A listing of prayers and devotions to St. Faustina for her powerful prayers and intercession. As Catholics, we believe in the intercession of the saints, who readily pray and assist us from Heaven.
St. Faustina Kowalska was a Polish nun to whom Jesus appeared repeatedly in the 1930s, entrusting her with the message and mission of Divine Mercy. Born Helena Kowalska to a poor family in 1905, she entered the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy despite initial rejections and her own limited education. Through a series of visions of Jesus, she was given the mission to spread devotion to Divine Mercy, including the Divine Mercy image (showing Jesus with red and pale rays emanating from his heart), the Divine Mercy chaplet, and the Divine Mercy Sunday feast. She recorded her spiritual experiences in her diary, “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” which initially faced skepticism but later became a spiritual classic. Despite suffering from tuberculosis and numerous spiritual trials, including periods of darkness and doubts about her experiences, she maintained her trust in God’s mercy until her death in 1938 at age 33. Though her Divine Mercy devotion was temporarily suppressed by the Vatican, it was later approved and promoted by Pope John Paul II, who canonized her in 2000 and established Divine Mercy Sunday as a feast for the universal Church. Her message of God’s unfathomable mercy continues to inspire millions worldwide.
In her diary, St. Faustina composed this prayer for priests, imploring for the Lord to grant to them necessary graces and His Divine blessing upon His Church.
Heavenly Father, grant that our priests be strengthened and healed by the power of the Eucharist they celebrate. May the Word they proclaim give them courage and wisdom.
We pray that all those whom they seek to serve may see in them the love and care of Jesus, our Eternal High Priest, who is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.
Mary, Mother of the Church, look tenderly upon your sons, our priests.
St Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, pray for us all.
O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church, grant it love and the light of Your Spirit and give power to the words of priests, so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.
Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness.
O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things.
The “Novena to St. Faustina” is a prayer seeking the intercession of the beloved mystic and apostle of Divine Mercy, St. Faustina, asking Jesus to grant our petitions through her powerful advocacy. The prayer acknowledges our unworthiness due to sin while appealing to St. Faustina’s spirit of sacrifice and self-denial, asking that her virtue be rewarded through the granting of our requests. With childlike trust, we present our needs to Jesus through the intercession of this humble Polish nun who was filled with profound veneration for God’s boundless mercy and became the instrument through which Christ revealed His Divine Mercy devotion to the modern world.
O Jesus, who filled Saint Faustina with profound veneration for Your boundless Mercy, deign, if it be Your holy will, to grant me, through her intercession, the grace for which I fervently pray… [make your request here].
My sins render me unworthy of Your Mercy, but be mindful of Saint Faustina’s spirit of sacrifice and self-denial, and reward her virtue by granting the petition which, with childlike trust, I present to You through her intercession.
Our Father…, Hail Mary…, Glory Be… Saint Faustina, pray for us.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heave, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us. St. Faustina, living witness of the heavenly Father’s mercy – pray for us. St. Faustina, humble servant of Jesus – Mercy Incarnate St. Faustina, obedient instrument of the Spirit, the Comforter St. Faustina, trustful daughter of the Mother of Mercy St. Faustina, confidante of the Divine Mercy message St. Faustina, faithful secretary of the words of the Merciful Jesus St. Faustina, great apostle of God’s mercy St. Faustina, dispenser of God rich in mercy St. Faustina, gift of God for the whole world St. Faustina, perceiving the goodness of the Creator in every creature St. Faustina, glorifying God in the mystery of the Incarnation St. Faustina, partaker in the Lord’s passion and resurrection St. Faustina, guide on the way of Jesus’ cross St. Faustina, meeting with Jesus in the holy sacraments St. Faustina, united with the Spouse in your soul St. Faustina, enraptured by the mercy of God in Mary’s life St. Faustina, loving the Church – the Mystical Body of Christ St. Faustina, powerful with genuine faith St. Faustina, persevering in unwavering hope St. Faustina, enkindled with ardent love St. Faustina, beautiful with true humility St. Faustina, simple with childlike trust St. Faustina, model of fulfilling God’s will St. Faustina, example of generous service St. Faustina, caring protector of the souls of priests and religious St. Faustina, defender of young people and children against evil St. Faustina, hope of the fallen and the despairing St. Faustina, strength of the sick and the suffering St. Faustina, safeguarding trust in the hearts of the dying St. Faustina, offering yourself for sinners St. Faustina, solicitous for the salvation of all people St. Faustina, advocate of the suffering souls in purgatory St. Faustina, imploring God’s mercy for the whole world.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V: Pray for us, St. Faustina. R: That we may proclaim the message of Mercy to the world with our life and words.
Let us pray:
Merciful God, receive our thanksgiving for the gift of St. Faustina’s life and mission. Grant, we beseech You, that by her intercession we may grow in the attitude of trust in You and mercy toward our neighbour. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
