“I desire that Adoration take place for the intention of imploring Mercy for the world,” words of Jesus to Saint Mary Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament.

“Suddenly, God’s presence took hold of me, and at once I saw myself in Rome, in the Holy Father’s chapel and at the same time I was in our chapel.  And the celebration of the Holy Father and the entire Church was closely connected with our chapel ...

“I saw the Lord Jesus in our chapel, exposed in the monstrance on the high altar. The chapel was adorned as for a feast, and on that day anyone who wanted to come was allowed in.  The crowd was so enormous that the eye could not take it all in.  Everyone was participating in the celebrations with great joy, and many of them obtained what they desired.  The same celebration was held in Rome, in a beautiful church, and the Holy Father, with all the clergy, was celebrating this Feast, and then suddenly I saw Saint Peter, who stood between the altar and the Holy Father.  I could not hear what Saint Peter said but I saw that the Holy Father understood his words ... Then suddenly, I saw how the two rays, as painted in the image, issued from the Host and spread over the whole world.”

"O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fountain of living water which springs from infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners." (St. Faustina Kowalska)

    In His great love for us, the Lord Jesus gave us a great miracle of mercy: the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
    Christ's Resurrection into glory was not the final reason for the Incarnation, when God became man.  The Incarnation looked forward to Jesus remaining with us to the end of time in the Eucharist.  By this greatest miracle of His love, Jesus remains with us under the form of bread and wine, not only for our spiritual nourishment, but to be kept company by us as well.
    In the Eucharist, Christ is fully present as He is in heaven.  The Eucharist, explains Pope Leo XIII, contains, "in a variety of miracles, all supernatural realities" (Encyclical Mirae Caritatis).
    The Eucharist is central to devotion to The Divine Mercy, and many of the elements of the devotion are essentially Eucharistic--especially the image, the chaplet, and the Feast of Mercy.  The image, with its red and pale rays, presents the Eucharistic Lord Jesus, whose Heart has been pierced and now pours forth blood and water as a fountain of mercy for us.  It is the image of God's sacrificial gift of mercy made present in every Mass.
    Several times in her Diary, Blessed Faustina writes of seeing the red and pale rays coming, not from the image, but from the Sacred Host; and once, as the priest exposed the Blessed Sacrament, she saw the rays from the image pierce the Host and spread out from it all over the world (see 441).  So too, with the eyes of faith, we should see in every Host the merciful savior pouring Himself out as a fountain of mercy for us.
    The concept of the Eucharist as a fountain of grace and mercy is not only found in the Diary, but also in Church teaching.  The Church clearly teaches that all the other sacraments are directed towards the Eucharist and draw their power from it.
    In the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (#10), for example, we read: "Especially from the Eucharist, grace is poured forth upon us as from a fountain."  And, in a note in the Catechism of the Council of Trent, pastors are urged to "compare the Eucharist to a fountain and the other sacraments to rivulets.  For the Holy Eucharist is truly and necessarily the fountain of all graces, containing, as it does, after an admirable manner, the fountain itself of celestial gifts and graces, the Author of all the sacraments, Christ our Lord, from whom, as from its source, is derived whatever of goodness and perfection the other sacraments possess."
    No wonder, then, that Blessed Faustina was so devoted to the Eucharist and wrote so powerfully about it in her Diary:

    "O what awesome mysteries take place during Mass! ... One day we will know what God is doing for us in each Mass, and what sort of gift He is preparing in it for us.  Only His divine love could permit that such a gift be provided for us ... this fountain of life gushing forth with such sweetness and power (914) ...

    "All the good that is in me is due to Holy Communion (1392) ... Herein lies the whole secret of my sanctity (1489) ... one thing alone sustains me and that is Holy Communion.  From it I draw all my strength; in it is all my comfort ... Jesus concealed in the Host is everything to me ... I would not know how to give glory to God if I did not have the Eucharist in my heart (1037) ...

    "O living Host, my one and only strength, fountain of love and mercy, embrace the whole world, fortify faint souls.  Oh, blessed be the instant and the moment when Jesus left us His most merciful Heart!" (223).

(From the booklet "The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion", by Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC and Vinny Flynn)

    To help us prepare to receive within us the actual Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our merciful Savior in the Eucharist, Our Lord left us another "miracle of mercy", the sacrament of Reconciliation.  Here, too, Jesus is present for us--for all of us, no matter how great our sins--as the merciful Savior, the fountain of mercy that cleanses, comforts, forgives and restores life.
    When you go to confession, to this fountain of mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul (1602) ... In the Tribunal of Mercy [the sacrament of Reconciliation] ... the greatest miracles take place and are incessantly repeated (1448) ... Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy (1602) ...
    Come with faith to the feet of My representative (1448) ... I Myself am waiting there for you.  I am only hidden by the priest ... I Myself act in your soul (1602) ... Make your confession before Me.  The person of the priest is, for Me, only a screen.  Never analyze what sort of a priest it is that I am making use of; open your soul in confession as you would to Me, and I will fill it with My light (1725) ...
    Were a human soul like a decaying corpse, so that from a human standpoint, there would be no hope of restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God.  The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full ... From this fountain of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust.  If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity (1448).
    To emphasize the importance of these two great sacraments of mercy, Our Lord has made their reception a necessary condition for obtaining His promise of complete forgiveness of sins and punishment for those observing the Feast of Mercy.  And Pope John Paul II, who has repeatedly stressed the importance of God's message of mercy, has exhorted us that, "the Church of the new Advent ... must be the Church of the Eucharist and of Penance" (Redemptor Hominis).
    In his closing address to the 1983 Synod of Bishops in Rome, the Holy Father explained that both sacraments were instituted in the Cenacle and are intimately linked together:

    "We must also keep before our eyes [the Sacrament of Penance's] central position in the entire economy of the work of salvation, its particular link with the paschal mystery of Christ and the Church.  In fact, immediately after His passion and His death, on the very day of His Resurrection, on the occasion of the first visit to the Apostles gathered in the Cenacle, [where the Eucharist was instituted] Jesus Christ pronounced these words: 'Receive the Holy Spirit,  Whosesoever sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and whosoever sins you shall retain, they are retained' (Jn 20:22-25).  The importance of these words and of this event is such that they should be considered alongside the importance of the Eucharist itself" (Penitential Catechesis, par. 3b and 4).

(From the booklet "The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion", by Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC and Vinny Flynn)

    When we expose His light in the Blessed Sacrament to the darkness of the world His light will cast out the darkness.
    When we expose His love, Divine Love, to the world His love will conquer every single act of violence, all of the hostilities and hatred.
    When we expose His Heart to the world, then we will turn to each other with His mercy, with His kindness, with His forgiveness.
    The Eucharist will unite all of us!

Jesus told St. Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament to:“Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you.  Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death.  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 that the whole world know My infinite mercy.  I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy.”

Begin with:
Our Father...  Hail Mary... The Apostles Creed...

On the Our Father Beads say:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the Hail Mary Beads say:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Conclude with:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (3x)
 

O living Host, my one and only strength, fountain of love and mercy, embrace the whole world, fortify faint souls.  Oh, blessed be the instant and the moment where Jesus left us His most merciful Heart!

O great and Divine Sacrament
That veils my God!
Jesus, be with me each moment
And no fear will enter my heart.

O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners.  O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead with You for poor sinners.  O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of Your light for poor sinners.  O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood.  O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners.  Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equaled.  Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy.  God will not deny His mercy to anyone.  Heaven and earth may change, by God's mercy will never be exhausted.  Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus!  I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that  may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages.

O my Jesus, despite the deep night that is all around me and the dark clouds which hide the horizon, I know that the sun never goes out.  O Lord, though I cannot comprehend You and do not understand Your ways, I nonetheless trust in Your mercy.  If it is Your will, Lord, that I live always in such darkness, may You be blessed.  I ask You only one thing, Jesus: do not allow me to offend You in any way.  O my Jesus, You alone know the longings and the sufferings of my heart.
I am glad I can suffer for You, however little.  When I feel that the suffering is more than I can bear, I take refuge in the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, and I speak to Him with profound silence.

O Blessed Host, in golden chalice enclosed for me,
That through the vast wilderness of exile
I may pass--pure, immaculate, undefiled;
Oh, grant that through the power of Your love this might come to be.

O Blessed Host, take up your dwelling within my soul,
O Thou my heart's purest love!
With Your brilliance the darkness dispel.
Refuse not Your grace to a humble heart.

O Blessed Host, enchantment of all heaven,
Though Your beauty be veiled
And captured in a crumb of bread,
Strong faith tears away that veil.

I will spend all my free moments at the feet of the Blessed Sacrament.  At the feet of Jesus, I will seek light, comfort and strength.  I will show my gratitude unceasingly to God for His great mercy towards me, never forgetting the favors He has bestowed on me, especially the grace of a vocation.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the testament of God's mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus as proof of infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained life eternal and of infinite mercy, dispensed in abundance to us and especially to poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the mercy of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit toward us, and especially toward poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the infinite price of mercy which will compensate for all our debts, and especially those of poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fountain of living water which springs from infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fire of purest love which blazes forth from the bosom of the Eternal Father, as from an abyss of infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the medicine for all our infirmities, flowing from infinite mercy, as from a fount, for us and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the medicine for all our infirmities, flowing from infinite mercy, as from a fount, for us and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the union between God and us through His infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, in whom is contained in whom are contained all the sentiments of the most sweet Heart of Jesus toward us, and especially poor sinners.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in all the sufferings and adversities of life.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of darkness and of storms within and without.

O Blessed Host, our only hope our only hope in life and at the hour of our death.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of adversities and floods of despair.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of falsehood and treason.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of the darkness and godlessness which inundate the earth.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the longing and pain in which no one will understand us.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the toil and monotony of everyday life.

O Blessed Host, our only hope amid the ruin of our hopes and endeavors.

O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of the ravages of the enemy and the efforts of hell.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when the burdens are beyond my strength and I find my efforts are fruitless.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when storms toss my heart about and my fearful spirit tends to despair.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my heart is about to tremble and mortal sweat moistens my brow.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when everything conspires against me and black despair creeps into my soul.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my eyes will begin to grow dim to all temporal things and, for the first time, my spirit will behold the unknown worlds.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my tasks will be beyond my strength and adversity will become my daily lot.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when the practice of virtue will appear difficult for me and my nature will grow rebellious.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when hostile blows will be aimed against me.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my toils and efforts will be misjudged by others.

O Blessed Host, I trust in You when Your judgments will resound over me; it is then that I will trust in the sea of Your mercy.

 O Jesus, Divine Prisoner of Love, when I consider Your love and how You emptied Yourself for me, my senses deaden.  You hide Your inconceivable majesty and lower Yourself to miserable me.  O king of Glory, though You hide Your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil.  I see the angelic choirs giving You honor without cease, and all the heavenly Powers praising You without cease, and without cease they are saying: Holy, Holy, Holy.
      Oh, who will comprehend Your love and Your unfathomable mercy toward us!  O Prisoner of Love, I lift up my poor heart in this tabernacle that it may adore You without cease night and day.  I know of no obstacle in this adoration: and even though I be physically distant, my heart is always with You.  Nothing can put a stop to my love for You.  No obstacles exist for me...
      O Holy Trinity, One and Indivisible God, may You be blessed for this great gift and testament of mercy.  Amen.
      I adore You, Lord and Creator, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament.  I adore You for all the works of Your hands, that reveal to me so much wisdom, goodness and mercy, O Lord.  You have spread so much beauty over the earth and it tells me about Your beauty, even though these beautiful things are but a faint reflection of You, incomprehensible Beauty.  And although You have hidden Yourself and concealed your beauty, my eyes, enlightened by faith, reaches You and my soul recognizes its Creator, its Highest Good, and my heart is completely immersed in prayer of adoration.
      My Lord and Creator, Your goodness encourages me to converse with You.  Your mercy abolishes the chasm which separates the Creator from the creature.  To converse with You, O Lord, is the delight of my heart.  In You I find everything that my heart could desire.  Here Your light illumines my mind, enabling it to know You more and more deeply.  Here streams of grace flow down upon my heart.  Here my soul draws eternal life.  O my Lord and Creator, You alone, beyond all these gifts give Your own self to me and unite Yourself intimately with Your miserable creature.
      O Christ, let my greatest delight be to see You loved and Your praise and glory proclaimed, especially the honor of Your mercy.  O Christ, let me glorify Your goodness and mercy to the last moment of my life, with every drop of my blood and every beat of my heart.  Would that I be transformed into a hymn of adoration of You.  When I find myself on my deathbed, may the last beat of my heart be a loving hymn glorifying Your unfathomable mercy.  Amen.

*All quotations and excerpts from St. Mary Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament were taken from her diary Divine Mercy in my Soul.

    "Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy ..."  For centuries people have invoked Mary under this title, and now, in modern times, Pope John Paul II has presented it to us again to emphasize the unique role Mary plays in God's eternal plan of mercy.  In his encyclical letter Rich in Mercy, he devotes an entire section to Mary, the "Mother of Mercy".  She is the one, he explains, who has the deepest understanding of God's mercy, the one who, more than anyone else, deserved and received mercy.  Called in a special way to share her Son's mission to reveal His love, she continues to proclaim His mercy "from generation to generation" (9).
    For Blessed Faustina, Mary was a constant source of God's Mercy, as mother, guardian, teacher, and intercessor.  From Mary she received a special gift of purity, strength in suffering, and countless lessons on the spiritual life.  "Mary is my Instructress," she writes, "who is ever teaching me how to live for God (620) ... The more I imitate the Mother of God, the more deeply I get to know God (843) ... before every Holy Communion, I earnestly ask the Mother of God to help me prepare my soul for the coming of her Son (114) ... She has taught me how to love God interiorly and also how to carry out His will in all things (40) ... O Mary, my Mother, I place everything in your hands (79) ... You are joy, because through you God descended to earth and into my heart" (40).

(From the booklet "The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion", by Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC and Vinny Flynn)

O Mary, my Mother and my Lady, I offer You my soul, my body, my life and my death, and all that will come after it.  I place everything in Your hands.  O my Mother, cover my soul with Your virginal mantle and grant me the grace of purity of heart, soul and body.  Defend me with Your power against all enemies, and especially against those who hide their malice behind the mask of virtue (79)... Fortify my soul that pain may not break it.  Mother of grace, teach me to live by God's power (315) ...

O Mary ... a terrible sword has pierced Your holy soul.  Except for God no one knows of Your suffering.  Your soul does not break; it is brave, because it is with Jesus.  Sweet Mother, unite my soul to Jesus, because it is only then that I will be able to endure all trials and tribulations, and only in union with Jesus will my little sacrifices be pleasing to God.  Sweetest Mother, continue to teach me about the interior life.  May the sword of suffering never break me.  O pure Virgin, pour courage into my heart and guard it (915).

Blessed Faustina wrote: "St. Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him.  He himself told me to recite every day three prayers [the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be], and the Memorare once every day.  He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy].  He has promised me his special help and protection.  I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection." (1203)

    Remember, O most pure spouse of Mary, and my dearly beloved guardian, St. Joseph, that never was it known that anyone who invoked your care and requested your help was left without consolation.
    Inspired with this confidence, I come to you, and with all the ardor of my spirit I commend myself to you.  Do not reject my prayer, O Foster Father of the Savior, but graciously receive and answer it.  Amen.

Opening Prayers (optional)
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, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for us, I trust in You!

Here recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (See above section on this page)

Below is a different prayer to be said on each day of the novena, after which the following closing prayer may be said:

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.
 

First Day
"Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, and 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."

Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our 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.

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 for ever 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."

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.

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."

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 grace of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of You 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.

Fourth Day
"Today bring to Me THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy."

Most Compassionate Jesus, You are the the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

Fifth Day
"Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion."

Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son's Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.

Sixth Day
"Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace. I favor humble souls with My confidence."

Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, "Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart." Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father's favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God Himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

Seventh Day
"Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ESPECIALLY VENERATE AND GLORIFY MY MERCY, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls sorrowed most over my Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life. Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death."

Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love Itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy. These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and adversities they go forward, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy, and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God: Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He, Himself, will defend as His glory. Amen.

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 for 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.

Ninth Day
"Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: 'Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy."

Most Compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of You love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.