Novena to The Divine Mercy: Seventh Day

Seventh Day of the Divine Mercy Novena:

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.

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; and united to You, O Jesus, they 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.

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 hearts, overflowing with joy, sing 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 that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He, Himself, will defend as His glory.
Amen.

*  The text leads one to conclude that in the first prayer directed to Jesus, who is the Redeemer, it is "victim" souls and contemplatives that are being prayed for; those persons, that is, that voluntarily offered themselves to God for the salvation of their neighbor (see Col 1:24; 2 Cor 4:12).  This explains their close union with the Savior and the extraordinary efficacy that their invisible activity has for others.  In the second prayer, directed to the Father from whom comes "every worthwhile gift and every genuine benefit," it is recommended that the "active" souls, who promote devotion to The Divine Mercy and exercise with it all the other works that lend themselves to the spiritual and material uplifting of their brethren.

+ Divine Mercy:
(V) For the sake of his sorrowful passion...
(R) Have mercy on us and on the whole world.

+++ Mom’s Divine Rosary +++

     (on the Crucifix)

+ Sign of the Cross:
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

+ The Apostles Creed: (V) I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
(R) I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

     (on the first lone bead)

+ Our Father:
(V) Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
(R) 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.

     (on the three beads, Faith, Hope, Charity)

+ Hail Mary:
(V) Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
(R) Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

     (on the chain between)

+ The Glory Be:
(V) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
(R) As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

+ O Sweet Jesus:
(V) O Sweet Jesus,
(R) forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.


    1. (On first lone bead...)
+ The Chaplet:
(V) Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Thy dearly beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ,
(R) in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world. ... announce first mystery
... recite the verse and/or goal
Our Father...

(On chain between...) ............... (On bead...)

 a. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 b. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 c. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 d. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 e. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 f. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 g. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 h. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 i. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary
 j. Divine Mercy ... then ... Hail Mary

     (On long chain between...)

Glory Be, O Sweet Jesus


    2. Chaplet, announce second mystery, recite the verse and/or goal, and the Our Father, ten Divine Mercies / Hail Mary's, Glory Be, and O Sweet Jesus.

    3. Chaplet, announce third mystery, recite the verse and/or goal, and the Our Father, ten Divine Mercies / Hail Mary's, Glory Be, and O Sweet Jesus.

    4. Chaplet, announce fourth mystery, recite the verse and/or goal, and the Our Father, ten Divine Mercies / Hail Mary's, Glory Be, and O Sweet Jesus.

    5. Chaplet, announce fifth mystery, recite the verse and/or goal, and the Our Father, ten Divine Mercies / Hail Mary's, Glory Be, and O Sweet Jesus.

     (On the centerpiece)

 + Salve Regina:
(V) Hail, holy Queen,
(R) Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send forth our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, O most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

(V) Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
(R) That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

     (On the first lone bead)

 + The Memorare:
(V) Remember,
(R) O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, we fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, our Mother. To thee do we come; before thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and answer us. Amen.

     (On the three beads, repeat the following three times...)

 + Holy God:
(V) Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
(R) have mercy on us, and on the whole world.

     (On the second lone bead)

 + Prayer After the Rosary:
(V) O God,
(R) Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that, meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

(V) May the divine assistance remain always with us.
(R) And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

     (On the Crucifix)

 + Sign of the Cross:
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.