The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is supposed to be prayed on ordinary rosary beads. Do you struggle with how to pray the Divine Mercy using your rosary? The following diagram shows how to pray the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy with your rosary. There are eight numbered markings on the following diagram. Each number represents a prayer in the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
How to pray the Chaplet of the divine mercy with rosary beads
Use a rosary to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet by praying the numbered prayers below with the corresponding numbered beads on the rosary diagram.
- Make the Sign of the Cross
- Recite the Opening Prayer
- Pray the “Our Father” Prayer
- Pray the “Hail Mary” Prayer
- Pray the “Apostle’s Creed” Prayer
- Pray the “Eternal Father” Prayer (this is prayed for the start of all 5 decades, just like the rosary)
- Pray 10 “For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion” Prayers (this is prayed for each of the 5 decades, just like the rosary)
- Pray 3 “Holy God” Prayers on the medal of your rosary and then the optional “Closing Prayer“
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners. O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead with You for poor sinners. O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of You light for poor sinners. O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood. O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners. Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equalled. Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. God will not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth may change, but God’s mercy will never be exhausted. Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus! I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages.
1. Make the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
2. Opening Prayer for Sinners
℣. 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!
℣. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us,
℟. I trust in You!
3. Our Father
℣. Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
℟. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
4. Hail Mary
℣. Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
℟. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
5. Apostles Creed
℣. I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
℟. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
The First Decade
Say on Each ‘Our Father’ bead
6. The Eternal Father Prayer
℣. 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.
Say on Each ‘Hail Mary’ bead (10 times)
7. For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion Prayer
℣. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
The Second Decade
Say on Each ‘Our Father’ bead
6. The Eternal Father Prayer
℣. 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.
Say on Each ‘Hail Mary’ bead (10 times)
7. For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion Prayer
℣. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
The Third Decade
Say on Each ‘Our Father’ bead
6. The Eternal Father Prayer
℣. 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.
Say on Each ‘Hail Mary’ bead (10 times)
7. For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion Prayer
℣. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
The Fourth Decade
Say on Each ‘Our Father’ bead
6. The Eternal Father Prayer
℣. 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.
Say on Each ‘Hail Mary’ bead (10 times)
7. For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion Prayer
℣. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
The Fifth Decade
Say on Each ‘Our Father’ bead
6. The Eternal Father Prayer
℣. 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.
Say on Each ‘Hail Mary’ bead (10 times)
7. For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion Prayer
℣. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
8. Concluding prayers
Holy God Prayer (prayed thrice)
℣. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
℣. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
℣. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
℟. have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Closing Prayer
℣. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us,
℟. I trust in You!
℣. 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.
Make the sign of the cross
If you like this prayer, you may also want visit our page that meditates on the virtue of mercy.
Learn more about the devotion to the Divine Mercy from the Marian Fathers of the Shrine of Divine Mercy.
Meditation on the Mercy of God
The Lord knows our thoughts and the movement of our hearts, so when we enter into His presence, in the silence, He speaks. I began with an appeal, “Jesus, Life and Truth, Let the Kingdom of God come.”
Saint Faustina On the Divine Mercy
“Once, as I was going down the hall to the kitchen, I heard these words in my soul: Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from my infinite mercy. I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy.” St. Faustina’s Diary (687).
“On one occasion, I came to know of the condition of two religious sisters who were grumbling interiorly about an order the Superior had given them, and for this reason God had withheld many special graces from them. My heart ached at this sight. How sad it is, O Jesus, when we ourselves are the cause of the loss of graces. Whoever understands this is always faithful.” St. Faustina’s Diary (690).
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