All About Divine Mercy

Divine Mercy is God's love reaching out to those who suffer and are in need of grace and an expression of God's compassion  based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism it refers specifically to a  devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ  received by Saint Faustina Kowalska. There are three main themes to the Divine Mercy devotion: to ask for and obtain the mercy of God, to trust in Christ's abundant mercy, and finally to show mercy to others 

The small village of Knock in Co. Mayo became the focus of Marian Devotion following an apparition of St. Joseph, St. Mary and St. John in 1879. What was once a little known area of Ireland has since developed as a prominent centre for religious devotion. The Knock Basilica features a large mosaic which depicts the crowd of local people as they gazed at the apparition.  The Apparition Chapel contains statues of the three Saints together with symbolic Angels, a Cross and a Lamb.

O Jesus who filed Saint Faustina with profound veneration for Your boundless Mercy, if it be Your holy will, grant me, through her intercession, the grace for which I fervently pray . . . . My sins render me unworthy of Your Mercy, but be mindful of Sister Faustina's spirit of sacrifice and self-denial, and reward her virtue by granting the petition which, with childlike trust, I present to You through her intercession.

Our Father, hail Mary, Glory

Saint Faustina pray for us.

We intend to run a Formation Programme, Retreats and present information on The Divine Mercy. Details will be posted here on this website when available.

In the meantime we invite you to join us at The Divine Mercy Centre, Knock for daily prayers at 3.00 p.m. which normally last 40 minutes to one hour.

All those  who help us in any way are included in our prayers and petitions.

"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 you to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy".

(Diary, 687)

The above promise was made by Jesus to Sr. Faustina Kowalska. 

Sr. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938)

Sr. Faustina experienced the risen Christ displaying his wounds from the Cross with outstretched arms reaching out to suffering Mankind. She was commanded to have an image painted according to this vision. She was also requested to have the painted image venerated, first in the Sisters'  chapel, and then throughout the world.

 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy' (Mt 5: 7)" (Dives in misericordia,  n. 14).