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Divine Mercy Jesus speaks

(St. Faustina) In the evening , when I was in my cell, I saw the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment.  One hand [was] raised in the gesture of blessing, the other was touching the garment at the breast.  From beneath the garment, slightly drawn aside at the breast, there were emanating two large rays, one red, the other pale.  

In silence I kept my gaze fixed on the Lord; my soul was struck with awe, but also with great joy.  After a while, Jesus said to me,

"Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: 

"Jesus, I trust in You." 

I desire that this image be venerated, first in your chapel, and then throughout the world.

I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. 

I also promise victory over [its] Enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death, I Myself will defend it as My own glory…

I desire that there be a 

Feast of Mercy.  

I want this image, which you will paint with a brush, to be solemnly blessed on 

the first Sunday after Easter; 

that Sunday to be the Feast of Mercy……

I desire that priests proclaim this great mercy of Mine towards souls of sinners.  

Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me.  The flames of mercy are burning Me – clamoring Me to be spent; I want to pour them out upon these souls.

… Distrust on the part of souls is tearing at My insides.  The distrust of a chosen soul causes Me even greater pain; despite My inexhaustible love for them they do not trust Me.  

Even My death is not enough for them.  

Woe to the soul that abuses these [gifts]."

Diary of St. Faustina, 47, 48, 49, 50

My daughter, tell the world about My inconceivable mercy, 

shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners.  

On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open.  

I pour out a whole ocean of graces 

upon those souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy.  

The soul that will go to Confession 

and receive Holy Communion shall obtain 

complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.  

On that day all the divine floodgates through 

which graces flow are opened.  

Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, 

even though its sins be as scarlet.  

My mercy is so great that no mind, 

be it of man or of angel, 

will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity.  

Everything that exists has come forth 

from the very depths of My most tender mercy.  

Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate 

My love and mercy throughout eternity.  

The Feast of Mercy emerged from 

My very depths of tenderness.  

It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated 

on the first Sunday after Easter.  

Mankind will not have peace 

until it runs to the Fount of My Mercy.  

Diary of St. Faustina, 699

Divine Mercy Jesus Speaks of His Longing to Save Souls

Jesus, I Trust In You

Jesus spoke to Sister Faustina these words about His Divine Mercy...

My daughter, tell the whole world about 

My inconceivable mercy.

I desire that the Feast of Mercy 

be a refuge and shelter for all souls, 

and especially for poor sinners.  

On that day the very depths of 

My tender Mercy are open.  

I pour out a whole ocean of graces 

upon those souls who approach 

the Fount of My Mercy. 

The soul that will go to Confession 

and receive Holy Communion 

shall obtain complete forgiveness 

of sins and punishment.  

On that day all the divine floodgates 

through which graces flow are opened.  

Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, 

even though its sins be as scarlet.  

My Mercy is so great that no one, 

be it of man or of angel, 

will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity.  

Everything that exists has come forth 

from the very depths of My most tender Mercy.  

Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate 

My love and Mercy throughout eternity. 

The Feast of Mercy emerged from 

My very depths of tenderness.  

It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated 

on the first Sunday after Easter.  

Mankind will not have peace 

until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.

Excerpt from Divine Mercy in My Soul, Diary of Sister 

Maria Faustina Kowalska,  699

Jesus is calling you to His Mercy…

take advantage this Easter Season,

Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday

after His Glorious Resurrection!

He is waiting for YOU.

Imagine . . .

All You Sins Will Be Forgiven

You Will Be Made White As Snow

Jesus, I Trust In You!!!

Divine Mercy Chaplet -- St. Faustina

Divine Mercy Chaplet

 The Lord's Promise: 

 "The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My Mercy during their lifetime and especially at the hour of their death."

The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. It may be preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing 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.

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

Begin the Chaplet with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed:

Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, 

hallowed be Thy name; 

Thy kingdom come; 

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread; 

and forgive us our trespasses as 

we forgive those who trespass against us; 

and lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil, Amen.

 

Hail Mary

 Hail Mary, full of grace. 

The Lord is with thee. 

Blessed art thou amongst women, 

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, 

now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

The Apostle's Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, 
Creator of Heaven and earth; 
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord, 
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
born of the Virgin Mary, 
suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified; died, and was buried. 
He descended into Hell; the third day 
He arose again from the dead; 
He ascended into Heaven,  
and sits at the right hand of God, 
the Father Almighty; 
from thence He shall come 
to judge the living and the dead. 
I believe in the Holy Spirit, 
the holy Catholic Church, 
the communion of saints, 
the forgiveness of sins, 
the resurrection of the body, 
and the life everlasting. Amen.

Then, on the large bead before each decade:

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 of each decade, say:

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

Conclude with:

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

(Say 3 Times)

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.

Our Lord said to Saint Faustina:

 

"Encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given you

... Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death ...

When they say this chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between my Father and the dying person, not as the Just Judge but as the Merciful Savior ...

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 ... Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will."

Taken with gratitude from  http://www.catholicity.com/prayer/divinemercy.html

Pope John Paul II's Homily Divine Mercy Sunday, 2001.

Pope John Paul II's Homily

On the first universal celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday April 22, 2001

Divine Mercy: The Easter Gift

"Fear not, I am the first and the last, 
and the living one; I died, 
and behold I am alive for evermore"  
(Rev 1:17-18).

We heard these comforting words in the Second Reading taken from the Book of Revelation. They invite us to turn our gaze to Christ, to experience His reassuring presence. To each person, whatever his condition, even if it were the most complicated and dramatic, the Risen One repeats: "Fear not!; I died on the Cross but now I am alive for evermore"; "I am the first and the last, and the living one."

"The first," that is, the source of every being and the first-fruits of the new creation; "the last," the definitive end of  history; "the living one," the inexhaustible source of life that triumphed over death forever.

In the Messiah, crucified and risen, we recognize the features of the Lamb sacrificed on Golgotha, who implores forgiveness for His torturers and opens the gates of heaven to repentant sinners; we glimpse the face of the immortal King who now has "the keys of Death and Hades" (Rev 1:18).

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever! (Ps 117:1). Let us make our own the Psalmist's exclamation which we sang in the Responsorial Psalm: "The Lord's mercy endures forever!" In order to understand thoroughly the truth of these words, let us be led by the liturgy to the heart of the event of salvation, which unites Christ's Death and Resurrection with our lives and with the world's history. This miracle of mercy has radically changed humanity's destiny. It is a miracle in which is unfolded the fullness of the love of the Father who, for our redemption, does not even draw back before the sacrifice of His Only-begotten Son.

In the humiliated and suffering Christ, believers and non-believers can admire a surprising solidarity, which binds Him to our human condition beyond all imaginable measure. The Cross, even after the Resurrection of the Son of God, "speaks and never ceases to speak of God the Father, who is absolutely faithful to His eternal love for man. ... Believing in this love means believing in mercy" (Rich in Mercy, 7).

Blessed Pope John Paul II and Divine Mercy

Let us thank the Lord for His love, which is stronger than death and sin. It is revealed and put into practice as mercy in our daily lives, and prompts every person in turn to have "mercy" towards the Crucified One. Is not loving God and loving one's neighbor and even one's "enemies," after Jesus' example, the program of life of every baptized person and of the whole Church?

A great joy

With these sentiments, we are celebrating the Second Sunday of Easter, which since last year, the year of the Great jubilee, is also called "Divine Mercy Sunday." It is a great joy for me to be able to join all of you, dear pilgrims and faithful who have come from various nations to commemorate, after one year, the canonization of Sister Faustina Kowalska, witness and messenger of the Lord's merciful love.

The elevation to the honors of the altar of this humble religious, a daughter of my land, is not only a gift for Poland but for all humanity. Indeed the message she brought is the appropriate and incisive answer that God wanted to offer to the questions and expectations of human beings in our time, marked by terrible tragedies. Jesus said to Sister Faustina one day: "Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy" (Diary, 300). Divine Mercy! This is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity at the dawn of the third millennium.

The Gospel, which has just been proclaimed, helps us to grasp the full sense and value of this gift. The Evangelist John makes us share in the emotion felt by the Apostles in their meeting with Christ after His Resurrection. Our attention focuses on the gesture of the Master, who transmits to the fearful, astounded disciples the mission of being ministers of Divine Mercy. He shows them His hands and His side, which bear the marks of the Passion, and tells them: "As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you" (John 20:21.)

Immediately afterwards, "He breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained' " (John 20:22-23). Jesus entrusted to them the gift of "forgiving sins," a gift that flows from the wounds in His hands, His feet, and especially from His pierced side. From there a wave of mercy is poured out over all humanity.

Let us relive this moment with great spiritual intensity. Today the Lord also shows us His glorious wounds and His Heart, an inexhaustible source of light and truth, of love and forgiveness.

Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Heart of Christ!

His "Sacred Heart" has given men everything: redemption, salvation, sanctification. Saint Faustina Kowalska saw coming from this Heart that was overflowing with generous love, two rays of light which illuminated the world.

The two rays, [according to what Jesus Himself told her], denote blood and water (Diary, 299). The blood recalls the sacrifice of Golgotha and the mystery of the Eucharist; the water, according to the rich symbolism of the Evangelist John, makes us think of Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Spirit (See John 3:5; 4:14).

Through the mystery of this wounded Heart, the restorative tide of God's merciful love continues to spread over the men and women of our time. Here alone can those who long for true and lasting happiness find its secret.

"Jesus, I trust in You!"

This prayer, dear to so many of the devout, clearly expresses the attitude with which we too would like to abandon ourselves trustfully in Your hands, O Lord, our only Savior.

You are burning with the desire to be loved and those in tune with the sentiments of Your Heart learn how to build the new civilization of love. A simple act of abandonment is enough to overcome the barriers of darkness and sorrow, of doubt and desperation. The rays of Your Divine Mercy restore hope, in a special way, to those-who feel overwhelmed by the burden of sin.

Mary, Mother of Mercy, help us always to have this trust in your Son, our Redeemer. Help us too, St. Faustina, whom we remember today with special affection. Fixing our weak gaze on the Divine Savior's face, we would like to repeat with you: "Jesus, I trust in You!" Now and for ever. Amen.

Divine Mercy Novena

Novena of Divine Mercy

This message and the devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received from Jesus about God's mercy.  Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.

The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us — all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

The Divine Mercy message:

Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.

Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.

Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

Excerpts taken from http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/the-message-of-divine-mercy/article/279

In her diary, St. 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." 

Jesus gave St. Faustina 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."

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#ixzz2AEmyJEqD

First Day

  

"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.

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Second Day

"Today bring to Me

 the Souls of    Priests and Religious,

 

            

and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy.

It was they who gave me strength 

to endure My bitter Passion. 

Through them as through channels 

My mercy flows out upon mankind."

 

Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in men and women consecrated to Your service,* that they may perform worthy works of mercy; and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your vineyard -- upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.

* In the original text, Saint Faustina uses the pronoun "us" since she was offering this prayer as a consecrated religious sister. The wording adapted here is intended to make the prayer suitable for universal use.

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Third Day

"Today bring to Me 

all Devout 

and Faithful Souls,

and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. 

These souls brought me consolation 

on the Way of the Cross. 

They were a drop of consolation 

in the midst of an ocean of bitterness." 

 

Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It. We beg this grace of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.

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Fourth Day

Atheists 'probable' answer--Pray for them.

  Today bring to Me 

 those who do not believe in God 

and those who do 

not know Me, 

 I was thinking also of them 

during My bitter Passion, 

and their future zeal comforted My Heart. 

Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy." 

 

Most compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

*Our Lord's original words here were "the pagans." Since the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, the Church has seen fit to replace this term with clearer and more appropriate terminology.

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Fifth Day

"Today bring to Me the Souls of those

who have separated themselves 

from My Church*,

 

                 

 and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. 

                              During My bitter Passion

            they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. 

                     As they return to unity with the Church 

       My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion." 

 

Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son's Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.

*Our Lord's original words here were "heretics and schismatics," since He spoke to Saint Faustina within the context of her times. As of the Second Vatican Council, Church authorities have seen fit not to use those designations in accordance with the explanation given in the Council's Decree on Ecumenism (n.3). Every pope since the Council has reaffirmed that usage. Saint Faustina herself, her heart always in harmony with the mind of the Church, most certainly would have agreed. When at one time, because of the decisions of her superiors and father confessor, she was not able to execute Our Lord's inspirations and orders, she declared: "I will follow Your will insofar as You will permit me to do so through Your representative. O my Jesus " I give priority to the voice of the Church over the voice with which You speak to me" (497). The Lord confirmed her action and praised her for it.

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Sixth Day                                       

 

"Today bring to Me 

the Meek and Humble Souls 

                              

and 
the Souls of Little Children,




and immerse them in My mercy. 

 These souls most closely resemble My Heart. 

They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. 

 I saw them as earthly Angels, 

 who will keep vigil at My altars. 

 I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. 

 I favor humble souls with My confidence."

 

Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, "Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart." Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father's favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God Himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

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Seventh Day 

Today bring to Me the Souls 

who especially venerate 

and glorify My Mercy*,

 

and immerse them in My mercy. 

These souls sorrowed most over 

My Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. 

They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. 

These souls will shine with 

a special brightness in the next life.            

Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. 

I shall particularly defend 

each one of them at the hour of death.

 

Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love Itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy. These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and adversities they go forward, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy, and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God:

Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He, Himself, will defend as His glory. Amen.

*The text leads one to conclude that in the first prayer directed to Jesus, Who is the Redeemer, it is "victim" souls and contemplatives that are being prayed for; those persons, that is, that voluntarily offered themselves to God for the salvation of their neighbor (see Col 1:24; 2 Cor 4:12). This explains their close union with the Savior and the extraordinary efficacy that their invisible activity has for others. In the second prayer, directed to the Father from whom comes "every worthwhile gift and every genuine benefit,"we recommend the "active" souls, who promote devotion to The Divine Mercy and exercise with it all the other works that lend themselves to the spiritual and material uplifting of their brethren.

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Eighth Day       

                                

     "Today bring to Me  

the Souls who are in 

the prison of Purgatory, 

 and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice." 

 

Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.

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Ninth Day

"Today bring to Me 

those who have become Lukewarm, 

  and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: 'Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy." 

 

Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#ixzz2AEmMEDFP

Jesus asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday.  

This Novena can be said anytime, I myself, and many others, say the Novena constantly with the Chaplet--nine days, then nine days...etc.  With so many souls are in need of Christ's Mercy--He asked us to pray for these souls--should we leave it only for once a year???

Joined with the Divine Mercy chaplet it is a powerful tool for the salvation of souls... Jesus I Trust In YOU.  *(The Chaplet is found on separate post)

Blessed Pope John Paul II with Divine mercy Image

Divine Mercy Sunday, celebrated on the Sunday following Easter Sunday, was established as a universal feast of the Church by Pope John Paul II (2001).  

On August 7, 2002, in his homily at the dedication of the Divine Mercy Shrine in Lagniewniki (Krakow), Poland, Pope John Paul II said (in part):
 "...Today, therefore, in this Shrine, I wish solemnly to entrust the world to Divine Mercy. I do so with the burning desire that the message of God's merciful love, proclaimed here through Saint Faustina, may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope. May this message radiate from this place to our beloved homeland and throughout the world. May the binding promise of the Lord Jesus be fulfilled: from here there must go forth "the spark which will prepare the world for His final coming" (cf. Diary, 1732).

On the evening of April 2, 2005 John Paul was near death. The next day was Divine Mercy Sunday. The usual vespers for the preparations of the "Divine Mercy" had started when John Paul passed away at 9:37, Rome time. There is no question that one of the greatest missions of John Paul was to bring back this awesome devotion. It is therefore fitting that he should pass away during the vespers in preparation of Divine Mercy Sunday. I believe without the Mercy of God there is no hope for this world. I personally remain convinced that John Paul's greatest mission was to place the Mercy of God, in the hands of much needed sinners. 
Excerpts taken from:  http://www.medjugorjeusa.org/faustinajohnpaul.htm