On the ninth and final day of the Divine Mercy Novena, we pray for the souls who have become lukewarm. Jesus asked St. Faustina to bring these indifferent souls to His mercy, expressing how they wound His heart most painfully. These souls, once full of fervor but now tepid in their faith, are in particular need of God’s compassion. The prayer for this day implores the Most Compassionate Jesus to draw them into the fire of His pure love, that their hearts might be rekindled with zeal for God. We ask that Divine Mercy transform their coldness into renewed dedication to the Lord.
Divine Mercy Novena — Day 9
Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: ‘Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.’ For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.
Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.
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