Novena to St. Faustina

NOVENA TO SAINT FAUSTINA - Begins September 26th
 Saint Faustina's Feast Day - October 5th
 

Day 1
 Confession / Repentance 

Meditation
 Jesus said to Faustina that when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud always remain in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls. (Diary, 1602)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 2
 Adoration 

Meditation
 Jesus said to St. Faustina, "I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; it was the hour of grace for the whole world- mercy triumphed over justice.

 "My daughter, try your best to make the Stations of the Cross in this hour, provided that your duties permit it; and if you are not able to make the Stations of the Cross, then at least step into the chapel for a moment and adore, in the Blessed Sacrament, My Heart, which is full of mercy; and should you be unable to step into the chapel, immerse yourself in prayer there where you happen to be, if only for a very brief instant. I claim veneration for My mercy from every creature, but above all from you, since it is to you that I have given the most profound understanding of this mystery." (Diary, 1572)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 3
 Faith/Trust

Meditation
 Jesus said to St. Faustina, "[Let] the greatest sinners place their trust in My mercy. They have the right before others to trust in the abyss of My mercy. My daughter, write about My mercy towards tormented souls. Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in My unfathomable and inscrutable mercy. Write: before I come as a just Judge, I first open wide the door of My mercy. He who refuses to pass through the door of My justice…" (Diary, 1146)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 4
 Hope for the Lord's Coming

Meditation
 I do not know, O Lord, at what hour You will come.
 And so I keep constant watch and listen
 As Your chosen bride,
 Knowing that You like to come unexpected.
 Yet, a pure heart will sense You from afar, O Lord.

 I wait for You, Lord, in calm and silence,
 With great longing in my heart
 And with invincible desire.
 I feel that my love for You is changing into fire,
 And that it will rise up to heaven like a flame at life's end,
 And then all my wishes will be fulfilled.

 Come then, at last, my most sweet Lord
 And take my thirsting heart
 There, to Your home in the lofty regions of heaven,
 Where Your eternal life perdures.

 Life on this earth is but an agony,
 As my heart feels it is created for the heights.
 For it the lowlands of this life hold no interest,
 For my homeland is in heaven- this I firmly believe.
 (Diary, 1589)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.

Day 5
 Love

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 6
 Works of Mercy

Meditation
 You yourself command me to exercise the three degrees of mercy. The first: the act of mercy, of whatever kind. The second: the word of mercy-if I cannot carry out a work of mercy, I will assist by my words. The third: prayer- if I cannot show mercy by deeds or words, I can always do so by prayer. My prayer reaches out even there where I cannot reach out physically. O my Jesus, transform me into Yourself, for you can do all things." (Diary, 163)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 7
 Intercession

Meditation
Jesus said to St. Faustina. "At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God's anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son." 
 Faustina writes, "Oh, if only everyone realized how great the Lord's mercy is and how much we all need that mercy, especially at that crucial hour!" (Diary, 811)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 8
 Sanctification

Meditation
Jesus said to St. Faustina, "How very much I desire the salvation of souls! My dearest secretary, write that I want to pour out My divine life into human souls and sanctify them, if only they were willing to accept My grace. The greatest sinners would achieve great sanctity, if only they would trust in My mercy. The very inner depths of My being are filled to overflowing with mercy, and it is being poured out upon all I have created. My delight is to act in a human soul and to fill it with My mercy and to justify it. My kingdom on earth is My life in the human soul. Write, My secretary, that I Myself am the spiritual guide of souls-and I guide them indirectly through the priest, and lead each one to sanctity by a road known to Me alone." (Diary 1784)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.
 

Day 9
 Union

Meditation
Jesus said to St. Faustina, "Know, My daughter, that between Me and you there is a bottomless abyss, an abyss which separates the Creator from the creature. But this abyss is filled with My mercy. I raise you up to Myself, not that I have need of you, but it is solely out of mercy that I grant you the grace of union with Myself." (Diary, 1576)

Prayer
 Saint Faustina, you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (see Diary, 281, 1582). Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (Diary, 31). Relying on this, we ask your intercession for the graces we need, especially for the intentions just mentioned. Help us, above all, to trust in Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of our lives. Amen.

Jesus, I trust in You!
 Jesus, I trust in You!
 Jesus, I trust in You!
 

Novena by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.