Divine Mercy Novena Start Date 2025. Jesus asked that this novena be prayed prior to the feast of divine mercy (the sunday after easter), beginning on good friday. The official website of the national shrine of the divine mercy in stockbridge, massachusetts.

After the divine mercy was instituted as a feast for the universal church by pope st. Faustina, jesus asked that the feast of divine mercy, known today as divine mercy sunday, be preceded by a novena to the divine mercy.