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How to say the Chaplet

 

Please add to your Chaplet this year

Prayer for the Dying

 

Using Rosary beads, first say the:

Our Father
Hail Mary
Apostles Creed





Then, on the 'Our Father' bead, say:

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 ten 'Hail Mary' beads, say:

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

Finally, after the five decades, say three times:

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



In 1935, St. Faustina received a vision of an angel sent by God to chastise a certain city. She began to pray for mercy, but her prayers were powerless. Suddenly she saw the Holy Trinity and felt the power of Jesus' grace within her. At the same time she found herself pleading with God for mercy with words she heard interiorly:

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; for the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us.
(Diary, 475)

As she continued saying this inspired prayer, the angel became helpless and could not carry out the deserved punishment (see 474). The next day, as she was entering the chapel, she again heard this interior voice, instructing her how to recite the prayer that our Lord later called "the Chaplet." This time, after "have mercy on us" were added the words "and on the whole world" (476). From then on, she recited this form of prayer almost constantly, offering it especially for the dying.

In subsequent revelations, the Lord made it clear that the Chaplet was not just for her, but for the whole world. He also attached extraordinary promises to its recitation.

Novena of Mercy