For the living know that they shall die:
but the dead know not any thing,
Ecclesiastes 9:5
"The Divine Mercy novena is prayed between Good Friday and the Sunday of Divine Mercy, which is the Sunday following Easter. Those praying the novena are to pray for the special intentions of each day followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.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.”
(Diary of Faustina, 1209)
Special intentions for souls during the Divine Mercy Novena:
Day 1 (Good Friday) — All mankind, especially sinners
Day 2 (Holy Saturday) — The souls of priests and religious
Day 3 (Easter Sunday) — All devout and faithful souls
Day 4 (Easter Monday) — Those who do not believe in Jesus and those who do not yet know Him
Day 5 (Easter Tuesday) — The souls of separated brethren
Day 6 (Easter Wednesday) — The meek and humble souls and the souls of children
Day 7 (Easter Thursday) — The souls who especially venerate and glorify Jesus’ mercy
Day 8 (Easter Friday) — The souls who are detained in purgatory
Day 9 (Easter Saturday) — The souls who have become lukewarm.
For a list of these prayers in its entirety, please visit www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm or visit the nearest Catholic bookstore to purchase the Divine Mercy Novena prayers.
The Sunday of Divine Mercy is a new feast that was instituted on May 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II. A Polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska, now a saint, heard Jesus telling her, “Say always the Chaplet I have taught you. He (she) who says it, shall experience My Mercy, during his (her) life, and mostly at the hour of his (her) death.” CatholicFire
