DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
At Saint Patrick Church at 3pm on April 27th there will be a Eucharistic Holy Hour including the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, meditative readings from the journal of Saint Faustina, periods of silence, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Benediction.
THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY is recited using ordinary Rosary beads of five decades. It is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska & followed by a closing prayer.
• Make the Sign of the Cross
• Optional Opening Prayers – 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, unfathomable 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 fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!
• Our Father, Hail Mary, The Apostles’ Creed
• “The Eternal Father” -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.
• On the 10 Small Beads of Each Decade – For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us
and on the whole world.
• Repeat for the Remaining Decades Saying the
“Eternal Father” on the “Our Father” bead and then “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion” on the 10 “Hail Mary” beads.
• Conclude with Holy God (Repeat three times):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
• Optional Closing Prayer- 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 despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
Reprinted from TheDivineMercy.org. © Marian Fathers of The Immaculate Conception.
FISH FRY OPPORTUNITIES: Please join us Fridays in Lent for fellowship, fun and food at church fish fries. We meet up around 6:00pm. Next one is April 11 at Holy Family in Parma.
You have spoken and hospitality has heard: we will be having an afternoon outing to Friar’s Table on Sunday, April 27th at 3:30pm.
Join Br. Phil on March 30, 31, & April 1 from 7 – 8pm at St. Francis of Assisi in Gates Mills as he discusses the “Three Loves of St. Francis”.
Come and visit the special Shroud of Turin exhibit in St. Patrick Church sanctuary. Frank Budziak, Campus Coordinator of St. Malachi, generously has offered to share his labor of love.
