Eighth Day
Easter Friday



Opening Prayer


  

Eighth Day  

"Today bring to Me the Souls who are in the prison of Purgatory, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice."   

Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Amen.


Praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy


  
Sign of the Cross

Apostles Creed

Hail Mary

Our Father

V: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the body and blood, soul and divinity of Your dearly bevolved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ...
R: ...in atonement for our sins and those of the whole World.

Following the beads of the rosary, repeat the following ten times:

V: For the sake of His sorrowful passion,
R: Have mercy on us and on the whole world

Instead of the 'Glory Be' at the end of the decade, say:

V: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the body and blood....

At the end of the 5 decades say the following three times:

V: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One
R: Have mercy on us and on the whole world


First Day (Good Friday) All Mankind, especially sinners

Second Day (Holy Saturday) The souls of priests and religious

Third Day (Easter Sunday) All devout and faithful souls

Fourth Day (Easter Monday) Those who do not believe in Jesus and those who do not yet know Him.

Fifth Day (Easter Tuesday) The souls of separated brethren. 

 

                      

Sixth Day (Easter Wednesday) The meek and humble souls and the souls of children.

Seventh Day (Easter Thursday) The souls who especially venerate and glorify Jesus' mercy.

Eighth Day (Easter Friday) The souls who are detained in purgatory.

Ninth Day (Easter Saturday) The souls who have become lukewarm.

 




Novena taken from: www.ewtn.com.