How To Pray The Rosary
The purpose of the Rosary is to help
keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our
salvation, and to thank and praise God for them. There are twenty mysteries
reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five JOYFUL MYSTERIES, the five LUMINOUS MYSTERIES, the
five SORROWFUL MYSTERIES,
and the five GLORIOUS
MYSTERIES.
- Make the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' Creed."
- Say the "Our
Father."
- Say three "Hail
Marys."
- Say the "Glory be to
the Father."
- Announce the First Mystery; then say the "Our Father."
- Say ten "Hail
Marys," while meditating on the Mystery.
- Say the "Glory be to
the Father."
- Announce the Second Mystery; then say the "Our Father." Repeat 6 and
7 and continue with Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.
After the Rosary:
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!
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- V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
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- 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.
After each decade say the following prayer requested by the Blessed
Virgin Mary at Fatima: "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."
As suggested by the Holy Father the Joyful mysteries are said on
Monday and Saturday, the Luminous on Thursday, the Sorrowful on
Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday (with this
exception: Sundays of Christmas season - The Joyful; Sundays of Lent -
Sorrowful)