Hello, everyone,
By God's grace, hopefully all went well in your first day of praying the novena. However, as many of you have probably experienced at different times in your life, the evil one oftentimes tries to wreak havoc in our lives and get us busy so that we won't have time to pray. I think it's probably one of his oldest tricks. He knows -- far better than we do -- how powerful this novena really is, and he despises it.
So, in a worst-case scenario, if you weren't able to pray the novena yesterday, then just try to double up today to catch up. And then make a valiant effort, as a knight of Christ, to keep on track for the remainder of the novena. If you're able to do so, I'm sure that God will richly bless you.
Also, in order to most fully benefit from the novena, I highly recommend that you try to go to confession between now and Divine Mercy Sunday, which falls on April 7. Time can fly by very, very quickly in a novena, so I want to give you a timely reminder while there's still an opportunity to do so. If possible, I recommend that you go as close to Divine Mercy Sunday as you can.
I say this because you will have the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday, and perhaps even something more beautiful than that. But tomorrow I'll share with you some wonderful information about the magnificent treasure of Divine Mercy Sunday.
Once again, for the first three days of the novena, the sacred art will focus on the first part of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, so it will be the same sacred art as yesterday, in order that we can enter more deeply into Our Lord's Passion.
In order to find the prayers, as well as the links to magnificent sacred art, please do the following items:
1. Click the following link:
http://www.josephpeteranthony.com/divine-mercy-novena
2. Scroll down, and if you haven't already done so, please read "How to Pray with the Booklet," "How to Pray without the Booklet," and "The Benefit of Praying with Sacred Art"
3. Scroll down a little further and click the link entitled "Divine Mercy Novena: Day 2" (this will take you to the prayers and the sacred art)
If you have any questions, then please let me know. I'm always happy to help if I can.
God bless you, and may the magnificent and dazzling light of Divine Mercy always shine brightly in your hearts!
Joe