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DAY 7: Jesus speaks to St Faustina, as recorded in her diary.
1224 “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.”
1225 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. These souls are united to Jesus and 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.
A soul who praises the goodness of her Lord,
Is especially loved by Him.
She is always close to the living fountain,
And draws graces from Mercy Divine.
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 spirit, overflowing with joy, sings 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, “I Myself will defend as My own glory, during their lifetime, and especially at the hour of their death, those souls who will venerate My fathomless mercy.”
Suggested: pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Litany of Divine Mercy. If time is short, click the audio links above to meditate while driving, preparing dinner or other menial duties.
For day 8 of the novena, click here.
BACKGROUND
To St Faustina, Jesus promised special graces to those who perform this novena, including “strength and refreshment,” and graces in life’s hardships, “especially at the hour of death.”
Throughout the novena, Jesus asks the petitioner to pray for all mankind, priests and religious, devout and faithful souls, atheists, fallen-away Catholics, “meek and humble souls and the souls of little children,” “souls who especially venerate and glorify My Mercy,” the souls in purgatory, and lukewarm souls.
Jesus provided these instructions to St Faustina:
-Divine Mercy in my Soul: The diary of St Maria Faustina Kowalska
Sources:
Divine Mercy Chaplet | Together we pray
Science cannot explain suffering. As Lay Passionist and nurse, she challenges modern health care assumptions; contraception, abortion, euthanasia, herd immunity and more. Behind every health dilemma, God asks us to abide in Him. Author of 7 books & >20 peer-reviewed nursing journal articles; she also writes as "The Catholic Nurse" on Substack, see "Archives." She is a veteran of the Army Nurse Corps. Her primary charism is mercy through which she explores redemptive suffering, spiritual healing and the joy of bringing of souls to God.
