Divine Mercy Chaplet

English Prayers & Instructions

  1. Sign of the Cross
    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

  2. Optional Opening (once)

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls,
and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fountain of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy,
envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

  1. Our Father (once)

  2. Hail Mary (once)

  3. Apostles’ Creed (once)

  4. Eternal Father… (on the large bead)
    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.

  5. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion… (ten times on the small beads)
    For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Repeat steps 6–7 for the remaining four decades.

  1. Concluding Doxology (once)
    Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (three times)

  2. Closing Prayer (optional)

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.

  1. Sign of the Cross

Latin Prayers & Instructions

  1. Signum Crucis
    In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

  2. Optional Opening (semel)

Tu, Iesu, expirasti, sed fons vitae erupit animabus,
et oceanus misericordiae apertus est mundo toti.
O Fons Vitae, Divina Misericordia inscrutabilis,
amplectere mundum totum et effunde Te super nos.

  1. Pater Noster (semel)

  2. Ave Maria (semel)

  3. Credo (semel)

  4. Aeterna Pater… (in magna perla)
    Aeterna Pater, offero tibi Corpus et Sanguinem,
    Animam et Divinitatem dilecti Filii Tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
    in propitiatione pro peccatis nostris et totius mundi.

  5. Pro dilecto dolore… (decies in parvis perlis)
    Pro dilecto dolore eius, miserere nobis et totius mundi.

Repete passus 6–7 pro quattuor reliquis decennis.

  1. Doxologia Conclusiva (semel)
    Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis et totius mundi. (ter)

  2. Oratio Conclusiva (optional)

Deus aeternus, in quo misericordia infinita est et thesaurus compassionis inexhaustus,
respice benignus super nos et multiplica in nobis misericordiam tuam,
ut in momentis difficilibus non desperemus neque deficiamus,
sed magna fiducia nosmetipsos submittamus sanctae voluntati tuae,
quae est ipsa caritas et misericordia. Amen.

  1. Signum Crucis

About the Divine Mercy Devotion

Given to St. Faustina Kowalska (1930s), the Chaplet of Divine Mercy implores God’s mercy upon the whole world. Jesus promised that those who pray it will obtain great mercy at the hour of death and that entire nations could be spared if they recite it.