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Big News:

Our own Pastor, Monsignor McCulken will lead us in the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2025 from 3pm to 4 pm. Join us for this very sacred event! All are welcome.

Every Thursday - The Divine Mercy Devotion - 7 PM - in Our Lady's Chapel

AMAZING PARISH PRAYER

Heavenly Father You have gathered us together as a parish to be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite in worship, proclaim Your Word, celebrate the Eucharist, and are sent forth to share Your love and make disciples. LORD, we take your Great Commission seriously and long for our parish to be so on-fire that we draw people to You. Help us in that endeavor, as we strive to work together; ordained, religious and laity. Please make our parish amazing through Your power and Your grace. Amen.

Selected readings are from the Diary of Sister Saint Faustina

Intentions that Jesus gave Sister Saint Faustina to pray for each day of the Divine Mercy Novena.

1. FOR ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY SINNERS, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
2. FOR THE SOULS OF PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
3. FOR ALL DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
4. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW HIM, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
5. FOR THE SOULS OF SEPARATED BRETHERN, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
6. FOR THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF CHILDREN, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
7. FOR THE SOULS WHO ESPECIALLY VENERATE AND GLORIFY JESUS' MERCY, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
8. FOR THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
9. FOR SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, we pray to the Lord - (R) Lord hear our prayer
10. Special Intentions….

Saint Faustina’s Prayer for Priests

Heavenly Father, grant that our priests be strengthened and healed
by the power of the Eucharist they celebrate. 
May the Word they proclaim give them courage and wisdom.

We pray that all those whom they seek to serve 
may see in them the love and care of Jesus, 
Our Eternal High Priest, who is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.

Mary, Mother of the Church, look tenderly upon your sons, our priests. 
St Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, pray for us all.

O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church:
Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, 
and give power to the words of priests 
so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance 
and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; 
You Yourself maintain them in holiness. 
O Divine and Great High Priest, 
may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them 
from the devil’s snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. 
May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, 
shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, 
for You can do all things. Amen.

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

1. The Sign of the Cross
2. Opening Prayer: 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. (three times)

3. The Our Father
4. The Hail Mary
5. The Apostles’ Creed: 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.

6. On the “Our Father” bead before each decade:

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.

7. On the “Hail Mary” beads of each decade:

For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. 

8. Repeat “Eternal Father” and “For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion” (Number 6 & 7) Prayers for the remaining four more decades.
9. After 5 decades, the concluding doxology:

 Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (three times)

10. 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. Amen.

Jesus, I Trust in You. Saint Faustina, Pray for Us.

Optional Closing Prayer - Litany to The Divine Mercy (Sister Faustina)

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.  Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Divine Mercy, greatest attribute of God, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, unfathomable love of the Sanctifier, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, incomprehensible mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, expression of the greatest might of God, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in creation of heavenly spirits, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in calling us forth from nothingness to existence, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, encompassing the whole universe, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, endowing us with immortal life, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, shielding us from deserved punishment, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, lifting us from the misery of sin, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, justifying us through the Person of the Incarnate Word, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, which flowed out from the wounds of Christ, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, gushing forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in revealing the mysteries of God, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in the founding of the Holy Church, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in instituting the Holy Sacraments, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, first of all in the sacraments of Baptism and Penance, we trust in You.

Divine Mercy, in the Holy Eucharist and the sacrament of Holy Orders, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in calling us to the holy faith, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in the conversion of sinners, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in sanctifying the just, we trust in You.

Divine Mercy, in perfecting of the pious, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, fount of help for the sick and the suffering, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, sweet relief for anguished hearts, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, only hope of despairing souls, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, accompanying us in every moment of our life, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, anticipating our needs with graces, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, repose of the dying, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, heavenly delight of the saved, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, respite and relief of the souls in Purgatory, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, crown of All Saints, we trust in You.
Divine Mercy, inexhaustible source of miracles, we trust in You.

Lamb of God, who revealed the greatest mercy in redeeming the world by dying on the cross, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who mercifully offers Yourself for our sake in every holy Mass, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away our sins with inexhaustible compassion, have mercy on us.

V: The Mercy of God is above all His works.
R: Hence, we will praise The Divine Mercy forever and ever. 

Prayer to Divine Mercy

O Lord, our God.

We place our trust in You,

Because you are mercy itself.

We repent of our sins and turn to You for mercy.

We trust You to provide for our every need, according to Your will.

Help us to forgive others as You forgive us.

We promise to be merciful by our deeds, words, and prayers.

Though we have fears because of human weakness, we rely on Your infinite goodness and mercy.

We entrust to Your mercy our very lives, our present situation, and our uncertain future.

We entrust to You the future of our planet, our Church, our nations, our families and all our needs.

With loud cries we implore your mercy on us and on the whole world.

Look upon us, created in your image and likeness.

Form us in the Heart of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit into the living images of mercy.

May all come to know the depth of Your mercy and sing the praises of Your mercy forever. Amen.

The Sign of the Cross