The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. At the Shrine of Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA the Chaplet of Mercy is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer.

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for 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 out upon us. (Diary 1319)

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a found of mercy for us, I trust in You! (Diary 84)

Begin the Chaplet with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed.

Then on the large bead before each decade:

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 ten small beads of each decade say:

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

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).