With everything that we have experienced in the past few years and now the crisis in Ukraine, I find myself diving into reading the life of Pope John Paul II. There is so much insight and reflection that I receive from his story.
He is the Divine Mercy Pope and if there is any statement that we need to hold onto it is, ‘Jesus, I Trust in You’, it is our best defense against the anxiety and the feelings of doubt and being overwhelmed by what is happening in the world.
A few years ago I was asked this question… so I though now is a good time to review it again …. I the answer is from FR. VINCENT SERPA O.P. from Catholic Answers
How Can We Offer Jesus’ Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
Question:
I am perplexed by the phrase in the Divine Mercy chaplet, “I offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity, of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.” I thought that was something only a priest could do during the sacrifice of the Mass. Surely the offering made in the Mass is different in some way than what is offered in praying this chaplet. What am I missing?
Answer:
Saying that prayer is not the same as offering Mass. At Mass we participate in the one sacrifice that Jesus made for us. But because he made that sacrifice, that perfect prayer is now ours. Therefore we can always make reference to it. It is a most powerful prayer because it is his prayer. Basically, what we are saying to the Father is: “By the merits of his Passion, we ask for your mercy!”
The Deacon Guy 