How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

1. Opening

Make the Sign of the Cross. Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary and the Apostles' Creed.

2. On each Our Father 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.

3. On each of the 10 Hail Mary beads

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all five decades.

4. To finish, three times

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