The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a powerful prayer devotion that invokes our
God who is rich in mercy and tender in compassion. It recalls that "fear is useless, what is
needed is trust" (Mark 5:36) especially in the face of despair, destruction, disease, and death
caused by sin and evil in the world.
Make the Sign of the Cross with your rosary saying IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. Then recite an Our Father, a Hail Mary, and an
Apostles Creed in succession.
On each single bead say… (before each decade)
ETERNAL FATHER, I OFFER YOU THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL,
AND DIVINITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS, AND THE SINS OF THE WHOLE.
Then on each of the close beads say… (of each decade)
FOR THE SAKE OF HIS SORROWFUL PASSION, HAVE MERCY ON US, AND THE WHOLE WORLD.
After ALL of the beads (five decades) repeat three times…
HOLY GOD,
HOLY MIGHTY ONE,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE,
HAVE MERCY ON US,
AND THE WHOLE WORLD.
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 MAY
NOT DESPAIR NOR BECOME DESPONDENT, BUT WITH THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE SUBMIT OURSELVES TO YOUR HOLY
WILL WHICH IS LOVE AND MERCY ITSELF.
