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Divine Mercy Feast Day - April 23, 2017

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Saint Faustina, pray for us!

Divine Mercy

Feast Day Celebration

April 23, 2017


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Feast Day Celebration

Exposition and Opening Song ................. 3

Reading from the Diary (1570) .................. 4

Praises of Divine Mercy (949) ................... 5

Reading from the Diary (1582) .................. 8

Prayer for Intercession .............................. 10

Chaplet of Divine Mercy .......................... 12

1st Decade .................................................. 12

2nd Decade ............................................... 14

3rd Decade ................................................ 15

4th Decade ................................................ 17

5th Decade ................................................ 18

Prayer of Thanksgiving ............................. 19

Divine Praises........................................... 20

Benediction ............................................... 21


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Saint John Paul II, the Great

May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005

Canonized Divine Mercy Sunday April 27, 2014


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Saint John XXIII

November 25, 1881 - June 3, 1963

Canonized Divine Mercy Sunday April 27, 2014


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Exposition and Opening Song (Tantum Ergo)

Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui

Et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui

Praestet fides supplementum Sensum defectui

Genitori, Genitoque

Laus et jubilatio Salus, honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio.

Amen.

(Translation)

Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail,

Lo! oe'r ancient forms departing Newer rites of grace prevail;

Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.

To the everlasting Father,

And the Son Who reigns on high With the Holy Spirit proceeding

Forth from each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing, Might and endless majesty.

Amen.


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Reading from the Diary

O Greatly Merciful God, Infinite Goodness, today all

mankind calls out from the abyss of its misery to

Your mercy - to Your compassion, O God; and it is

with its mighty voice of misery that it cries out. Gra-

cious God, do not reject the prayer of this earth's ex-

iles! O Lord, Goodness beyond our understanding,

Who are acquainted with our misery through and

through, and know that by our own power we cannot

ascend to You, we implore You: anticipate us with

Your grace and keep on increasing Your mercy in us,

that we may faithfully do Your holy will all through

our life and at death's hour. (Diary 1570)


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Benediction (O Salutaris Hostia)

O salutaris Hostia,

Quae caeli pandis ostium:

Bella premunt hostilia,

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria,

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

(Translation)

O saving Victim, opening wide

The gate of Heaven to us below;

Our foes press hard on every side;

Your aid supply; Your strength bestow.

To your great name be endless praise,

Immortal Godhead, One in Three.

O grant us endless length of days,

In our true native land with thee.

Amen.


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Divine Praises

(all recite)

Blessed be God.

Blessed be His Holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.

Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the

Altar.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.

Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.

Blessed be her glorious Assumption.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.


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Praises of Divine Mercy (all respond with “I trust in You.”)

Divine Mercy, gushing forth from the bosom of the

Father, R.

Divine Mercy, greatest attribute of God, R.

Divine Mercy, incomprehensible mystery, R.

Divine Mercy, fount gushing forth from the mystery

of the Most Blessed Trinity, R.

Divine Mercy, unfathomed by any intellect, human

or angelic, R.

Divine Mercy, from which wells forth all life and

happiness, R.

Divine Mercy, better than the heavens, R.

Divine Mercy, source of miracles and wonders, R.

Divine Mercy, encompassing the whole universe, R.

Divine Mercy, descending to earth in the Person of

the Incarnate Word, R.

Divine Mercy, which flowed out from the open

wound of the Heart of Jesus, R.

Divine Mercy, enclosed in the Heart of Jesus for us,

and especially for sinners, R.


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Divine Mercy, unfathomed in the institution of the

Sacred Host, R.

Divine Mercy, in the founding of Holy Church, R.

Divine Mercy, in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, R.

Divine Mercy, in our justification through Jesus

Christ, R.

Divine Mercy, accompanying us through our whole

life, R.

Divine Mercy, embracing us especially at the hour of

death, R.

Divine Mercy, endowing us with immortal life, R.

Divine Mercy, accompanying us every moment of

our life, R.

Divine Mercy, shielding us from the fire of hell, R.

Divine Mercy, in the conversion of hardened sinners,

R.

Divine Mercy, astonishment for Angels, incompre-

hensible to Saints, R.

Divine Mercy, unfathomed in all the mysteries of

God, R.

Divine Mercy, lifting us out of every misery, R.

Divine Mercy, source of our happiness and joy, R.


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(Repeat three times:)

All: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal

One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

All: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and

the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible,

look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in

us, that in difficult moments we might not des-

pair nor become despondent, but with great

confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will,

which is Love and Mercy itself.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

O Jesus, eternal God, we thank You for Your count-

less graces and blessings. Let every beat of our hearts

be a new hymn of thanksgiving to You, O God. Let

every drop of our blood circulate for You, Lord. Our

souls are one hymn in adoration of Your mercy. We

love You, God, for Yourself alone. (Diary 1794)


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5th Decade – The Crucifixion

During Holy Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus nailed upon

the cross amidst great torments. A soft moan issued

from His Heart. After some time, He said, I thirst. I

thirst for the salvation of souls. Help Me, my

daughter, to save souls. Join your sufferings to

My Passion and offer them to the heavenly Fa-

ther for sinners. (Diary 1032)

Then I saw two rays issue from His side, just as they

appear in the image. I then felt in my soul the desire

to save souls and to empty myself for the sake of

poor sinners. I offered myself, together with the dy-

ing Jesus, to the Eternal Father, for the salvation of

the whole world. (Diary 648)

O my Jesus, my Master and Director, strengthen and

enlighten me in these difficult moments of my life. I

expect no help from people; all my hope is in You. I

feel alone in the face of Your demands, O Lord. De-

spite the fears and qualms of my nature, I am ful-

filling Your holy will and desire to fulfill it as faithful-

ly as possible throughout my life and in my death.

Jesus, with You I can do all things. Do with me as You

please; only give me Your merciful Heart and that

will be enough for me. (Diary 650)

Chaplet


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Divine Mercy, in calling us forth from nothingness to

existence, R.

Divine Mercy, embracing all the works of His hands,

R.

Divine Mercy, crown of all of God's handiwork, R.

Divine Mercy, in which we are all immersed, R.

Divine Mercy, sweet relief for anguished hearts, R.

Divine Mercy, only hope of despairing souls, R.

Divine Mercy, repose of hearts, peace amidst fear, R.

Divine Mercy, delight and ecstasy of holy souls, R.

Divine Mercy, inspiring hope against all hope, R.

(Diary 949)


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Reading from the Diary

O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and

beg Your mercy for poor sinners. O sweetest Heart of

my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I

plead with You for poor sinners. O Most Sacred

Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of

inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I

beg of You light for poor sinners. O Jesus, be mindful

of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss

of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most

precious Blood. Let every soul trust in the Passion of

the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. God will

not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth

may change, but God's mercy will never be exhaust-

ed. I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they

may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages.

(Diary 72) I now embrace the whole world and ask

You for mercy for it. (Diary 1582)


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4th Decade – Carrying of the Cross

Then I saw the Lord Jesus nailed to the cross. When

He had hung on it for a while, I saw a multitude of

souls crucified like Him. Then I saw a second multi-

tude of souls, and a third. The second multitude

were not nailed to [their] crosses, but were holding

them firmly in their hands. The third were neither

nailed to [their] crosses nor holding them firmly in

their hands, but were dragging [their] crosses be-

hind them and were discontent. Jesus then said to

me, Do you see these souls? Those who are like

Me in the pain and contempt they suffer will be

like Me also in glory. And those who resemble

Me less in pain and contempt will also bear less

resemblance to Me in glory. (Diary 446)

Chaplet


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scourging, the torturers took the Lord and stripped

Him of His own garment, which had already adhered

to the wounds; as they took it off, His wounds reo-

pened; then they threw a dirty and tattered scarlet

cloak over the fresh wounds of the Lord. The cloak,

in some places, barely reached His knees. They made

Him sit on a piece of beam. And then they wove a

crown of thorns, which they put on His sacred head.

They put a reed in His hand and made fun of Him,

bowing to Him as to a king. Some spat in His face,

while others took the reed and struck Him on the

head with it. Others caused him pain by slapping

Him; still others covered His face and struck Him

with their fists. Jesus bore all this with meekness.

Who can comprehend Him – comprehend His

suffering? Jesus' eyes were downcast. I sensed what

was happening in the most sweet Heart of Jesus at

that time. Let every soul reflect on what Jesus was

suffering at that moment. They tried to outdo each

other in insulting the Lord. I reflected: where does

such malice in man come from? It is caused by sin.

Love and sin have met. (Diary, 408)

Chaplet


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Prayer for Intercession

O Jesus, You inspired Saint Faustina with profound

veneration for Your boundless Mercy. Grant us

through her intercession, if it be Your holy will, the

grace for which we fervently pray...

(pause for your personal intentions)

Our sins render us unworthy of Your Mercy, but

mindful of Saint Faustina's spirit of sacrifice and self-

denial, reward her virtue by granting the petitions

which, with childlike confidence, we present to You

through her intercession.

(Please respond to each intercession with

“Saint Faustina, pray for us.”)

For the holy souls in purgatory, that they soon may

be purified and stand in the presence of the Father,

R.

For all priests and religious, that they may be made

holy and living examples of Your love and mercy for

us, R.


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seized the scourges and struck the Lord mercilessly.

These were priests, religious men and women; and

high dignitaries of the Church, which surprised me

greatly. There were lay people of all ages and walks of

life. All vented their malice on the innocent Jesus.

Seeing this, my heart fell as if into a mortal agony.

And while the executioners had been scourging

Him, Jesus had been silent and looking into the dis-

tance; but when those other souls I mentioned

scourged Him, Jesus closed His eyes, and a soft, but

most painful moan escaped from His Heart. And Je-

sus gave me to know in detail the gravity of the mal-

ice of these ungrateful souls: You see, this is a tor-

ture greater than My death. Then my lips too fell

silent, and I began to experience the agony of death,

and I felt that no one would comfort me or snatch

me from that state but the One who had put me into

it. Then the Lord said to me, I see the sincere pain

of your heart which brought great solace to My

Heart. See and take comfort. (Diary 445)

Chaplet

3rd Decade – The Crowning with Thorns

When I become immersed in the Lord's Passion, I

often see the Lord Jesus in this manner: after the


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(Diary 1054)

Chaplet

Leader: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and

Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son,

Our Lord Jesus Christ,

All: in atonement for our sins and those of the

whole world.

Leader: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,

All: have mercy on us and on the whole world.

2nd Decade – The Scourging

I saw the Lord Jesus tied to a pillar, stripped of His

clothes, and the scourging began immediately. I saw

four men who took turns at striking the Lord with

scourges. My heart almost stopped at the sight of

these tortures. The Lord said to me, I suffer even

greater pain than that which you see. And Jesus

gave me to know for what sins He subjected himself

to the scourging: these are sins of impurity. Oh, how

dreadful was Jesus' moral suffering during the

scourging! Then Jesus said to me, Look and see the

human race in its present condition. In an in-

stant, I saw horrible things: the executioners left Je-

sus, and other people started scourging Him; they


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For all life from conception to natural death, that all

may come to see and respect it as a gift from You

alone, R.

For our country and those who govern it, that they

may recognize and honor You as Lord and act and

lead according to Your Word, R.

For all those in the world celebrating this Feast Day

and for their families, that we may be transformed

into Your mercy and be a Living Reflection of You, R.


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Chaplet of Divine Mercy

All:

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed

forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened

up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfath-

omable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world

and empty Yourself out upon us.

(Repeat three times)

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the

Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I

trust in You!

Our Father

Hail Mary

The Apostle’s Creed

1st Decade – The Agony of Jesus

I entered into the sufferings which Jesus underwent

in the Garden of Olives. (Diary 646) The Lord

pressed me to His Heart and said, I shall give you a

small portion of My Passion, but do not be


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afraid, be brave; do not seek relief, but accept

everything with submission to My will. (Diary

1053)

When Jesus was taking leave of me, such great pain

filled my soul that it is impossible to express it. Phys-

ical strength left me; I left the chapel quickly and

went to bed. I was oblivious of what was going on

around me. My soul was filled with longing for the

Lord, and all the bitterness of His Divine Heart was

imparted to me. This lasted for about three hours. I

asked the Lord to protect me from the eyes of those

around me. Although I wanted to, I could not take

any food all day, until evening. I earnestly desired to

spend the whole night with Jesus in the dark prison

cell. I prayed until eleven o'clock. At eleven, the

Lord said to me, Lie down and take your rest. I

have let you experience in three hours what I

suffered during the whole night. And immediate-

ly I went to bed.

The world still has no idea of all that Jesus suffered. I

accompanied Him to the Garden of Gethsemane; I

stayed with Him in the prison; I went with Him be-

fore the judges; I underwent with Him each of the

tortures. Not a single one of His movements or looks

escaped my notice. I came to know all the omnipo-

tence of His love and of His mercy toward souls.

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