Divine Mercy Novena: A Good Friday tradition

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What are Catholics praying for during the Divine Mercy Novena?

Jesus is reputed to have told St. Faustina, “On each day you’ll beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls.” The following is a list of the Divine Mercy Novena prayers for Roman Catholics:

1. Good Friday – Pray for all humankind, with a particular focus on those who have sinned. This should include the souls of priests who contributed to the recent Catholic Church sex scandals, both participants and those who swept the information under the rug or did little or nothing to aid traumatized kids.
2. Holy Saturday – ”The souls of the priests and religious” is what the Roman Catholics should pray for. Review No. 1, above.
3. Easter Sunday – This is the day to pray for “all devout and faithful souls,” writes CatholicFire. Review No. 1; part of the Roman Catholic faith may argue that those who participated in the scandal are no longer “faithful.”
4. Easter Monday – Pray for those who don’t know/don’t believe in Jesus.
5. Easter Tuesday – Prayer is made on this day for “the souls of the separated brethren.”
6. Easter Wednesday – Prayer for “the meek and humble souls and the souls of children.” This can be a very area that certain Roman Catholics need to spend extra time on; see number 1
7. Easter Thursday – Pray for those who put in the extra effort to honor the mercy of Jesus.
8. Easter Friday – Prayer on this day is made for the souls in purgatory.
9. Easter Saturday – Those souls who have “become lukewarm” receive prayer honors on this final day of Divine Mercy Novena.

Roman Catholics- what about a nice Divine Mercy Novena

It may make it impossible, considering Vatican’s unfortunate stance on the recent priest sex scandals. The actions of the Vatican have justly drawn the ire of society, even when it’s unfair to blame the many parishioners for thesins of the few. If the Vatican truly believes as Jesus does that kids are the model of peaceful innocence, then they’ll take immediate action that is in the best interests of such kids. Although Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzenberger) was defended by some cardinals for protecting the Vatican’s reputation, there are still rules in place on this planet on methods to deal with those who harm kids. The first step in the direction of aiding those Jesus favored so much would be to follow the law, and it looks as though the Roman Catholic Church may be headed in that direction, although there’s still much to be done. Even if it takes a money lender or two (or three) to settle lawsuits.