# Awakening Ourselves to God: A Lenten Chaplet of Divine Mercy
*2020-03-29*

> In this episode Bill Young leads a Chaplet of Divine Mercy, reflects on the Lenten theme “Awakening Ourselves to God,” and reminds us that faith working through love is what truly matters.

## Mass Reflections

Bill begins by sharing his experience of the online Masses at St. David Catholic Church on Saturday and Sunday. He praises Father Gary’s homily, the readings by Father Steve, and the beautiful music by Martha, hoping one day she might sing on the podcast.

## Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Bill leads the Chaplet, invoking the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He offers the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ for the sins of the world and repeatedly prays, “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” The prayer concludes with the traditional Doxology: “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”

## Awakening Ourselves to God

Drawing from Psalm 19:14, Bill explains that contemplative prayer is a disciplined attentiveness to God who dwells at the center of our being. By allowing God to possess our senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste—we awaken to His presence within us and in the world. This inner awakening enables us to recognize the “heart of the world” and to let the Holy Spirit guide our thoughts, emotions, and actions.

## Faith Working Through Love

Bill cites Galatians 5:6: “In Christ Jesus, the only thing that counts is faith working through love.” He emphasizes that Jesus does not call us to withdraw from the world but to re‑center our hearts on Him. The shift is not in our activities but in our priorities: moving from many‑faced concerns to the one thing that matters—Christ. He ends with a prayer asking Jesus to make Him the center of his whole life.

## Closing Prayer

Bill concludes with a prayer for endless mercy, asking God to increase His compassion in us so that we may face difficulties without despair, trusting fully in His holy will of love and mercy. He ends with the Trinitarian sign and a brief farewell.

*True awakening comes when we shift the center of our heart to Christ, allowing His mercy to transform every aspect of our lives.*