Pray on a five-decade Rosary. Make the Sign of the Cross, then pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Apostles’ Creed.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet was given by Our Lord to St. Faustina Kowalska of Poland in 1935. It is one of the most widely prayed Catholic devotions of the modern era, focused on the infinite mercy of God and the redemptive power of Christ’s suffering.

The Prayer

On the large Our Father bead before each of the five decades:
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 each small bead (Hail Mary beads, 10 times per decade):
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Repeat the large-bead prayer and ten small-bead prayers for all five decades.

After the five decades, pray three times:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.

About This Prayer

St. Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) received visions of Christ with rays of red and white light (symbolising His Blood and the water from His side) and was given the Chaplet and the Divine Mercy image. Pope John Paul II canonised her in 2000 and established the Feast of Divine Mercy on the Second Sunday of Easter. The 3 o’clock hour is the Hour of Mercy.