Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Lukewarm
(Adapted from the 9th day of the Divine Mercy Novena)
INTRODUCTION
TO THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET FOR THE LUKEWARM CATHOLIC
The Divine Mercy Chaplet 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 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. We encourage faithful Catholics to pick ONE holy obsession and participate in God’s mercy and pray the chaplet for that intention everyday. These souls are very dear to the Lord.
The Divine Mercy Intention for this Chaplet is CATHOLIC SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM
This Divine Mercy Chaplet for Priests and Religious has been adapted (without changing the original words and structure found the St Faustina’s Diary: 474-476) from the 9th 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.
IF YOU HAVE, MENTION YOUR SPECIAL INTENTIONS HERE
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 WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM
[Ⱥ] Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power. | 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 WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM
[Ⱥ] Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. 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. [Ⱥ] Amen.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.