Three o'clock is the hour of Christ's death on the Cross, and praying then is one of the forms of the Divine Mercy devotion that come from St. Faustina's Diary. At Łagiewniki you choose between the two settings. The convent chapel is the place of the tomb and the image painted by Adolf Hyła, and the sisters broadcast its services online. The basilica was built for a congregation of 5,000, so there is room for groups there, and staying for the 3:20 p.m. Mass makes one continuous hour of prayer.
It helps to arrive early. On weekdays the convent chapel has Adoration from noon to 5:00 p.m. and confessions from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., while in the basilica confessors in English, Spanish, French, Italian and German are listed from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The same 3:00 p.m. prayer is kept on Divine Mercy Sunday, when the rest of the day follows a special feast program. These times are from the sisters' schedule as read on October 10, 2026.
Good to know before you go: the sisters are the only guides allowed on the grounds. They give talks for pilgrims in Polish through the day and arrange other languages on request; groups are asked to let the shrine know they are coming, through the information desk on +48 12 252 33 11. After the prayer, the Sanctuary of St. John Paul II is a short walk away across the footbridge the shrine calls the Bridge of Mercy.