The Rosary is a powerful prayer dedicated to our Blessed Mother. It is difficult, especially in this culture, to cultivate a productive and rewarding prayer life. I encourage all of you to dedicate your lives to Jesus and hold a special reverance for His Mother. To that end I encourage you to pray the Rosary as frequently as possible.
How to pray the
Rosary:
The are three different
Rosaries: Joyful, Sorrowful,
and Glorious. Each rosary consists of five
mysteries (or decades).
Traditionally the
different rosaries are said on different days of the week. The Joyful on
Monday and Thursday, The Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious
on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
1. Make the Sign
of the Cross
2. Say the Apostle's
Creed
3. Say the Lord's
Prayer
4. Say a Hail,
Mary for Faith
5. Say a Hail,
Mary for Hope
6. Say a Hail,
Mary for Charity
7. Announce the
First Mystery
8. Say the Lord's
Prayer
9. Say ten Hail,
Mary's
10. Say the Concluding
Doxology
11. Say the Fatima
Prayer
12. Announce the
next mystery and repeat steps 8-11
13. After the Fifth
Mystery say the Hail, Holy Queen
14. Make the Sign
of the Cross
Joyful Mysteries
1. THE ANNUNCIATION
2. THE VISITATION
3. THE NATIVITY
4. THE PRESENTATION
5. THE FINDING OF JESUS IN THE TEMPL
Sorrowful Mysteries
1. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
2. THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
3. THE CROWNING WITH THORNS
4. THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
5. THE CRUCIFIXION
Glorious Mysteries
1. THE RESURRECTION
2. THE ASCENSION
3. THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
4. THE ASSUMPTION
5. THE CORONATION
Sign
of the Cross
In the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Apostle's
Creed
I believe in God,
the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was
buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father
Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I
believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic
Church, the communion of Saints, the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.
Amen.
The
Lord's Prayer
Our father, who
art in heaven; hallowed by Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive
us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead
us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail,
Mary
Hail Mary, full
of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us
sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Concluding
Doxology
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Fatima
Prayer
O my Jesus, forgive
us our sins,save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially
those who have most need of your mercy.
Hail,
Holy Queen
HAIL, HOLY QUEEN,
Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning
and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the
blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O
sweet Virgin Mary!
V. Pray for
us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we
may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.