Among the many prayer's and activities that we can do during this "Jubilee Year of Mercy," I would strongly suggest praying the "Chaplet of Divine Mercy" as given to us by the Lord through St. Faustina.  I must say that I have been surprised at a number of venues (like a person's deathbed) when I have prayed the Chaplet and discovered that some of the family members of the sick person don't know how to pray the Chaplet.  In case some of you might fall into that category, I will summarize how it is prayed using the rosary beads.

After making the sign of the cross, you say, (in this order) one Our Father, one Hail Mary and the Apostles Creed.  In the places where you would normally pray the Our Father's throughout the rosary, instead you pray: "Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and the Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ," (RESPONSE) "In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world."  In place of the "Hail Mary" beads, you say: "For the sake of His sorrowful passion." (RESPONSE)  "Have mercy on us and on the whole world."  After you pray this for the last time, you conclude by praying the following three times:  "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world."  The Chaplet takes, on average, only ten minutes to pray (unless you sing it), and it gives us the wonderful opportunity to truly turn to the Lord of Mercy, pleading for mercy upon us and upon the sinful world in which we live.  We are praying the Chaplet EVERY Friday at the end of the morning Mass.  Come join us!