Sister Faustina
This novena can begin on Good Friday.
Bless yourself with the sign of the cross, when wherever you see †
DAY ONE: For God’s Mercy to all mankind, especially to sinners
DAY TWO: For the clergy and all religious
DAY THREE: For faithful Christians
DAY FOUR: For unbelievers and those who don’t know Christ
DAY FIVE: For erring in the faith
DAY SIX: For children and childlike souls
DAY SEVEN: For all who honor the mercy of God
DAY EIGHT: For the souls in purgatory
DAY NINE: For lukewarm souls
FIRST DAY
Let us pray for God’s Mercy to all mankind, especially to sinners.
Most Merciful Jesus † for whom it is proper to be merciful to us and to forgive us, † look not upon our sins, † but upon the trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. † Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Merciful Heart † and do not permit any one to depart therefrom for all eternity. † We beseech You for this through the love which unites You with the Father and the Holy Spirit † in the unity of the Most Holy and incomprehensible Trinity.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy upon all mankind † and especially upon poor sinners † whose only hope is the Most Merciful Heart of Your Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ. † Through His sorrowful Passion who Your Mercy to us † that we may glorify your omnipotence for all eternity.
† AMEN
SECOND DAY
Let us pray for the clergy and all religious through whom the Mercy of God descends upon all mankind.
Most Merciful Jesus † from whom all good proceeds, † increase Your graces in the souls of priests and religious † that they may worthily and fruitfully fulfill their tasks in Your Vineyard, † arousing all by word and example † to a proper devotion to the Mercy of God for all eternity.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy upon the multitude of laborers in Your Vineyard † on the souls of priests, brothers and nuns, † who are the object of the special love of Your Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ. † Grace them with the power of Your blessing † and grant them light † that they may duly lead the faithful on the way of salvation, † drawing down on them Your Mercy.
† AMEN
THIRD DAY
Let us pray for all the faithful Christians.
Most Merciful Jesus, who abundantly do bestow upon all † Your graces from the treasures of God’s Mercy, † receive all faithful Christians into the abode of Your Merciful Heart † and do not let us depart from It for all eternity. † We beseech You for this through the love † which unites You with the Father and the Holy Spirit † in the unity of the Most Holy and incomprehensible Trinity.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy † upon the souls of the faithful as upon the beloved heritage of Your Son, † and through His sorrowful Passion grant them Your blessings † and surround them with Your unceasing care. † Grant that they may never lose the love and riches of the holy Faith † but that they may glorify Your boundless Mercy † with the multitude of angels and saints for all eternity.
† AMEN
FOURTH DAY
Let us pray for those who do not believe in me and those who do not yet know me.
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 as yet do not believe in You or 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.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze † upon the souls of those who do not believe in Your Son, 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
FIFTH DAY
Let us pray for the erring of the Faith.
Most Merciful Jesus, Who are goodness itself. † and who do not refuse light to those who humbly seek, † receive into the abode of Your Most Merciful Heart † the souls of those erring in the Faith. † Draw them with Your Light into unity with the Church † that together with us they may praise † the generosity of Your Mercy for all eternity.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy † upon the souls of those erring in Faith, † and when, abusing Your grace by stubbornly persisting in their errors, † they have squandered this treasure, † look not upon their malice, † but — mindful of the love and the bitter Passion so ardently begged of You: “That they may all be one” — † grant that these souls may return to that blessed unity as quickly as possible † and together with us may praise Your Mercy for all eternity.
† AMEN
SIXTH DAY
Let us pray for little children and childlike souls.
Most Merciful Jesus, † Who did say: “Learn of Me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” † Receive into the abode of Your Most Merciful Heart † the souls of little children and those † who, like them, have become meek and humble, † thereby enchanting heaven as if by a fragrant crown † laid before the throne of Your Heavenly Father. † Grant that they may constantly dwell within Your Sacred Heart, † therein continually praising the Mercy of God.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy † upon little children and upon all meek and humble souls, † who have become most like unto Your Most Beloved Son, † and who by the fragrance of their virtues ascend to the foot of Your throne. † Father of Mercy, we beseech You through Your love for these souls † and bless us and the entire world † that we all may render unceasing praise to Your Mercy.
† AMEN
SEVENTH DAY
Let us pray for all who honor the Mercy of God and foster trust in it, thereby becoming as it were a living image of the Most Merciful Heart of Jesus.
Most Merciful Jesus, whose Most Merciful Heart is love itself, † receive † those souls especially dedicated to honoring the Mercy of God. † Praising His greatness, these souls, † whose true and mighty strength comes from God Himself, † desire to share and on their shoulders carry with You † through torments and adversities, † the burden of suffering for all mankind. † Deign to enfold them with Your ever increasing Mercy † and strengthen them always with the grace of fortitude, † patience and perseverance.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy † upon those souls who with a special tenderness praise and venerate Your Mercy, † whose lips are filled with hymns of praise † and hands with merciful deeds. † We beseech You, deign to show them Your ever increasing Mercy † according to the promise that You will protect them as Your own glory always † and especially in the hour of death.
† AMEN
EIGHTH DAY
Let us pray for the souls in Purgatory, who are satisfying the Justice of God that the Merciful stream of Christ’s Blood may diminish and shorten their suffering.
Most Merciful Jesus, † who has said: “Be merciful, as Your Heavenly Father is merciful.” † receive, we beseech You, into the abode of Your Most Merciful Heart † the souls suffering in Purgatory, satisfying their debt to God’s Justice. † May the streams of blood and water † which gushed forth from Your divine Heart † quench the flames of Purgatory that there too † the infinite power of Your Mercy may be glorified.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy † upon the suffering souls in Purgatory † and through the sorrowful Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ † and the bitterness which overflowed His Most Sacred Heart in that hour, † show pity of those who already now are subject to Your Justice. † We beseech You that You deign look at them † only through the wounds of Your Most Beloved Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ, † whose Mercy surpasses His Justice.
† AMEN
NINTH DAY
Let us pray for lukewarm souls, who were the cause of Our Lord’s terrible sufferings in Gethsemani.
Most Merciful Jesus, who are goodness itself, † lead into the abode of Your Most Merciful Heart all lukewarm souls, † who like decaying corpses filled You with aversion and loathing in the Garden of Olives. † Plunge them into the fire of Your most pure love † and melt their icy coldness † that they henceforth may become fired with ever-increasing flames of zeal † and may ever praise Your boundless Mercy.
OUR FATHER • HAIL MARY • GLORY BE
Eternal Father, look down with Mercy, † upon lukewarm souls, † who once in the Garden of Olives † wrestled from Your Most Merciful Son the sorrowful complaint: † “Let this cup pass away from Me.” † We beseech You through the bitter Passion of the same Most beloved Son † and Our Lord Jesus Christ † and through His three hour agony on the Cross, † inflame these souls with a new zeal for Your glory † and pour a true love into their hearts, † that thus quickened they may perform here on earth merciful deeds † and glorify the Mercy of God for all eternity.
† AMEN
