Divine Mercy Sunday
Sunday, April 7
Jesus, I trust in you. Divine Mercy Sunday is on April 7. In honor of this special feast day, we are inviting the parish community to join us on a special nine-day prayer journey.
The Divine Mercy Novena will begin on Good Friday, March 29 and will continue through Saturday, April 6. On Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7, we will gather in the chapel at 3 p.m. for a special prayer service where we will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
If you are interested in joining us on this prayer journey, please mark these events on your calendar. Below are the daily prayers for the Divine Mercy Novena. Check back daily from March 29-April 7 to pray along with us.
Divine Mercy Novena
The prayers for the Divine Mercy Novena were given to St. Faustina through an apparition of our Lord Jesus. He asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a novena to the Divine Mercy, which would begin on Good Friday.
He 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.”
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.”
Below are the prayers for each day of the novena and the corresponding intention for each day. We encourage all to recite these prayers each day during the three o’clock hour, known as the Hour of Great Mercy.