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I am pondering how I can fully “enter in” to the Divine Mercy Devotion. I asked one person about it who said “be merciful” but I could be merciful without any faith in Jesus. I guess my question is, how can I completely give myself to this devotion—not to the devotion itself, but to the Merciful Jesus? For example: I made the Consecration to Our Lady last December, and therefore I am careful to pray the Rosary each day, and the Little Crown of Our Lady as well. I keep the Blessed Mother in mind as I go about the day. The scapular is a handy reminder for these things. 🙂 I want to be devoted to Jesus’ Mercy in the same way, but I feel like I am kind of trying to figure it out on my own. Maybe someone has a book or website to recommend, or personal experience to share.
Thank you in advance. 🙂
 
This desire of yours can only come from God. I thank God, with you, for this.

I think that entering into the Divine Mercy is like entering into Jesus’ Heart. This Divine Mercy is a prayer of heart to heart. I think that this is not something we can really do this on our own, but by grace of God. Entering his Heart requires oneself to open up his or her heart and allow the Spirit of Christ to show what kind of heart he/she has. It will be scary to see one’s heart as it contains all kinds of stuff that is not pleasing to God. But this is exactly all about - we offer to Jesus all our flaws and weakness and accept His great Mercy, and we do this not only for ourselves but for all the sins of the world against Him. Think about how many time we all reject the mercy of God. But by this act of consoling Him, our hearts will be consoled.

To enter the Divine Mercy is to console his merciful Heart with our trust in His mercy, our flaws and those of others, and have the compassion for your neighbors.

But I would believe that we can do this more effectively through the Heart of Our Sorrowful Mother - at the foot of the Cross, there is Our Mother consoling Jesus.

To cite the Chaplet faithfully, I find it helpful by having my watch’s alarm set at 3:00pm to remind me to pray. If I happen to be in class, etc …I simply say “Jesus, I trust in you”, and later pray the chaplet.
 
I agree that Our Lord is inspiring you to pray the Chaplet and trust in his mercy. You might be interested in reading the Diary of St. Faustina which has many beautiful entries aboiut this devotion. There are also many words that Our Lord and Blessed Mother spoke to her that she recorded in this diary, out of obedience to her spiritual director. It can be purchased at Amazon, but if you want a preview before ordering it, this compendium will give you an idea of the spirituality.

At one time, I was not devoted to this at all, but one day while my husband was in a store shopping, I felt strongly moved to pray this Chaplet for him while waiting in the car. As soon as I finished, he was back from his shopping. About four hours later, he died unexpectedly, and I truly believe that Our Lord was uniting my prayer for him with God’s mercy, so that he might die in God’s grace. Ever since then, I have been greatly devoted to this, and pray it daily at least once for the dying.

Since it is so short, I have a habit of praying it while driving to and from my errands. As Our Lord taught St. Faustina, He will answer prayers for many other purposes, as well, not only for the dying. Our Saint was told to pray for a storm to cease, and so it did. I followed her example during a severe winter storm this year, and to my surprise, it was answered. Perhaps others were also prayiing because the forecast was terrible, so I can’t know for sure if it was from the chaplet, but many other prayers have been answered where I KNOW this was from his mercy!

God be with you!
 
MrsHall said:
I am pondering how I can fully “enter in” to the Divine Mercy Devotion. I asked one person about it who said “be merciful” but I could be merciful without any faith in Jesus. I guess my question is, how can I completely give myself to this devotion—not to the devotion itself, but to the Merciful Jesus? For example: I made the Consecration to Our Lady last December, and therefore I am careful to pray the Rosary each day, and the Little Crown of Our Lady as well. I keep the Blessed Mother in mind as I go about the day. The scapular is a handy reminder for these things. 🙂 I want to be devoted to Jesus’ Mercy in the same way, but I feel like I am kind of trying to figure it out on my own. Maybe someone has a book or website to recommend, or personal experience to share.
Thank you in advance. 🙂
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Look at this- free and online - : familyland.be/mercy/

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I love the Divine Mercy devotion… to me, it means accepting God’s love and mercy despite all my sins. Knowing that He loves me even with everything that is wrong or imperfect in my soul. What I’ve found helpful is to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for other people, and also to observe the “Hour of Mercy” - thinking of His Passion and abandonment on the Cross every day at 3 pm, and if possible, praying the Chaplet at that time. (I want to do this more). Also, its’ good to have the Divine Mercy image at home (or carry a small one with you).

God bless
 
The Divine Mercy Devotion challenges people in different ways. I love saying the Chaplet and the 3 o clock prayer because of their purpose. We are expected to be merciful by carrying out merciful acts which generally doesn’t cause me a problem and being merciful in our words but I reckon Jesus is testing me on this one because of a specific anger I have towards my estranged wife…I struggle sometimes to contain that anger even though I have forgiven her for what she has done…but after some 14 months I have discovered that the anger is slowly becoming less and less due to persistence in my devotion to Divine Mercy…each time I lapse He forgives me and I learn a little bit more about humility and patience. Our Lady is also a great help too because She’s a woman and knows how to keep us arrogant men in check!!..and She is also our Mother.
God Bless You Monica 4316
 
withwind said:
This desire of yours can only come from God. I thank God, with you, for this.

I think that entering into the Divine Mercy is like entering into Jesus’ Heart. This Divine Mercy is a prayer of heart to heart. I think that this is not something we can really do this on our own, but by grace of God. Entering his Heart requires oneself to open up his or her heart and allow the Spirit of Christ to show what kind of heart he/she has. It will be scary to see one’s heart as it contains all kinds of stuff that is not pleasing to God. But this is exactly all about - we offer to Jesus all our flaws and weakness and accept His great Mercy, and we do this not only for ourselves but for all the sins of the world against Him. Think about how many time we all reject the mercy of God. But by this act of consoling Him, our hearts will be consoled.

To enter the Divine Mercy is to console his merciful Heart with our trust in His mercy, our flaws and those of others, and have the compassion for your neighbors.

But I would believe that we can do this more effectively through the Heart of Our Sorrowful Mother - at the foot of the Cross, there is Our Mother consoling Jesus.

To cite the Chaplet faithfully, I find it helpful by having my watch’s alarm set at 3:00pm to remind me to pray. If I happen to be in class, etc …I simply say “Jesus, I trust in you”, and later pray the chaplet.
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Setting the alarm is a good idea. One day I was working in the parish library and the Knights of Columbus were preparing for a dinner in the kitchen. At three o’clock one man’s watch beeped and he came out into the library (where there is a large crucifix) and very quietly prayed the “Three O’clock Prayer.” I was very impressed by his quiet devotion.
Our parish has a devotion both to the Divine Mercy and Our Lady of Sorrows. I am trying to get to the special events they have for these things but sometimes with six children it just doesn’t happen. Those are sufferings I have to offer up, I know. I forget sometimes.
Thank you for this answer—God bless you.
 
Sirach2 said:
I agree that Our Lord is inspiring you to pray the Chaplet and trust in his mercy. You might be interested in reading the Diary of St. Faustina which has many beautiful entries aboiut this devotion. There are also many words that Our Lord and Blessed Mother spoke to her that she recorded in this diary, out of obedience to her spiritual director. It can be purchased at Amazon, but if you want a preview before ordering it, this compendium will give you an idea of the spirituality.

At one time, I was not devoted to this at all, but one day while my husband was in a store shopping, I felt strongly moved to pray this Chaplet for him while waiting in the car. As soon as I finished, he was back from his shopping. About four hours later, he died unexpectedly, and I truly believe that Our Lord was uniting my prayer for him with God’s mercy, so that he might die in God’s grace. Ever since then, I have been greatly devoted to this, and pray it daily at least once for the dying.

Since it is so short, I have a habit of praying it while driving to and from my errands. As Our Lord taught St. Faustina, He will answer prayers for many other purposes, as well, not only for the dying. Our Saint was told to pray for a storm to cease, and so it did. I followed her example during a severe winter storm this year, and to my surprise, it was answered. Perhaps others were also prayiing because the forecast was terrible, so I can’t know for sure if it was from the chaplet, but many other prayers have been answered where I KNOW this was from his mercy!

God be with you!
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What an amazing story! That is beautiful, and you must be thankful of how present God was to you and your husband both at such an important moment.
Reading part of St. Faustina’s Diary was my penance a few months ago, and I have been trying to read a bit of it here and there each night. Fr. usually tacks on the Chaplet to everyone’s penance, also—our priests are very devoted to the Divine Mercy. 🙂 I am blessed to be in a wonderful place.
 
Monica4316 said:
I love the Divine Mercy devotion… to me, it means accepting God’s love and mercy despite all my sins. Knowing that He loves me even with everything that is wrong or imperfect in my soul. What I’ve found helpful is to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for other people, and also to observe the “Hour of Mercy” - thinking of His Passion and abandonment on the Cross every day at 3 pm, and if possible, praying the Chaplet at that time. (I want to do this more). Also, its’ good to have the Divine Mercy image at home (or carry a small one with you).

God bless
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Thank you. 🙂 It is sometimes hard for me to show the mercy to myself… I too am trying to remember at three o’clock to at least pray a decade of the Chaplet. Another poster suggested setting an alarm and that is such a good idea! We have a small picture but I would like to get a bigger one to have Fr. come and “enthrone” some time. We are so in need of that Divine Mercy in our home! God bless you.
 
sinnegam said:
The Divine Mercy Devotion challenges people in different ways. I love saying the Chaplet and the 3 o clock prayer because of their purpose. We are expected to be merciful by carrying out merciful acts which generally doesn’t cause me a problem and being merciful in our words but I reckon Jesus is testing me on this one because of a specific anger I have towards my estranged wife…I struggle sometimes to contain that anger even though I have forgiven her for what she has done…but after some 14 months I have discovered that the anger is slowly becoming less and less due to persistence in my devotion to Divine Mercy…each time I lapse He forgives me and I learn a little bit more about humility and patience. Our Lady is also a great help too because She’s a woman and knows how to keep us arrogant men in check!!..and She is also our Mother.
God Bless You Monica 4316
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You are the second one to mention Our Lady… she is always bringing us to Jesus! 🙂
Our priest says we all have at least one person who is a “challenge to mercy.” It is often someone very close to us.
A quick question about the “Three O’clock Prayer.” Is that the “Blood and Water” prayer, prayed three times, or is it something different.
Thanks!
 
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