Novena
Divine Mercy Novena
Nine-day novena to Saint Faustina Kowalska · begins Good Friday, ending on the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday
The novena kept from Good Friday through the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday, in which a different group of souls is brought to Christ on each of the nine days and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is prayed for them.
Background
The nine daily intentions were recorded by Saint Faustina Kowalska in 1937 in her Diary, at entries 1209 to 1229, and the received prayer for each day is part of that text. The Diary and its standard English translation are under copyright and are not reproduced here; what follows names the day's intention in the editors' own words and gives the chaplet, whose formulas are public. The full received day-prayers should be read in an authorised edition of the Diary or on the Marian Fathers' Divine Mercy pages. Pope John Paul II canonised Saint Faustina on 30 April 2000 and on the same day established the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday for the universal Church.
Days
Intention
the mercy of God poured out on every kind of soul
Usually begun
Good Friday, ending on the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday
Structure
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Duration
9 days
