Divine Mercy Novena begins Good Friday
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DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
As revealed by Our Lord to Blessed Faustina Kowalska
Jesus asked that this Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. He gave her an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena, saving for the last day the most difficult intention of all, the lukewarm and indifferent of whom He said: These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.’ The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy.
In her diary, Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy … On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls.
Finish your daily Novena prayer with Divine Mercy Chaplet
The different souls prayed for on each day of the Novena are:
DAY 1 – All mankind, especially sinners
DAY 2 – The souls of priests and religious
DAY 3 – All devout and faithful souls
DAY 4 – Those who do not believe in Me and those who do not know Me
DAY 5 – The souls of separated brethren
DAY 6 – The meek and humble souls and the souls of children
DAY 7 – The souls who especially venerate and glorify Jesus’ mercy
DAY 8 – The souls who are detained in purgatory
DAY 9 – The souls who have become lukewarm.
Source: www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/divine-mercy-novena-9119