26/6/2020 Update:
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer. Join us at Our Lady of the Bay Church at 8.45am on the first Sunday of each month.
1/5/2020 Post:
On this first Sunday when many might usually meet at Our Lady of the Bay before the 9am Mass for praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Nola thought you might be interested in the following film on Youtube. (Sub-titled) I TRUST IN YOU. The message of Divine Mercy, St. Faustina's story The link for it is: https://youtu.be/53t83nl1nZc
18/4/2020 Post:
Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter. It is based on the private revelations of St. Faustina Kowalska, which recommended a particular devotion to the Divine Mercy. In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonised St. Faustina and, during the ceremony, he declared: “ It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the word of God on this Second Sunday of Easter, which from now on throughout the Church will be called "Divine Mercy Sunday". The celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on the theme of how God’s mercy can overcome sin and, as the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments states, “a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the years to come.” THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY 1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, one Our Father, one Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed. 2. Then on the Our Father Beads say the following: 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. 3. On the 10 Hail Mary Beads say the following: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Repeat step 2 and 3 for all five decades) 4. Conclude with (three times): Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.