In His revelations to St. Faustina, Our Lord asked
for a special prayer and meditation on His
Passion each afternoon at the three o'clock
hour, the hour that recalls His death on the
cross. Below are excerpts of the conversation
between Lord Jesus and St. Faustina.
At three o'clock, implore My mercy, especially
for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment,
immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in
My abandonment at the moment of agony. This
is the hour of great mercy. In this hour, I will
refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request
of Me in virtue of My Passion (Diary, 1320).
Eternal Father, I offer you the
Body and Blood, Soul and
Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved
Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ,..
believe in God, the Father
Almighty, Creator of Heaven &
earth; and in Jesus Christ, His
only Son, Our Lord, Who was.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The
Lord is with thee. Blessed art
thou amongst women, blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Our Father, Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name; Thy
Thy
kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven.
Make the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
The essence of the Divine Mercy Chaplet is remarkable in its simplicity, but also perfectly unremarkable in that it is merely a summary of the original Gospel message preached by Our Lord Himself during His time on earth. In it, we are asking God to bestow His Mercy upon us and upon the whole world. In her diary, Faustina records a vision in which an angel is sent by God to destroy a sinful city, but the angel's power is stayed when Faustina begins praying the Chaplet. This vision represents what happens whenever we pray the Divine Mercy chaplet, or venerate the image of Jesus as the King of Mercy. Our imploring God's mercy calms or satiates His wrath and unleashes the floodgates of His mercy upon sinners.
