Divine Mercy Questions

[CSN]

Hello all,

I hope everyone is having a very fruitful Lenten season.

I had two Divine Mercy Questions:

If one is going to do the Divine Mercy Novena, when does one say the chaplet ? Before the daily intention ? After ? Is it even required ? I am getting mixed information on various websites, so if someone has special knowledge, please advise.

Also, I was wondering - at 3:00 p.m. does one pray the Stations of the Cross plus the chaplet ? Does one say a decade for each station ? This is unclear to me…

Hoping to get responses that are not from searching the Internet, as this is the source of confusion for me…

Thanks in advance for any responses…

 

[Nowhere_Man]

Okay, so, it is my understanding that with the Divine Mercy Novena the 9 days leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday have a special intention attached to them that you can pray for any way you wish, but the intentions are best commemorated with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

Now, you would include the intention with the Chaplet just like you would a Rosary: “I dedicate this Chaplet to…(whatever the intention is)” or you could attach an intention to each decade: “I dedicate this decade of the Divine Mercy Chaplet to…”

Finally, the Stations of the Cross are a separate devotion so you could pray them at 3 p.m., but they are prayed separately from the Divine Mercy Chaplet

 

[maryj]

On Good Friday, 1937, Jesus requested that St. Faustina make a special Novena before the feast of mercy, from Good Friday through the following Saturday. He, Himself dictated the intentions for each day. By means of a specific prayer she was to bring a different group of souls each day and thus immerse them in the ocean of His Mercy, begging the Father-on the strength of Jesus’ Passion- for graces for them (see Diary, 1209)
the wide range of intentions, which do not include personal needs, makes the great popularity of this novena all the more astounding. In this Novena, we truly make the Lord’s intentions our own, a beautiful expression of the Church’s priviledge and duty, as the Bride of the Lord, to be the intercessor at Christ’s side on the throne of mercy.

Examples:
First day: Today bring to me all mankind, especially all sinners
second day: Today bring to me the souls of Priests and Religious
third day: Today bring to me All Devout and Faithful Souls
Fourth day: Today bring to me Those who do not believe in God and those who do not know me yet
Fifth day: Today bring to me The souls of those who have seperated themselves from My Church
Sixth day: Today bring to Me The meek and the humble souls and the souls of little children
Seventh day: Today bring to Me the souls who especially venerate and glorify my mercy
Eigth day: Today bring to me The souls who are detained in Purgatory
Ninth day:Today bring to me the souls who have become lukewarm

Each day of the Novena has a special prayer that you say for the intentions of that day.
Prayers for the Novena (Diary, 1209-1229)
It is greatly recommended that the preceeding novena intentions and prayers be said togethar with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, since our Lord specifically asked for a novena of chaplets, especially before the feast of mercy.

The Hour of Great Mercy
In His revelations to St. Faustina, Our Lord asked for special prayer and meditation on His Passion each afternoon at the three O’clock hour, the hour that recalls His death on the cross;
At three o’clock, implore my Mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularily in My abandonement at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great Mercy…In this hour I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in Virtue of My Passion (Diary, 1320)

Hope that helps. Taken from: The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion
NIHIL OBSTAT, George H Pearce, SM former archbishop of Suva, Fiji
IMPRIMATUR, Joseph F. Maguire Bishop of Springfield, MA April 9, 1984

God Bless

 

[jeanne71350]

You do not have to pray the Chaplet or Stations of the Cross at 3:00. There is a special prayer you can say…but normally I just tell Jesus that I love Him, thank Him, and ask Him for any intentions.

-Jeanne

 

[garyr]

Hello all,

I hope everyone is having a very fruitful Lenten season.

I had two Divine Mercy Questions:

If one is going to do the Divine Mercy Novena, when does one say the chaplet ? Before the daily intention ? After ? Is it even required ? I am getting mixed information on various websites, so if someone has special knowledge, please advise.

Also, I was wondering - at 3:00 p.m. does one pray the Stations of the Cross plus the chaplet ? Does one say a decade for each station ? This is unclear to me…

Hoping to get responses that are not from searching the Internet, as this is the source of confusion for me…

Thanks in advance for any responses…

Hi CSN,

Here is a great & free online guide for the Divine Mercy Novena: familyland.be/mercy/contents-20-divine-mercy-.html

the specifics you are asking are on section 20.e

Next year, you can even do an in-depth whole 40-day preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday / Novena: familyland.be/mercy/

-G

 

[tristetrista]

Thank you for your question and answers.

It is my intention to begin this Novena with Chaplet today, but was unsure of when to say the Novena prayer in relation to the Chaplet.