The Divine Mercy Novena begins today. I pray this Novena each year and will carry the entire Novena on my blog. It's a favorite of mine. I pray the daily intentions followed by The Divine Mercy Chaplet.
First Day (Good Friday)
"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 for ever and ever. Amen.
Thank you Mary. God bless
ReplyDeleteThank you, this is very helpful. I would have missed it otherwise, until I realized (too late, the day before or so). :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding me! I was trying to figure out what day it started! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder Mary! I missed out on it last year so I'm happy to start on day one this year. Have a Blessed Easter!
ReplyDeleteI love this novena, too, Mary, and the build-up to the feast day, at the end of it. One year, everyone was sick and we had to wait another whole year for all those graces:-( This year, I really need the graces so we're all going - even if we spread typhoid fever to all the other parishioners;-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a very happy Easter, Mary!
God bless:-)
Hi DG,
ReplyDeleteI love the stories you've had on your blog this week! God bless you too :)
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI miss so many novenas because I forget to start them in time :) Even worse, I'm so spacey I forget I'm in the middle of one sometimes! (Yeah, my family doesn't know what to do with me - my husband found crackers in the vegetable drawer of our fridge the other day. I'm known to accidentally place ice cream in the cupboard and peanut butter in the freezer too.)
Hi Monica,
ReplyDeleteGlad to be of help :)
Hi Noreen,
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Loved the pope pictures and messages you put up!
Hi Vicky,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your comment I can only say that at times I am glad you live in Australia ;) Typhoid fever? Lol!
God bless you too!
Thank you Mary. I will try to follow this Novena on your Blog.
ReplyDeleteEaster Blessings to you and your family.
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteJoining you and the others in this novena. It is the only one I seem able to stick to. As I sat down to pray this first day of it, I was thinking about all the people who pray this novena, and my joining my prayer with theirs (there is strength in numbers!)~heaven is being stormed for all the souls brought to Jesus' Sacred Heart! I love the thought of this :)
Mary, you know I only learned about the Divine Mercy about 2 years ago. A priest recommended it to me in the confessional as a way of praying for my "enemies." But I was always a bit skeptical even though I started saying it...and even though I pray it often. Today while hand sewing the sash on my Easter dress I have been listening to a set of YouTube videos about the Miracles of Divine Mercy. It was exactly what I needed. Oh, my! Now I understand! Thanks again for letting us know when to start the novena. Have a blessed Easter :-)
ReplyDeleteMy BFF wrote to me this morning to remind me that the Novena starts today...and I STILL forgot...the Lord is good, however, and led me to your blog tonight...THANKS for posting it here! May the blessings of heaven be upon you this Holy Triduum!
ReplyDeleteI love this novena but don't always say the chaplet after it...should I or is it still valid without it?:)
ReplyDeleteHi Colleen,
ReplyDeleteI think you can do it without the chaplet too. I've done it both ways.
Happy Easter!
You're welcome, Judy! I hope you and your family are well!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!
What a great idea Mary. I love the Divine MErcy novena too but you probably already knew that since we like the same things.
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