The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

How the Chaplet was revealed to St. Faustina
       St. Faustina saw a very frightening angel, the “Executor of Divine Wrath,” and that it was going to punish a particular city because of the enormity of its sins. She said that she was given to know that the punishment would be the same as that of Sodom and Gomorrah, which were destroyed directly by God because of the sins of homosexuality. Sodom and Gomorrah were totally burned up with fire that rained down from heaven. St. Faustina was horrified when she discovered that some city today would be destroyed in a similar way! She said: “I began to implore the Angel to hold off for a few moments and the world would do penance!” (Diary - Divine Mercy in My Soul, 474)  But in that instant, she was taken in a vision before the Blessed Trinity and she saw that in the face of God’s majesty, her prayer was powerless.
       Suddenly, she heard within her heart the prayers of the Chaplet: "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.  For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”  (Diary, 475)  As soon as she began to pray this prayer, the angel dropped his sword. He could no longer punish this city because of the enormity of its sins.
       Jesus told St. Faustina, “This prayer will serve to appease My wrath." (Diary, 476)  "At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God's anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son."  (Diary, 811)
       "Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death.  Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy." (Diary, 687)

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