The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Jesus, I trust in Thee !!!
To recite this prayer, use a regular five decade rosary.
Start with the following prayers:
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.
HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.
I BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He shall 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 the life everlasting. Amen.
On the 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 each of the HAIL MARY beads:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and the whole world.
after the five decades:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is taken from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska, born Helen Kowalska on August 25, 1905 in the village of Glogowiec, west of the city of Lodz in Poland. She was accepted into the convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1925. She had many mystical experiences and her spiritual director Father Michael Sopocko instructed her to record her experiences in a diary. It was in the 1930's that she had the visions which formed the basis for the devotion to the Divine Mercy, a devotion which she tirelessly promoted until her death on October 5, 1938. Pope Paul VI beatified her in 1993, and she was canonized on Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter), April 30, 2000.
Some links to further Information:
The EWTN Divine Mercy Mini-site includes information about the background of the Divine Mercy devotion, Sr. Faustina, how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, including audio and video of it, and how to pray the novena to the Divine Mercy which begins Good Friday.
The Divine Mercy Site
National Shrine of Divine Mercy
Insitute for Divine Mercy