On Good Friday my hubby and I began the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Novena. As Novena's go it is short and sweet. We often fit the day's prayers in at bedtime. I am not normally a big Chaplet fan. It isn't that I don't get the wonderful mercy of God and want to pray about it, it is rather that the formal wording and the repetition just sounds foreign and a little robotic to my ears. Without the mysteries to meditate on like the Rosary, the Chaplet seems to me like the same words said over and over.
But, I was game for nine days. And the themes of the Chaplet during the Novena are very touching. I didn't expect much except a little offered prayer time. Nothing wrong with that in my book.
We finished off with a Chaplet event at church on Divine Mercy Sunday which my hubby had to plan and lead. It was a little nerve wracking to plan something like that. But it turned out fine. Great really. The Holy Spirit must have had a plan, because it all came together as though we had practiced it.
This is the thing I have to report. I really got something out of the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Novena this year. It is difficult to put it down here in words. I don't have the words to express exactly how it all touched me. The best description I can use is to say that this year I felt as though I drank a little deeper in the waters of Salvation. I had just a twinkling more of understanding of the great love that God has for me. Christ's sorrowful passion became just a touch more personal to me. Praying the Chaplet pulled me farther into the mystery.
It reminds me to be open to new or different prayers and occasions to grow in faith. God is calling me, loving me every minute. He provides multiple opportunities to come to know Him and love Him better.
But, I was game for nine days. And the themes of the Chaplet during the Novena are very touching. I didn't expect much except a little offered prayer time. Nothing wrong with that in my book.
We finished off with a Chaplet event at church on Divine Mercy Sunday which my hubby had to plan and lead. It was a little nerve wracking to plan something like that. But it turned out fine. Great really. The Holy Spirit must have had a plan, because it all came together as though we had practiced it.
This is the thing I have to report. I really got something out of the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Novena this year. It is difficult to put it down here in words. I don't have the words to express exactly how it all touched me. The best description I can use is to say that this year I felt as though I drank a little deeper in the waters of Salvation. I had just a twinkling more of understanding of the great love that God has for me. Christ's sorrowful passion became just a touch more personal to me. Praying the Chaplet pulled me farther into the mystery.
It reminds me to be open to new or different prayers and occasions to grow in faith. God is calling me, loving me every minute. He provides multiple opportunities to come to know Him and love Him better.