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Today is Good Friday and it is also the first day for the Divine Mercy Novena that runs from Good Friday to Easter Saturday culminating in the Feast of Divine Mercy which always takes place on the Sunday after Easter.

The Novena consists of a series of prayers by which we bring various groups of people before Christ and then praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet (which can be prayed on any standard Rosary). Details on how to pray the Chaplet are here.

Here are the prayers for Day one

First Day:

Today bring to Me ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ALL SINNERS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me.

Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy for ever and ever. Amen.

If you wish a fuller explanation of the novena and Divine Mercy you can find it here.