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The Rosary

What is the Rosary?

The Rosary is a form of meditation prayer. Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is necessary in order to deepen our convictions of faith, prompt the conversion of our heart, and strengthen our will to follow Christ. Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary (CCC 2708).

What are the 15 promises of Mary granted to those who pray the Rosary?

  1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

     

  2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

     

  3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.

     

  4. The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

     

  5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

     

  6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.

     

  7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.

     

  8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenititude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.

     

  9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

     

  10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.

     

  11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

     

  12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

     

  13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.

     

  14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters of my only Son Jesus Christ.

     

  15. Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

How to pray the Rosary?

(Image source: Rosary Novena)

Holy Rosary

1. Make the Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

2. 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; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will 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.

3. 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.

4. Three Hail Marys

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.

5. 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

6. On the large bead, meditate on the first mystery and pray the Our Father.

Pray and mediate on the Mysteries as you pray the Hail Mary.

7. On the Ten Small Beads of Each Decade

Pray the Hail Mary.

8. Repeat for the remaining decades

9. Salve Regina (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.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

10. Closing Prayer

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation; 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.

What are the four mysteries of the Rosary?

The Joyful Mysteries (Recite on Mondays and Saturdays) 

The Sorrowful Mysteries (Recite on Tuesdays and Fridays) 

The Glorious Mysteries (Recite on Wednesdays and Sundays)

  • The Resurrection (John 20:1-29)
  • The Ascension (Luke 24:36-53)
  • The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-41)
  • The Assumption of Mary, the Mother of God, into heaven
  • The Coronation of Mary in heaven

Luminous Mysteries (Recite on Thursdays)