On Palm Sunday, the parish will hand out the Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet to encourage everyone to do the Divine Mercy Novena.  The Novena begins on Good Friday and ends on Divine Mercy Sunday. 

The material includes a daily reading for 9 days and how to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet.  It also includes all the prayers needed to complete the Chaplet.  

The Chaplet can be said at any time, but for the 9 days before the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday carries with it a promise from Christ to grant every possible grace to souls (796). 

Encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the Merciful Savior. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will.