Divine mercy NOVENA: Day 3 (Easter Sunday)

DAY 3: 

1214 "Today bring to Me all DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. These souls brought Me consolation on the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness."

1215 Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely. The miracles of mercy are impenetrable. Neither the sinner nor just one will fathom them. When You cast upon us an eye of pity, You draw us all closer to Your love.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.

Suggested-- pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet followed by the Divine Mercy Litany. 

BACKGROUND

The novena to the Divine mercy is taken from St Faustina's diary, entitled, Divine Mercy in My Soul see p279.

1209 Jesus instructed me to write ... and make before (sic) the Feast of Mercy. It begins on Good Friday.

"I desire that during these 9-days you bring souls to the fount of My mercy,
that they may draw therefrom strength and refreshment and whatever graces
they need in the hardships of life and, especially, at the hour of death.

On each day you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls, and you will
immerse them in this ocean of My mercy, and I will bring all these souls into the
house of My Father. You will do this in this life and in the next. I will deny nothing
to any soul whom you will bring to the fount of My mercy. On each day you will
beg My Father, on the strength of My bitter Passion, for graces for these souls."

I answered, "Jesus, I do not know how to make this novena or which souls to bring first into
Your Most Compassionate Heart." Jesus replied that He would tell me which souls to bring
each day into His merciful Heart ...

Resources:

Divine Mercy Chaplet | Together let us pray

Divine Mercy in my Soul | Benedictines

Divine Mercy Litany | The Catholic Crusade