(The chaplet of the Divine Mercy is to be recited, using the traditional rosary beads.)

(Sign of the Cross)

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

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You. (3 times)

(Begin with Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostles’ Creed)

(On the larger beads say)

All: 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 the 10 Hail Mary small beads say) 

Leader: For the sake of his sorrowful passion. 

Response: Abba Father, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Repeat till the 5 decades are completed and conclude 3 times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Concluding Prayer

All: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy within us, so 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.