How to Say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy:
Optional Introductory Prayer: 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. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You.
1. Opening Prayers:
Our Father …
Hail Mary …
Apostle’s Creed …
2. Using Decade Beads of Rosary Say:
On, “Our Father beads” – “Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world”.
On, “Hail Mary beads” – “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world”.
3. Concluding Prayers:
Say three times: “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world”.
… Jesus, I Trust in You …
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.
… Amen …