Step I. Beginning with the Rosary's Cross: Begin as with all prayers.
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
(making the sign of the Cross while doing that)
Step II. On the single bead just above the cross, pray the Apostles creed.
This and all prayers of the rosary are meditative prayers.
Step III. The next cluster of beads are 3 beads, the "Hail Mary" prayer
is said on these three beads. You pray the 3 Hail Marys while
meditating on the three divine virtues of faith, hope, and
love/charity.
Step IV. On the next bead, which is a single bead, you announce the
first divine mystery of contemplation. For example, if it
were a Monday, you would say the first Joyful Mystery is
"The Annunciation", at this point you pray the "Our Father"
prayer.
Step V. Now this will bring you to the first decade, or set of 10 beads
of the Rosary. You will then pray 10 Hail Marys while
contemplating the first mystery, example: The Annunciation.
Step VI. After the 10th Hail Mary you will have completed the first
of 5 decades which make up a Chaplet of the Rosary. You now
come to another single bead, at this point, you pray the...
Glory be to the Father... then (on the same bead) pray the
O My Jesus... then (on the same bead) announce the next or
second mystery. For example: if its Monday and your praying
the Joyful Mysteries, the second Joyful Mystery is The
Visitation. At this point you pray the Our Father....
Step VII. You will now come to the second decade or group of 10 beads,
you will now pray the 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the
appropriate mystery.
Step VIII. You continue to pray the rosary the same way throughout. If
your intention is to pray a Chaplet (a single set of mysteries)
at the end of the fifth mystery you will come back to the
joiner, this is where the decades all join with the lower part
of the rosary which contains the cross. When you come to the
joiner, you decide whether or not you wish to say another
Chaplet or end. If you decide to say another Chaplet you
simply announce the next mystery and continue. If you wish to
end, you simply say the Glory Be To The Father, the O My Jesus,
The Our Father and end the rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and
the sign of the Cross........
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 DOXOLOGY: Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
(this prayer is optional and may be said after all Glory Be to
the Fathers.....)
O my Jesus, have mercy on us. Forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires
of hell. Take all souls into heaven, especially, those most in need of thy
mercy. Amen.
THE 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.
DECADE PRAYER - (prayer for priests): God, our Father, please
send us holy priests, all for the sacred and eucharistic heart of
Jesus, all for the sorrowful and immaculate heart of Mary, in
union with saint Joseph. Amen.
THE 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!
V- Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God
R- That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY: O God, by the life, death and resurrection of Your
only begotten Son, You purchased for us the rewards of eternal
life; grant, we beseech You that while meditation on these
mysteries of the Holy rosary, we may imitate what they contain
and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
FATIMA PRAYER: Most Holy Trinity - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-
I adore thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body,
Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the
tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages,
sacrileges and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through
the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
"Let this prayer be echoed all over the world." - Mary
Fatima Prayer: My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love
You. I beg pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not
adore, do not hope, and do not love You.
Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, pray for us. Mary, Queen of
Peace, pray for us. Mary, Our Loving Mother, pray for us.
MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was
it known that anyone who fled to Your protection, implored Your
help, or sought Your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with
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.
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The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the Rosary
I. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary,
shall receive signal graces.
II. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those
who shall recite the rosary.
III. The rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy
vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
IV. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for
souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the heart of men
from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to
the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify them-
selves by this means.
V. The soul which recommend itself to me by the recitation of the rosary,
shall not perish.
VI. 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
by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace
of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
VII. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die
without the sacraments of the Church.
VIII. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their
life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His
graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits
of the saints in paradise.
IX. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the
rosary.
X. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of
glory in heaven.
XI. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.
XII. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their
necessities.
XIII. 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.
XIV. All who recite the rosary are my son, and brothers of my only son
Jesus Christ
XV. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.
(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan) Imprimatur: Patrick J. Hayes DD
Archbishop of New York)
Our Lady has 117 titles. She selected this title at Fatima: "I am the Lady of the Rosary." St. Francis de Sales said the greatest method of praying IS- Pray the Rosary. St. Thomas Aquinas preached 40 straight days in Rome Italy on just the Hail Mary. St. John Vianney, patron of priest, was seldom seen without a rosary in his hand. "The rosary is the scourge of the devil" -- Pope Adrian VI "The rosary is a treasure of graces" -- Pope Paul V
Padra Pio the stigmatic priest said: "The Rosary is THE WEAPON"
Pope Leo XIII wrote 9 encyclicals on the rosary.
Pope John XXIII spoke 38 times about our Lady and the Rosary. he prayed
15 decades daily.
St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote: "The rosary is the most
powerful weapon to touch the Heart of Jesus, Our Redeemer, who so loves
His Mother."
MARY, QUEEN OF THE HOLY ANGELS -- PRAY FOR US!
"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls"
J.M.J. = JESUS, MARY, JOSEPH - the Holy Family......
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