How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
Follow along to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet using a rosary (if you skip the first bead) or chaplet beads. It is a prayer especially for the 3:00 to 4:00 hour to honour Our Lord’s suffering on the Cross. This hour is referred to as “holy hour” or “The Hour of Mercy”. You can also pray it anytime.
How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
On June 13, 2002, Saint (Pope) John Paul II granted the prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet indulgences (special blessings).
Begin with the Sign of the Cross.
OPENING PRAYERS
Optional
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. (Diary, #1319)
Three Times
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You! (Diary, #84)
On the First 3 Beads
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.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.*
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
*Or: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
On the Single (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. (Diary, #476)
On the Groups of 10 (Hail Mary) Beads
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
CLOSING PRAYERS
On the Group of 3 Beads
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Three Times
Jesus, I trust in You. (Diary, #48)
Final 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. (Diary, #950)
End with the Sign of the Cross.
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About the Divine Mercy Prayers
St. Faustina Kowalska
Her Vision of Divine Mercy
The Painting
The Chaplet
The Novena
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
The depiction of Divine Mercy (with the ribbon label) by Vilinius was painted on 22 February 1931 under the direction of St. Faustina Kowalska.
The close-up of Jesus was painted in 1934 by Eugenius Kazimirowski based on the request of Saint Faustina and her confessor Michael Sopocko.
Saracrl shared the close-up of the feet of our Lord from the Divine Mercy painting on Cathopic.
Both paintings of St. Faustina are by an unknown artist and are considered public domain by Wikipedia.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.
IN REVIEW
We pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet during the 3:00 to 4:00 hour to honour Our Lord’s suffering on the Cross. This hour is referred to as Holy Hour or The Hour of Mercy. We can also pray it anytime.
You can pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet either on a chaplet or a rosary. When praying on a rosary, skip the first bead.