1.
Apostle’s Creed
2. “Our Father . . .”
3. Three “Hail Marys”
4. “Glory be to the Father . . .”
5. Announce First Mystery
6. “Our Father . . .”
7. Ten “Hail Marys”
8. Meditate on the Mystery announced.
9. “Glory be to the Father . . .”
Announce Second Mystery and repeat as in 5, 6, 7.
Continue in like manner until the Five Mysteries are said.
Concluding
Prayers*
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness,
and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale
of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy
towards us, and, after this our exile, show unto us the blessed
fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary!
V.
Queen of the most Holy Rosary, pray for us:
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 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.
*These
prayers are a fitting conclusion, but are not an essential part
of the Holy Rosary.
HOW TO SAY THE ROSARY
EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM:
The Twenty Mysteries of the Rosary
FIVE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Birth of Christ
4. The Presentation
5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
FIVE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
1. The Baptism in the Jordan
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Eucharist
FIVE 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
FIVE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
5. The Crowning of Mary Queen of Heaven
DAYS ON WHICH THE MYSTERIES ARE RECITED
Monday The Joyful Mysteries
Tuesday The Sorrowful Mysteries
Wednesday The Glorious Mysteries
Thursday The Luminous Mysteries
Friday The Sorrowful Mysteries
Saturday The Joyful Mysteries
Sunday The Glorious Mysteries
(Sundays in Advent, Joyful Mysteries; in Lent, Sorrowful Mysteries.)
