Fr. Alar first explained the ABC’s of Divine Mercy based on the appearances of Jesus to St. Faustina when she was a nun in Cracow, Poland. “ A sk for His Mercy, B e merciful to others, and C ...

The Divine Mercy devotion includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy prayed using the beads of the Rosary. There is that visual, tangible connection joining both devotions.

In each mystery of the rosary, we feel her closeness and we contemplate her as the first disciple of her Son, for she does the Father’s will (cf. Lk 8:19-21).

At St. Lucy Church, 949 Scranton St., Scranton, the hours of noon to 3 p.m. April 3 are set aside for the sacrament of reconciliation, Mass and rosary with recitation of the Divine Mercy chaplet at 3.

Weyer is an ardent promoter of the Divine Mercy, a devotion to God's compassion revealed to the nun over several years. (The devotion includes a chaplet, or specific prayers said with rosary beads.) ...

The young participants held down the large chain of balloons as they recited the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that is associated with the image and typically prayed on rosary beads.

The suggestion is to pray in the evening, at 8 p.m. local time. It is like doing an Earth Hour globally but this time it will be the Holy Rosary hour, this Good Friday.