NOVENA PRAYERS

1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT FERRER

2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
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1⃣ NOVENA TO ST. VINCENT FERRER

DAY 3 - MARCH 29

FOR TRUE LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR

St. Vincent Ferrer because of your love of God, you showed great charity towards your neighbour. You could not preach on the love of God without burning tears of love. During your last years, it seemed as though you could not talk about anything else or live for anything else. Thus you sacrificed yourself to your neighbour by consoling, absolving and sanctifying them to the limits of your strength. Your charity inspires me to greater love of God, a love which is shown more by acts than by words. Help me to love my neighbour generously as Christ loves them. Holy Priest of St. Dominic, I have confidence in your intercession. Pray for me during this novena especially for..

(State your intentions here…)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...

PRAYER: O my protector, St. Vincent Ferrer, as the eternal God has deposited in you an inexhaustible treasure of grace and of supernatural virtues, hear my earnest petition, and help me with your intercession, more powerful now even than when you were on earth. Hence with blind confidence do I cast myself at your feet, there to place my requests for all those in whom I am concerned but more particularly for (special favour). O glorious saint, let not my confidence in you be deceived. Present for me, to the Divine Majesty, your suppliant prayers and watch over my soul. Should sorrow and trials increase, so also will my rejoicing increase, and may my patience grow with each day, that I may thus save my soul. Amen.

St. Vincent Ferrer: Pray for us!
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2⃣ DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

DAY 1 - MARCH 29

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.''