MARY'S ROSARY
The complete rosary is composed of fifteen decades, divided into three distinct parts, each containing five decades. The first part consists of five joyful events in the life of Jesus and Mary, the second part recalls five sorrowful events, and the third part considers five glorious events. We begin by making the Sign of the Cross. Then we say the Apostles' Creed, one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be To The Father (Prayer of Praise) on the small chain. Then recall the first mystery, say one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and one Glory to the Father. This completes one decade. All the other decades are said in the same manner with a different mystery meditated during each decade. At the end of the rosary, the prayer Hail, Holy Queen may be recited. The mysteries of the rosary are scenes from the life of Jesus and Mary. By meditating on these sublime truths, we come to a better understanding of our religion: the Incarnation of the Lord, the Redemption, and the Christian life - present and future.
In the following outline the words in parentheses indicate practical applications to our daily lives.
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
Our Father...
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender Child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
Hail Mary...
He offered himself as a victim for our deliverance.
THE CROWNING WITH THORNS
Our Father...
The head that once was crown'd with thorns
Is crown'd with glory now.
Hail Mary...
Have mercy on us for whose sake you endured so much.
THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
Our Father...
Jesus Christ accepted the cross and freed us from
the power of the enemy.
Hail Mary...
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny
himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
THE CRUCIFIXION
Our Father...
O Christ, you humbled yourself and become obedient unto death, even death
on a cross.
Hail Mary...
We worship you, O Christ, and we praise you;
because by your cross you have redeemed the world.
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
CHRIST'S BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN
Our Father...
Father in heaven, you revealed Christ as your Son
by the voice that spoke over the waters of the Jordan.
Hail Mary...
Keep us, your children born of water and the
Spirit, faithful to our calling.
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Our Father...
At Cana in Galilee, Jesus worked the first of the
signs which revealed his glory.
Hail Mary...
Blessed are you, Virgin Mary: through you your
Son gave the first of his signs.
CHRIST'S PROCLAMATION OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AND CALLS TO CONVERSION
Our Father...
Jesus preached the Gospel of the kingdom and cured those who
were in need of healing.
Hail Mary...
Relying on the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we ask that we may cast aside the old ways of sin
and put on Jesus Christ.
CHRIST'S BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN
Our Father...
Father in heaven, you revealed Christ as your Son by the voice
that spoke over the waters of the Jordan.
Hail Mary...
Keep us, your children born of water and the Spirit, faithful to
our calling.
THE TRANSFIGURATION
Our Father...
Jesus took his disciples and went up the mountain where he was
transfigured before them.
Hail Mary...
Christ Jesus, ...you sustain all creation with your powerful
word and cleanse us of all our sins.
THE INSTITUTION OF THE
EUCHARIST
Our Father...
While they were at supper, Jesus took bread, said the blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his disciples.
Hail Mary...
Christ invites all to the supper in which he gives his body and
blood for the life of the world.
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Our Father...
May the light of Christ, rising in glory, dispel the darkness of our hearts
and minds.
Hail Mary...
May the old be made new, and all things brought to perfection.
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Our Father...
He was taken up to heaven in their sight to claim for us a share in his
divine life.
Hail Mary...
I, the Lord, am with you always, until the end of the world.
THE MYSTERY OF THE PENTECOST
Our Father...
You sent the Holy Spirit upon those marked out to be your children.
Hail Mary...
Let the Spirit you sent on your Church work in the world through the hearts
of all who believe.
THE MYSTERY OF THE
ASSUMPTION
Our Father...
All honor to you, Mary! Today you were raised above the choirs of angels to
lasting glory with Christ.
Hail Mary...
May we see heaven as our final goal and come to share her glory.
THE CORONATION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Our Father...
We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God.
Hail Mary...
Mary, Mother of grace and Mother of mercy, shield me from the enemy and
receive me at the hour of my death.
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