Preparing for Easter and April 15th Divine Mercy Feast Day

Ms. Tricia Roxas, a Divine Mercy advocate, reminds us about prayers during Lent to thank God for His grace of love and mercy. She wrote:

 “During the Lenten season, let us pray for the grace to follow God’s will in our lives, the grace of forgiveness. It is this time of the year again that we celebrate a beautiful gift given to us by Jesus the Divine Mercy. On Sunday April 15, 2012 is the Feast Day of the Divine Mercy (Sunday after Easter Sunday). Let us celebrate the promise of Jesus to St. Faustina on that special day - 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.”

 For all those who are interested and may have no access to a copy of this novena, which begins on April 6 and ends on April 14, before Divine Mercy Sunday, April 15, allow us to share Day 1 to 3 of this novena here and please go to www.ourdivinemercy.info for the rest of the novena or email us if you want a copy.

 It is suggested that you “say one Divine Mercy chaplet each day following the novena intention. Include in your daily intention a list of people you’ve noted down for which you offer the novena to.”

 First Day: “Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, 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.”

 Prayer: “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 the 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. Oh Omnipotence of Divine Mercy, Salvation of sinful people, You are a sea of mercy and compassion; You aid those who entreat you with humility. 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 forever and ever. Amen.”

 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.”

 Prayer:  “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. The fountain of God’s love dwells in pure hearts, bathed in the sea of mercy, radiant as stars, bright as the dawn. 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.”

 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 that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.”

 Prayer: “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 of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.The miracles of mercy are impenetrable. 

 Neither the sinner nor just one will fathom them.  When you cast upon us an eye of pity, You draw us all closer to your love.  

 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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