The unimaginable healing power of the soul through the Rosary of Mercy
Very simple prayer, simple as Jesus, the Rosary of Mercy originates in the revelation of Jesus himself to St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938):
“By reciting this Rosary, it pleases Me to give all that is asked of Me. When they recite the hardened sinners, I will fill their souls with peace, and their hour of death will be happy. Write this to troubled souls: When the soul sees and recognizes the gravity of its sins, when the whole abyss of the misery in which it has plunged unveiled, that does not despair, but that it launches with confidence in the arms of my Mercy , like a child in the arms of the dear mother.
These souls have upon my merciful Heart a right of precedence. He says that no soul that has turned to my Mercy has been disappointed or experienced shame …. When I pray this Rosary among the dying, I will place myself between the Father and the dying soul, not as a just Judge but as a merciful Savior.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, beg for My Mercy, especially for sinners, and, at least briefly, reflect on My Passion, especially about the abandonment in which I found myself in the moment of agony.
This is the hour of great Mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to penetrate My mortal sorrow. At this time, I will not deny the soul to ask Me in the name of My Passion. “
To pray the Rosary of Mercy
Use the normal third – or, if you do not have it on hand, use your own fingers as “beads” to accompany the prayers.
It is highly recommended to pray the Rosary of Mercy at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when Jesus died on the Cross and, for this reason, the “Hour of Mercy”. But it is not obligatory: it can be prayed at any moment, since, after all, every hour, to God, is an hour of mercy!
The prayers
Begin with the Sign of the Cross.
Pray a Our Father.
Pray a Hail Mary.
Pray the Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
which was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,
was born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried,
came down to the mansion of the dead,
resurrected on the third day,
ascended to the heavens,
is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
from where he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
in the Holy Catholic Church;
in the Communion of Saints;
in remission of sins;
in the resurrection of the flesh;
in eternal life. Amen.
On each large rosary bead, pray:
“Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Most Beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and for the whole world.”
In each set of ten smaller accounts, pray in ten times:
“By His painful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world. “
At the end of the third, pray three times:
“Holy God, Mighty God, Immortal God,
have mercy on us and on the whole world. “
It can be concluded with the following invocation (which can also be prayed in an “isolated” way at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, in union with the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ):
“O Blood and Water, which you have shed from the Heart of Jesus, as a source of mercy for us, I trust in You.”
Source: pt.aleteia.org
