”) and Our Father, first half of the Hail Mary and the Apostles’ Creed to start off. Then, I say the Eternal Father at the beginning of each decade and “For the sake of his sorrowful passion” alone each time. The others join in with “have mercy on us and the whole world.” At the end, do I say “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One” etc alone?

Thank you, any tips would be cool, I’ve never really led a group prayer like this before and I don’t want to screw up. 🙂

God bless!
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You have the right idea. Those whom you lead in prayer will follow it as it was written. 🙂 It is really good to see that this is being prayed by students. God bless all of you!
 
lefty22 said:
Hello,

So I’m leading my university’s prayer team tomorrow morning, and I’m planning to do the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I’m familiar with it but I’ve never prayed it in a group setting, and I just want to make sure I know what I’m doing haha.

From what I understand, I’ll do the opening prayer (“You expired Jesus…”) and Our Father, first half of the Hail Mary and the Apostles’ Creed to start off. Then, I say the Eternal Father at the beginning of each decade and “For the sake of his sorrowful passion” alone each time. The others join in with “have mercy on us and the whole world.” At the end, do I say “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One” etc alone?

Thank you, any tips would be cool, I’ve never really led a group prayer like this before and I don’t want to screw up. 🙂

God bless!
lefty22
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Nice Job leading that. Hope it goes will.
 
:)You have it this is what Father says on Chaplet of the Divine Mercy on EWTN when I see it each day …God will lead and bless you …Hail Mary full of grace…blessed be…glory be…amen
 
See here: ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm for the ‘bare bones’ of the chaplet. There are optional other preamble prayers in conjunction with the Our Father, Hail Mary and the Creed.

'You expired Jesus but the source of life gushed forth for souls" etc.

Before you lead Pray at least three Hail Mary’s for the people you are leading in the Chaplet. Distractions will come. They will seem like ordinary thoughts that stem from your life experience. This may actually not be so and be of a different origin. Often thoughts of being Proud, Vain and putting on a show or a ‘front’ may come to you while praying. This (these described thoughts) is not from God. Methinks it is the adversary. Be ready for this. Before you begin, Pray that you - your ego and your self may totally dissappear and only a vessel of the Spirit will remain to be used by the Trinity. Ask Mary’s intercession in this. Pray to the Holy Spirit and ask the assistance of St. Faustina and your favorite Saints as well. When actually praying -forget the congregation in front of you. Visualize the wounds of Christ and his precious blood falling upon sinners and know that this is being offered to God the Father in propitiation for your sins as well. True humility will come when you realize that we have Mary to thank for giving us Her Baby to die on the Cross for our personal sins.

Ignore your own voice to the extent possible. Yet, however, listen for the ‘Divine Echo’ of the words that come from you - the vessel - and the echo of the words that return from the congregation during the Chaplet. It is beauty.❤️
 
Hi , I thought you’re meant to say the whole Hail Mary on the second bead?
 
Hi Lefty 👋

Here is the Chaplet being sung to the traditional melody which originated in Saint Faustina’s convent in Poland. 🙂 Even though they are *singing *rather than *reciting *the prayers, I think it may still help to answer your questions. 🙂

Part one: youtube.com/watch?v=__RbWgxA2G0

Part two: youtube.com/watch?v=nnE9z7gwows

These videos were made at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA.

:harp:
 
I love this prayer so much, even though I definately need to say it more…

While saying this prayer what I do that helps is focus on the passion, but more specificly I offer each decade up for each wound (Left hand, right hand, both feet and side wounds) and meditate on these and try to understand what each did to our lord and the pain he would have gone through.

As well remembering why he was being crucified in the first place. 🙂
 
Yep.

It is noteworthy that according to Saint Faustina:

While I was saying the chaplet, I heard a voice which said, “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. Write down these words, My daughter. Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come the day of justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy; let them profit from the Blood and Water which gushed forth for them.”
 
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