<P> The chaplet may be repeated over a period of nine days as part of a novena . According to Faustina 's Diary , Jesus himself in a vision asked that the Divine Mercy Novena be prayed as a preparation for the Feast of the Divine Mercy , celebrated each year on first Sunday after Easter . The novena should begin on Good Friday . There is a prayer intention for specific group of people on each of the nine days . The last day intention , according to Jesus ' message to St. Faustina , is the most difficult of all : to pray for the people who are lukewarm and indifferent . Jesus described those people as follows : </P>
when do you pray the chaplet of divine mercy
Good Friday