Divine Mercy Sunday GOSPEL MESSAGE Sunday, April 8th
John 20:19-31
“The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit…Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’”
“Earlier in John’s Gospel, at the Last Supper, Jesus had promised the disciples that God would send them the Spirit…No wonder that this is the first thing Jesus does when he appears to the disciples after the Resurrection in John’s Gospel. He breathes on them and they receive the Holy Spirit, God’s gift—then and now—to all who believe.”
Source: Pastoral Patterns (Spring 2018)
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
APRIL 8, 2018
PRAYING THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
(using ordinary Rosary Beads)
- Make the Sign of the Cross.
- 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!
- Pray an Our Father.
- Pray a Hail Mary.
- Pray the Apostles’ Creed.
- On the Our Father beads, pray: 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 Hail Mary beads, pray: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
- Repeat for the five decades.
- Repeat three times: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Source: www.thedivinemercy.org