Five decades of pleading the Passion of Christ for the whole world.
A chaplet prayed on ordinary rosary beads. Instead of asking for ourselves, it offers the Father the Passion of his Son and asks mercy for the whole world.
When: At three in the afternoon by custom, and in the nine days before Divine Mercy Sunday. Many pray it at a deathbed or for someone in crisis.
Why: It is intercession, not self examination. When a person cannot find words for their own trouble, this puts the Passion itself in front of God and asks for mercy on everyone, including them.