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How To Pray The Rosary -
The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events
or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for
them. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are
divided into
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- Make the Sign of the Cross and say the
"Apostles' Creed."
- Say the "Our
Father."
- Say three "Hail Marys."
- Say the "Glory be
to the Father."
- Announce the First Mystery; then say the "Our
Father."
- Say ten "Hail Marys," while meditating on the Mystery.
- Say the "Glory be
to the Father."
- Announce the Second Mystery; then say the "Our
Father." Repeat 6 and 7 and continue with
Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.
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After the Rosary:
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, 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.
After each decade say the following prayer requested by the
Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us
from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who
have most need of your mercy."
As suggested by the Pope John Paul II
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the
Joyful mysteries are said on Monday and Saturday,
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the
Luminous on Thursday,
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the
Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, and
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the
Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday
(with this exception: Sundays of Christmas season - The Joyful; Sundays of Lent - Sorrowful)
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