More on the Divine Mercy Novena

As many of you know, I am working on the Divine Mercy Novena. It started on Good Friday, and is a very POWERFUL and promising devotion. In fact, this coming Sunday is DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY and there is a Plenary Indulgence attached to its celebration. Most Churches celebrate the feast and fulfill the devotion at 3:00pm on Divine Mercy Sunday.

The problem with Novenas is that I often post about them a day or two before they start and many folks don't realize they have started until it is "too late." I have never really done much with the Divine Mercy devotion until this year. The more I learn, the more important I think the devotion is. So I was trying to think of a way to get others to join in on the Novena now, in the midst of the nine days, so as to prepare for this Sunday... and I couldn't find the words. That is until I found this at Abbey Roads:

If you haven't started the novena, begin now, having confidence in the Divine Mercy. Remember the parable of the laborers in the vineyard [Matt. 20:1-16]; those who were hired late received the same compensation as those who were hired early in the day. Confidence - trust - is the essence of this devotion.

Of course... confidence and trust in the Mercy of Christ. It isn't about the formula, but about Mercy. So devote yourself to the mercy. Submit and sink in this prayer not for the promise or the reward, but because the reason for the reward is CHRIST, and he wants that reward for you... more than you want it for yourself.

 So start tonight... in fact start now... Click Here for the Novena