Day 1 - Divine Mercy Novena

 

Peace be with you!

Thank you for joining us in prayer!

We pray that the Divine Mercy prayers will strengthen you as you fast and do penance today on Good Friday. We pray that you will grow closer to our Lord's Passion today and throughout this novena.   

These novena prayers are from St. Maria Faustina's diary where she wrote about her encounters with Jesus.  

He specifically asked her to create a novena of Chaplets to be said leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday, beginning on Good Friday.  

She wrote that Jesus said to her, "By this novena, I will grant every possible grace to souls." 

Jesus gave St. Faustina an intention for each day of the novena. Each intention is that we would pray for a different group of souls each day, asking for God's mercy for them.

The words at the beginning of each day's prayer, in quotes, is what Saint Faustina says that Jesus asked us to pray for.  

We're praying for you! You can share your prayer intentions with us all here.

Here are the prayers for today:

Day 1 - Divine Mercy Novena

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

"Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way, you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me." 

Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit. 

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy forever and ever. 

Amen...

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 

Amen...

Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. 

Step 1 - Using a regular set of Rosary beads, you begin at the cross by doing the sign of the cross.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen...

(Optional Opening Prayer) You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

(Repeat three times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!

Step 2 - On the three beads of the rosary pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Apostles Creed.

Step 3 - You begin each decade with the Our Father beads by praying this prayer:

Eternal Father, 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.

Step 4 - Complete the decade on the 10 Hail Mary beads by praying this prayer:

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each decade on the rosary beads

Step 5 - Once you have prayed all 5 decades, you finish the Chaplet by praying the following prayer 3 times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

(Optional Closing Prayer) Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us, and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.

Amen.

This Chaplet is a very powerful prayer. It can be prayed at any time, but it is most often prayed at 3pm each day or as part of the Divine Mercy Novena.

Why 3pm? Well, that is considered the 'hour of mercy' or the time of day that Christ died on the cross.

God Bless You All...