Our Lord said to St. Faustina: “Encourage souls to say the chaplet which I have given you… Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death… When they say this chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge, but as the Merciful Savior… Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy… Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will.” (From the Diary, 687, 1541, 1731)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
After the intention for each day of the Novena, pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (below)
CONVERSATION OF THE MERCIFUL GOD WITH A DESPAIRING SOUL
[An Excerpt from Saint Faustina’s Diary]
Jesus: O soul steeped in darkness, do not despair. All is not yet lost. Come and confide in your God, who is love and mercy.
But the soul, deaf even to this appeal, wraps itself in darkness.
Jesus: My child, listen to the voice of your merciful Father.
In the soul arises this reply: “For me there is no mercy,” and it falls into greater darkness, a despair which is a foretaste of hell and makes it unable to draw near to God.
Jesus calls to the soul a third time, but the soul remains deaf and blind, hardened and despairing. Then the mercy of God begins to exert itself, and, without any co-operation from the soul, God grants it final grace. If this too is spurned, God will leave the soul in this self-chosen disposition for eternity. This grace emerges from the merciful Heart of Jesus and gives the soul a special light by means of which the soul begins to understand God’s effort; but conversion depends on its own will. The soul knows that this, for her, is final grace and, should it show even a flicker of good will, the mercy of God will accomplish the rest: My omnipotent mercy is active here. Happy the soul that takes advantage of this grace.
Jesus: What joy fills My Heart when you return to me. Because you are weak, I take you in My arms and carry you to the home of My Father.
Soul (as if awaking, asks fearfully): Is it possible that there yet is mercy for me?
Jesus: There is, My child. You have a special claim on My mercy. Let it act in your poor soul; let the rays of grace enter your soul; they bring with them light, warmth, and life.
Soul: But fear fills me at the thought of my sins, and this terrible fear moves me to doubt Your goodness.
Jesus: My child, all your sins have not wounded My Heart as painfully as your present lack of trust does— that after so many efforts of My love and mercy, you should still doubt My goodness.
Soul: O Lord, save me yourself, for I perish. Be my Savior. O Lord, I am unable to say anything more; my pitiful heart is torn asunder; but You, O Lord…
Jesus does not let the soul finish but, raising it from the ground, from the depths of its misery, he leads it into the recesses of His Heart where all its sins disappear instantly, consumed by the flames of love.
Jesus: Here, soul, are all the treasures of My Heart. Take everything you need from it.