04/10/2026
The Divine Mercy Novena https://www.thedivinemercy.org
Good Friday, April 3rd - Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12th
Pray with Catholics around the world!
You can find out more about divine mercy and the whole novena at divinemercy.org.
Eighth Day:
Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy.
Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
All: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening Prayers
All: You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed
forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up
for the whole world. O fount of life, unfathomable
divine mercy, envelop the whole world and empty
yourself out upon us.
O Blood and Water (Three times)
Leader: O blood and water, which gushed forth from
the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us,
AlI: I trust in you!
All: Our Father | Hail Mary | Apostles Creed
All five decades (On the Our Father Bead)
Leader: Eternal Father, I offer you the body and blood,
soul and divinity of your dearly beloved Son,
our Lord, Jesus Christ,
All: in atonement for our sins and those of the whole
world.
(Hail Mary Beads)
Leader: For the sake of His sorrowful passion,
All: have mercy on us and on the whole world.
(Repeat three times)
Leader: Holy God, holy mighty one, holy immortal one,
All: have mercy on us and on the whole world.
(Repeat three times)
Leader: Jesus,
All: I trust in you
Closing Prayer
All: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the
Treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly
upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in
difficult moments, we might not despair nor become
despondent, but with great confidence, submit
ourselves to Your holy will, which is love and mercy
itself. Amen
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