How To Pray The Rosary

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About The Rosary – How To Pray The Rosary

How to pray the Rosary

1. Make the sign of the Cross – In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and recite the Apostles’ Creed

2. Pray the Our Father

3. Pray the Hail Mary three (3) times

4. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Announce the first (joyful, sorrowful, glorious or luminous) mystery ….. Pray the Our Father

5. Pray the Hail Mary ten (10) times while meditating on the first mystery

6. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Announce the second (joyful, sorrowful, glorious or luminous) mystery ….. Pray the Our Father

7. Pray the Hail Mary ten (10) times while meditating on the second mystery

8. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Announce the third (joyful, sorrowful, glorious or luminous) mystery ….. Pray the Our Father

9. Pray the Hail Mary ten (10) times while meditating on the third mystery

10. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Announce the fourth (joyful, sorrowful, glorious or luminous) mystery ….. Pray the Our Father

11. Pray the Hail Mary ten (10) times while meditating on the fourth mystery

12. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Announce the fifth (joyful, sorrowful, glorious or luminous) mystery ….. Pray the Our Father

13. Pray the Hail Mary ten (10) times while meditating on the fifth mystery

14. Glory be to the Father …O my Jesus….Hail Holy Queen ……..O God, whose only-begotten Son …….The Momorare ……. Make the sign of the Cross – In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEM.

The Apostles’ 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 is seated 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 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.

The Hail Mary:
Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee;

Blessed are 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.

Glory be to the Father:
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.

Prayer to Jesus Requested By Our Lady
O My Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fires of hell.

Lead all souls to Heaven, and help especially those most in need of Thy mercy.

Hail Holy Queen:

Hail! Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.

To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn then, O most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy towards us;

and after this our exile, show unto is the blessed fruit of your 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.

Prayer After The Rosary
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.

The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

That never was it know that anyone who fled to your protection,

implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, we fly to you O Virgin of virgins, our Mother;

to you we come, before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions,

but in your mercy hear and answer us.

Amen.

The Five Joyful Mysteries (Mondays & Saturdays)

1. The annunciation

2. The visitation

3. The birth of Jesus

4. The presentation of Jesus in the temple

5. The finding of Jesus in the temple

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesdays & Fridays)

1. The agony in the garden

2. The scourging at the pillar

3. The crowning with thorns

4. Jesus carries His cross

5. The crucifixion of Jesus

The Five Glorious Mysteries (Wednesdays & Sundays)

1. The resurrection from the dead

2. The ascension into Heaven

3. The descent of the Holy Spirit

4. The assumption of Mary into Heaven

5. The crowning of Mary

The Five Luminous Mysteries (Thursdays)

1. The baptism of Jesus

2. The wedding at Cana

3. The proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven

4. The transfiguration

5. The institution of the Holy Eucharist