How to Recite the Chaplet:
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer.
1. Make the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
2. Optional Opening Prayers
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for
souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the
whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
(Repeat three times)
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of
Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
3. The Our Father
4. A Hail Mary
5. The Apostle's Creed
6. The Eternal Father
7. On the Ten Small Beads of Each Decade
For the sake of His sorrowful
Passion, have mercy on us and on
the whole world.
8. Repeat for the remaining decades
Saying the "Eternal Father" (6) on the "Our Father" bead and
then 10 "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion" (7) on the
following "Hail Mary" beads.
9. Conclude with Holy God (Repeat three times)
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy
on us and on the whole world.
10. Optional Closing Prayer
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of
compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase
Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not
despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence
submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy
itself.
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer.
1. Make the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen.
2. Optional Opening Prayers
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for
souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the
whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
(Repeat three times)
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of
Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
3. The Our Father
4. A Hail Mary
5. The Apostle's Creed
6. The Eternal Father
7. On the Ten Small Beads of Each Decade
For the sake of His sorrowful
Passion, have mercy on us and on
the whole world.
8. Repeat for the remaining decades
Saying the "Eternal Father" (6) on the "Our Father" bead and
then 10 "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion" (7) on the
following "Hail Mary" beads.
9. Conclude with Holy God (Repeat three times)
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy
on us and on the whole world.
10. Optional Closing Prayer
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of
compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase
Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not
despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence
submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy
itself.
