What the Rosary Is

The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses". Our Lady has revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore the most important one.


The Rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer.


In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than meditation of the chief mysteries of the life, death and glory of Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. The original fifteen mysteries are divided into Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious. John Paul II added in 2002 the Luminous Mysteries, or Mysteries of Light.


Vocal prayer consists in saying fifteen or five decades of the Hail Mary, each decade headed by an Our Father, while at the same time meditating on and contemplating the fifteen principal virtues which Jesus and Mary practised in the fifteen mysteries of the Holy Rosary.The complete Rosary consists of fifteen decades, but is more commonly said in five decades.


So the Rosary is a blessed blending of mental and vocal prayer by which we honor and learn to imitate the mysteries and the virtues of the life, death, passion and glory of Jesus and Mary.


The Holy Mother Church received the Rosary in its 15 mysteries form in 1214 in a miraculous way, when Our Lady appeared to Saint Dominic and gave it to him as a powerful means of converting the heretics and other sinners. Since then the devotion spread around the world with incredible and miraculous results.

The Rosary is a tool for meditation.  As you pray, you meditate on the prayer and the corresponding theme of the Rosary Mysteries.  These themes concern the live of Jesus through the eyes of Mary His Mother.

The four Rosary Mysteries are:

1.Joyful Mysteries for Monday and Saturday

  • The Annunciation
  • The Visitation
  • The Nativity
  • The presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple
  • The finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

2. Luminous Mysteries for Thursday

  • The Baptism of Christ
  • The Wedding at Cana
  • The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
  • The Transfiguration of Christ
  • The Last Supper

3. Sorrowful Mysteries for Tuesday and Friday

  • The Agony of Jesus in the Garden
  • The Scourging at the Pillar
  • The Corwning with Thorns
  • The Carrying of the Corss
  • The Crucifixion and Death

4. Glorious Mysteries for Wednesday and Sunday

  • The Resurrection of Jesus from the Dead
  • The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
  • The Descent of the Holy Spirit
  • The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
  • The Coronation of Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth 

 

 

 

 

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 The rosary has five decades.  Each decade begins with an Our Father, followed by 10 Hail Mary prayers and one Glory Be prayer at the end.

In each decade your meditation is on that particular mystery.  Announce each mystery before the Our Father.

The Prayers of The Rosary

The Sign of the Cross

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

The Apostle's Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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.

 

Our Father


Our Father, Who are in Heaven; hallowed be Your name; Your kingdom come; Your 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.

Hail Mary


Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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.

O My Jesus


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy. Amen.

Hail, Holy Queen

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee 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 towards us,
And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of they 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.

 

 

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Benefits of the Rosary

1. It gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2. It purifies our souls, washing away sin.
3. It gives us victory over all our enemies.
4. It makes it easy for us to practice virtue.
5. It sets us on fire with love of Our Lord.
6. It enriches us with graces and merits.
7. It supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to our fellow men; and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces for us from Almighty God.

 

Blessings of the Rosary

1. Sinners are forgiven.
2. Souls that thirst are refreshed.
3. Those who are fettered have their bonds broken.
4. Those who weep find happiness.
5. Those who are tempted find peace.
6. The poor find help.
7. Religious are reformed.
8. Those who are ignorant are instructed.
9. The living learn to overcome pride.
10. The dead (the Holy Souls) have their pains eased by suffrages.

The Rosary

  1. Make the sign of the cross
  2. Say the Apostles Creed
  3. Say the Our Father
  4. Say three Hail Marys
  5. Say the Glory Be
  6. Announce the first Mystery and say the Our Father
  7. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery
  8. Say the Glory Be
  9. Say the O My Jesus
  10. Announce the second Mystery and say the Our Father
  11. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery
  12. Say the Glory Be
  13. Say the O My Jesus
  14. Announce the third Mystery and say the Our Father
  15. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery
  16. Say the Glory Be
  17. Say the O My Jesus
  18. Announce the fourth Mystery and say the Our Father
  19. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery
  20. Say the Glory Be
  21. Say the O My Jesus
  22. Announce the fifth Mystery and say the Our Father
  23. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery
  24. Say the Glory Be
  25. Say the O My Jesus
  26. Say the Hail Holy Queen

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fifteen Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary

(of Fatima, 1Revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan):

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) It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of 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 themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they 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 plentitude 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 children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.

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

"Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world." -- Our Lady of Fatima 1917

 

 

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