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Can the Divine Mercy Promise be applied to another person who is unable to fulfill the requirements? I would like to perform the requirements of the Divine Mercy Promise for a dying person in hospice who is unable to pray or leave her bed.
 
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Can the Divine Mercy Promise be applied to another person who is unable to fulfill the requirements? I would like to perform the requirements of the Divine Mercy Promise for a dying person in hospice who is unable to pray or leave her bed.
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The.church has rules for this.

A sick person has only to pray; “Merciful Jesus I trust in You.” and they can receive the Divine Mercy promise
 
As OldGrayMare stated… from the site she linked to:

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Q. Can I receive Holy Communion on Mercy Sunday and offer those graces for someone else, living or deceased?

A. Our Lord’s promise to grant complete forgiveness of sins and punishment on the Feast of Mercy is given to those who accept His invitation to come to the Fountain of Life. These graces are for ourselves.
  • I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My mercy (Diary 1109).
  • Whoever approaches the Fount of Life on this day will be granted complete remission of sins and punishment (Diary 300).
  • The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment (Diary 699).
However, given the extraordinary graces that the person receives from Holy Communion on Mercy Sunday namely, the complete renewal of baptismal grace the time after that Communion is an excellent time for the communicant to intercede for loved ones on earth, and to begin to undertake indulgenced works, as established by the Church, for the sake of the souls in purgatory.

In fact, Pope John Paul II granted a plenary indulgence for special devotions to The Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday, and these indulgences can be obtained for the suffering souls in purgatory.

Suggested Reading:
Vatican Grants Plenary Indulgence for Divine Mercy Sunday
Download free PDF of Understanding Divine Mercy Sunday
 
This Directly Applies to Alex1’s post given that the person appears to be seriously ill

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Q. How do I receive the graces promised on Mercy Sunday when I can’t get to church because of a serious reason (I’m homebound, seriously ill, or disabled)?

A. Our Lord said to St. Faustina: The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me, because I pour all the treasures of My graces into them. I rejoice that they ask for much, because it is My desire to give much, very much (Diary 1578).

With this in mind, you can participate in the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday by making a Spiritual Communion, with great trust. God will give you all the graces that He sees that you need because of your great trust.

You should also know that the Holy Father has made special, compassionate provisions for the obtaining of indulgences on Divine Mercy Sunday by those who cannot go to Mass on that day, especially for those who are seriously ill.

Suggested Reading:
Spiritual Communion
Vatican Grants Plenary Indulgence for Divine Mercy Sunday

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Alex1 said:
Can the Divine Mercy Promise be applied to another person who is unable to fulfill the requirements? I would like to perform the requirements of the Divine Mercy Promise for a dying person in hospice who is unable to pray or leave her bed.
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Praying the** Chaplet of Divine Mercy** is the ideal thing to do for this person. Jesus will not fail to come to the aid of this soul for whom you pray it.
 
I learned that the indulgence associated with praying the chaplet is the same if someone else performs it for them. I hope that this privilege is also extended to the promise.
At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this Chaplet; or when others say it for the dying person, the indulgence [pardon] is the same. (Diary, 811).
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From the Manual of Indulgences:

For those who cannot go to church or the seriously ill

In addition, sailors working on the vast expanse of the sea; the countless brothers and sisters, whom the disasters of war, political events, local violence and other such causes have been driven out of their homeland; the sick and those who nurse them; and all who for just cause cannot leave their homes or who carry out an activity for the community which cannot be postponed may obtain a plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday, if totally detesting any sin, as has been said before, and with the intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual conditions, will recite the Our Father and the Creed before a devout image of Our Merciful Lord Jesus and, in addition, pray a devout invocation the the Merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. "Merciful Jesus, I trust in you).

If it is impossible that people do even this, on the same day they may obtain the plenary indulgence if with a spiritual intention they are united with those carrying out the prescribed practice for obtaining the indulgence in the usual way and offer to the Merciful Lord a prayer and the sufferings of their illness and the difficulties of their lives, with the resolution to accomplish as soon as possible the three conditions prescribed to obtain the plenary indulgence.

(The three conditions are sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of the Pope.)

Hope this helps!
 
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