The Rosary
The Mysteries
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The Joyful Mysteries
(recited Monday and Saturday and Sundays during Advent and Christmas) The Annunciation The Visitation The Nativity The Presentation The Finding in the Temple The Sorrowful Mysteries (recited Tuesday and Friday and Sundays during Lent) The Agony in the Garden The Scourging at the Pillar The Crowning with Thorns The Carrying of the Cross The Crucifixion |
The Glorious Mysteries
(recited Wednesday and Sunday) The Resurrection The Ascension The Descent of the Holy Spirit The Assumption The Coronation of Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth The Mysteries of Light (recited Thursday) The Baptism of Jesus The Wedding Feast of Cana The Proclamation of the Kingdom, with the call to Conversion The Transfiguration The Institution of the Eucharist |
How to Pray the Rosary
- Make the Sign of the Cross and say the “Apostles’ Creed”
- Say the “Our Father”
- Say three “Hail Marys” for Faith, Hope, and Charity
- Say the “Glory Be” (Optional after each Glory Be: Say the “O My Jesus” prayer requested by Mary at Fatima)
- Announce the First Mystery and then say the “Our Father”
- Say ten “Hail Marys” while meditating on the Mystery
- Say the “Glory Be” (Optional after each Glory Be: Say the “O My Jesus” prayer requested by Mary at Fatima)
- Announce the Next Mystery; then say the “Our Father” and repeat these steps (6 through 8) as you continue through the remaining Mysteries.
- Say the closing prayers: the “Hail Holy Queen” and “The Closing Prayer”
- Make the “Sign of the Cross”
The Prayers
THE 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 rose 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.
OUR FATHER
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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 amongst 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.
GLORY BE
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 FOR ROSARY
Oh My Jesus
Forgive us our sins.
Save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to heaven,
Especially those in most need
Of thy 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 exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Closing Prayer for Rosary
Let us pray, Oh 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 by 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.
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 rose 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.
OUR FATHER
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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 amongst 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.
GLORY BE
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 FOR ROSARY
Oh My Jesus
Forgive us our sins.
Save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to heaven,
Especially those in most need
Of thy 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 exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Closing Prayer for Rosary
Let us pray, Oh 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 by 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.
