MARY, OUR MOTHER

CHAPTER LXII: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM

Revelations to Saint Faustina:
This devotion has been approved by his Holiness Pope John Paul II.
"A Novena to the Divine Mercy, which Jesus instructed me to write down and to make before the Feast of Mercy. It begins on Good Friday."
Our Lord's words recorded by Sister Faustina:
"I desire that during these 9 days you bring souls to the fount of My Mercy, that they may draw therefrom strength and refreshment and whatever graces they have need of in the hardships of life, and especially at the hour of death. The Feast of Mercy is to be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter."
Jesus asks that the Feast of Mercy be preceded by a Novena. From Sister Helen-Faustina He required a preparation for its observance by means of a Novena consisting of the recitation of the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy.
The following day an inner voice taught her to say this prayer on ordinary Rosary Beads:
"First say one 'Our Father,' 'Hail Mary' and 'I Believe,' Then on the large beads say the following words:

'Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood,

Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son,

Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our

sins and those of the whole world.'

Then on the smaller beads you are to say the following words:

'For the sake of His sorrowful Passion

have mercy on us and on the whole world.'

Then in conclusion you are to say these words three times:

'Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,

have mercy on us and on the whole world.' "

Jesus said later to Sister Faustina: "Say unceasingly this chaplet that I taught you."

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