52 Prayers - Every Catholic Should Know
Opening Prayer to the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
This prayer begins the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, often said at 3 PM (the Hour of Mercy). This prayer recalls Jesus’s Passion and trusts God’s unfathomable mercy. This prayer reminds Catholics to seek and extend mercy, living out Jesus’ call to compassion and repentance.
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 fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in you!
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Explore the prayers
- Jan 6 - The Hail Mary
- Jan 13 - Baptismal Promises
- Jan 20 - Prayer For Christian Unity
- Jan 27 - The Angelus
- Feb 3 - The Saint Blaise Blessing
- Feb 10 - Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes
- Feb 17 - The Act of Contrition
- Feb 24 - Prayer To The Holy Spirit
- Mar 3 - A Prayer For Lent
- Mar 10 - The Jubilee Prayer
- Mar 17 - St. Patrick's Breastplate
- Mar 24 - Concluding Prayer of the Litany of St. Joseph
- Mar 31 - Anima Christi
- Apr 7 - Glory Be
- Apr 14 - Psalm 23
- Apr 27 - Opening Prayer to the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
- May 5 - Hail Holy Queen
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