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Novena to St. Faustina

Sep 26–Oct 4

10 min
Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to St. Faustina

Opening prayer:

St. Faustina, faithful secretary of Divine Mercy, who hid the splendor of God's love beneath a poor religious habit, draw near to me now. Teach me to trust Jesus as you did, holding nothing back, and obtain for me the grace I seek in this novena. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: Hidden holiness

St. Faustina spent her days in convent kitchens, gardens, and gatehouses, unknown to the world, yet there she received the greatest of revelations. She teaches us that sanctity is not found in grand deeds but in humble fidelity to ordinary duties done for love of God. Like the hidden life of Nazareth, her littleness became the soil in which God planted a message for the whole world.

O humble St. Faustina, who found God in the hidden tasks of each day, obtain for me a heart content to serve unseen. Teach me to do small things with great love, that my ordinary duties may become a hidden offering pleasing to the merciful Heart of Jesus. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to serve God faithfully in the small, hidden duties of each day.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

St. Faustina, apostle of the merciful Heart of Jesus, who promised that nothing is too great for the soul that trusts, intercede for me before the throne of mercy. May I, like you, repeat in every joy and every sorrow, 'Jesus, I trust in You,' until His mercy is my eternal home. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

About this prayer

A nine-day novena to St. Faustina Kowalska, the humble Polish sister whom Christ chose as the Apostle of Divine Mercy. Through her example we learn to trust Jesus completely and to live and proclaim His mercy.

History

Helena Kowalska was born in 1905 in the Polish village of Głogowiec, the third of ten children in a poor and devout family. At twenty she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, taking the name Maria Faustina, and lived hidden in convent kitchens, gardens, and gatehouses. Beginning in 1931, Jesus appeared to her and entrusted her with the message of His mercy, the Image with the rays of blood and water, the Chaplet, and the words 'Jesus, I trust in You.' At His command she recorded these graces in her Diary. She died of tuberculosis in 1938 at the age of thirty-three, and was canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000, who also established the Feast of Divine Mercy from her revelations.

How to pray it

Pray once each day for nine consecutive days. Begin with the Sign of the Cross and the opening prayer, prayerfully read the meditation and offer the day's intention, then conclude with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, and the closing prayer.

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