Friends of Divine Mercy

Why the Psalms? Do you want your prayer life to be shaped by the word of God?

In the Psalms we find the words that God has given to us to speak to Him; in them we find a rich tapestry of praises, laments, meditations, requests, urgent supplications, which we can learn and make our own.
Learning a psalm or at least phrases of a psalm, will trigger your mind throughout the day, helping you to meditate on God’s word, and aid you in your conversations with Him throughout the day.

Do you want to tie your personal prayers to the prayers of the Church in every generation?

The Psalms warm our hearts, inform our minds, and shape our wills, connecting our personal walk with God to the life of the whole Body of Christ. Church history supports a robust use of the Psalms particularly in the liturgy of the Mass and in the Liturgy of the Hours.
In the first few centuries after Jesus, the Psalms generated more commentaries than any other biblical book. By the fourth century, at the latest, the book of Psalms (the Psalter) was being used regularly for singing.

For Benedictine monks, the Rule of Saint Benedict (c. 530) stipulated that all 150 Psalms should be sung each week!

So we want to encourage you to make the Psalms a rich and major part of your life of prayer and praise!

Please join us for fellowship, light refreshments, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and discussion and exploration of the psalms.