Dear friend
Whenever I pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet I meditate on our Lord’s Passion. It is most appropriate to the Divine Mercy, because it is only by His mercy that He died for us.
So I pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet this way
First Decade: The Agony of our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane
Second Decade: The Scourging at the Pillar
Third Decade: The Crowning with Thorns
Fourth Decade: Our Lord receives and carries His Cross
Fifth Decade: Our Lord dies upon the Cross.
The Lord’s Mercy is inextricably interlinked with suffering, we need to meditate upon this in our own lives; those who suffer a particular sort of suffering are kind and merciful to those who also suffer similarly. Mercy and suffering are intimate companions.
God suffered long before the Passion of Christ on earth, He suffered by our betrayal of Him and out of His suffering (knowing the actions of our sins would cause us, ourselves, such suffering) was then we saw how great God’s mercy is. This is truly Love! We brought suffering upon ourselves and our Almighty God who need not suffer, enters into our suffering, but beyond that takes all suffering and sin upon Himself, this is such Love we cannot fully comprehend, this is God, such Love, Love beyond our finite minds, Love that is eternal!
God Bless you and much love and peace to you
Teresa