NOVENA PRAYERS

1⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

DAY 2 - APRIL 18

Mary, our Mother, you have always been concerned with the affairs of the world and of each person throughout history. You have provided counsel and comfort to those who needed you, even during your earthly life when you visited your cousin Elizabeth while she carried John the Baptist in her womb. Our Lady of Good Counsel, today, I ask for your intercession for a world in need of your guidance and for counsel in my own life.

(State your intentions here…)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

PRAYER: Blessed Mary, Star of the Sea, guide us now as you have guided pilgrims in years past. Be our constant beacon, a blazing light in this dark night, and lead us home to dwell with your Son forever and ever. Amen.

For guidance for our country's leaders, pray for us.

For counsel for those who are exiled from their home countries, pray for us.

For an increase in love, trust, and devotion to your Immaculate Heart that leads us to Jesus, pray for us.
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2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

DAY 1 - APRIL 18

INTENTION

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.

NOVENA PRAYERS

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 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, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy for ever and ever. Amen.

Pray the "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET".

HOW TO PRAY THE "DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET?"

'STEP 1' – Using a regular set of Rosary beads, you begin at the cross by making the SIGN OF THE CROSS.

OPENING PRAYER: ''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.''

REPEAT THREE TIMES: ''O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!''

'STEP 2' – On the three beads of the Rosary pray the OUR FATHER, THE HAIL MARY AND THE APOSTLES CREED.

'STEP 3' – You begin each decade with the OUR FATHER beads by praying this prayer: ''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.''

'STEP 4' - Complete the decade on the 10 HAIL MARY beads by praying this prayer: ''For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.''

Repeat 'STEPS 3 AND 4' for each decade on the rosary beads

'STEP 5' – Once you have prayed all 5 DECADES, you end the Chaplet by praying the following prayer 3 TIMES: ''Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.''

CLOSING PRAYER: ''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.''