Divine Mercy Novena

Good Friday is the day on which we begin the Divine Mercy Novena in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday.

Also on Good Friday, at the hour of Christ's death, is a special time to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

The words of Jesus Christ as directed to Saint Faustina, from the Divine Mercy, Diary of Saint Faustina:

1320 At three o'clock , implore My Mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment , immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in my abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great Mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into my mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of My Passion.

1572 I remind you my daughter that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My Mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment Mercy was opened wide for every soul.

The chaplet is prayed on a normal rosary, or a special chaplet rosary. Begin with:

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., The Creed.

On the five large beads:

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.

On the ten small beads:

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

At the end of the Divine Mercy Chaplet say three times:

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

From Divine Mercy:

687 Say unceasingly the Divine Mercy Chaplet that I have thought you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy.

1541 My daughter, encourage souls to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet. When hardened sinners say it, I will fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy one.

1541 Write that when they say this Divine Mercy Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as a merciful Saviour.

1731 Through the chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My Will.


photo from www.faustina.ch .