Purgatory Chaplet of Divine Mercy
(Adapted from the 8th day of the Divine Mercy Novena)
INTRODUCTION
TO THE PURGATORY CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a Catholic prayer invoking God’s mercy for ALL. It is a prayer of trust, intercession, and atonement. Based on St Faustina Kowalska‘s revelations (as presented in her Diary “DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL“), it asks for forgiveness, healing, and grace for our own needs, for the world, for souls in purgatory, and for conversion of souls who are living in darkness, away from the light of Jesus Christ.
In 1935, St Faustina she was instructed by Jesus, through visions, to promote God’s unfathomable mercy and teach the Chaplet. This prayer highlights Jesus’ immense love, demonstrated through His Passion and the Cross. It is particularly meaningful at 3 PM, the Hour of Mercy, marking the moment of Christ’s death on Calvary.
The Chaplet became widely recognized throughout the Catholic world, after Pope John Paul II canonized St Faustina in 2000 and established the Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated on the Sunday after Easter.
“There is nothing”, said Pope John Paul II, “that man needs more than Divine Mercy—that love, which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights of the holiness of God.”
In this website we promote an intense holy obsession for praying for Souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to God and yet who must make retribution to his justice.
This Purgatory Chaplet of Divine Mercy has been adapted (without changing the original words and structure found the St Faustina’s Diary: 474-476) from the 8th day of the Divine Mercy Novena.
SYMBOLS
[℣] Leader [℟] Response [Ⱥ] All together
SIGN OF THE CROSS
† In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit † Amen.
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OPENING PRAYER
[Ⱥ] 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.
O Blood and Water, | which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus | as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You. (3x)
LORD’S PRAYER
[℣] Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your WILL be done on earth, as it is in Heaven. [℟] Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
HAIL MARY
[℣] Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. [℟] Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
APOSTLES’ CREED
[Ⱥ] I believe in God, | the Father almighty, | creator of heaven and earth, | and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, | who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, | born of the Virgin Mary, | suffered under Pontius Pilate, | was crucified, died and was buried; | he descended into hell; | on the third day he rose again from the dead; | he ascended into heaven, | and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; | from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. | I believe in the Holy Spirit, | the Holy Catholic Church, | the communion of saints, | the forgiveness of sins, | the resurrection of the body, | and life everlasting. | Amen.
OPENING PRAYER FOR SOULS IN PURGATORY
[Ⱥ] Most Merciful Jesus, | you said that you desire mercy; | so we bring into the abode of your Most Compassionate Heart | the souls in Purgatory, | souls who are very dear to you, | and yet, who must make retribution to your justice. | May the streams of blood and water which gushed forth from your Heart | put out the flames of Purgatory, | that there, too, | the power of your mercy may be celebrated. | Amen.
At the Decade Beads (5X)
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. Amen.
CHAPLET PRAYER (10x)
[℣] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, [℟] have mercy on us and on the whole world.
HOLY GOD (3x)
[℣] Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, [℟] have mercy on us and on the whole world.
CONCLUDING PRAYER FOR SOULS IN PURGATORY
[Ⱥ] Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.
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[℣] May the divine assistance remain always with us, [℟] and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
† In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit † Amen.
