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5. The Crucifixion

who for us became obedient unto death, even the

death of the cross:

Let us pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who didst stretch

out thine arms of love on the hard wood of thecross that everyone might come within reach ofthy saving embrace: so clothe us in thy Spiritthat we, reaching forth our hands in love, may

bring those who do not know thee to theknowledge and love of thee; for the honor of thyName, w ho livest and reignest with the Father

and the same Holy Spirit, one God, for ever andever. Amen.

x x xTHE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

1. The Resurrection

who hath conquered sin, hell, and death:

O God, who for our redemption didst give thine

only-begotten Son to the death of the Cross, andby his glorious resurrection hast delivered usfrom the power of our enemy: Grant us so to diedaily from sin, that we may evermore live withhim in the joy of his resurrection; through the

same thy Son Christ our Lord. Amen..

2. The Ascension

who ascended on high that he might fill all things:

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Saviour

Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens thathe might fill all things: Mercifully give us faithto perceive that according to his promise he

abideth with his Church on earth, even unto theend of the world; through the same Jesus Christour Lord. Amen.

3. The Descent of the Holy Ghost

who through the Holy Ghost abideth with his

Church for ever:

O God, who didst teach the hearts of thy faithful

people, by sending to them the light of thy HolySpirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a

right judgment in all things, and evermore to

rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits ofChrist Jesus our Saviour, who liveth andreigneth with thee, in the unity of the sameSpirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

4. The Assumption of our Lady

who hath taken thee to himself:

O God, who hast taken to thyself theblessed Virgin Mary, mother of thine only-

begotten Son: Grant that we who, with her,have been redeemed by his blood may

share with her the glory of thine eternalkingdom; through the same Jesus Christ our

Lord, who liveth and reigneth with t hee and

the Holy Ghost ever, one God, worldwithout end. Amen.

5. The Coronation of our Lady

who doth crown thee with glory and honor:

O Almighty God, who didst endue with singular

grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother ofour Lord: Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, tohallow our bodies in purity, and our souls in

humility and love, that we, with her, mayreceive from thy Son the crown of life which

fadeth not away; through the same our Lord andSaviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

ALTERNATE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

IV. The Ingathering of the Saints

who doth gather his saints to himself:

O Almighty God, who hast knit together thineelect in one communion and fellowship, in the

mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant

us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in allvirtuous and godly living, that we may come tothose unspeakable joys which thou hast preparedfor them that unfeignedly love thee; throughJesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

V. The Crown of Life

who crowneth them with life that honor him:

O God, who hast prepared for those who love

thee such good things as pass mansunderstanding: Pour into our hearts such lovetoward thee, that we, loving thee above allthings, may obtain thy promises, which exceedall that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our

Lord. Amen.

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THE CONCLUDING DEVOTIONS

The following is said while holding the medal. Ifdesired, the traditional Antiphon Salve Regina with itscollect may be used as well.

Ant. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus

Christ the righteous; * and he is the propitiation

for our sins.

MAGNIFICAT ANIMAMEA

My soul doth magnify the Lord, * And my spirit

hath rejoiced in God my Saviour;

For he hath regarded * The lowliness of hishandmaiden.For behold, from henceforth * All generations

shall call me blessed.For he that is mighty hath magnified me, * And

holy is his name;And his mercy is on them that fear him *

Throughout all generations.

He hath showed strength with his arm, * He hathscattered the proud in the imagination of their

hearts;He hath put down the mighty from their seats, *

And hath exalted the humble and meek.He hath filled the hungry with good things, *

And the rich he hath sent empty away.He remembering his mercy hath holpen his

servant Israel, * As he promised to our

forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to

the Holy Ghost.As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever

shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus

Christ the righteous; * and he is the propitiationfor our sins.

Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the

petitions of tho se who ask in t hy Sons Name:We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine earsto us who have now made our prayers andsupplications unto thee; and grant that those

things which we have faithfully asked accordingto thy will, may effectually be obtained, to therelief of our necessity, and to the setting forth ofthy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love

of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, bewith us all evermore. Amen.

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PREFATORY PRAYERS.

IN THENAME OF THE FATHER

I BELIEVE

(on the first solitary bead) OURFATHER

(on the next three beads) HAIL MARY

who givest us faith:

who art our hope:

who lovest us with an everlasting love:

GLORY BE

O MY JESUS, forgive us our sins, save us from

the fires of hell, and bring all souls to heaven,especially those most in need of thy mercy.

O GOD, whose only-begotten Son, by his life,

death, and resurrection, hath purchased unto usthe rewards of life eternal: Grant, we beseechthee, that meditating upon these mysteries of thefaith, we [together with those on behalf of whomwe do so] may both imitate what they containand obtain what they promise, through the same

thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

x x xTHE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

1. The Annunciation

who for our salvation did take his flesh of thee:

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace intoour hearts: that, as we have known the

incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by themessage of an angel, so by his cross and passion

we may be brought unto the glory of hisresurrection; through the same Jesus Christ ourLord. Amen.

2. The Visitation

in whose presence his saints do rejoice:

O Christ, our God Incarnate, whose virgin

Mother was blessed in bearing thee, but still

more blessed in keeping thy word: Grant us,who honour the exaltation of her lowliness, tofollow the example of her devotion to thy will;

who livest and reignest with the Father and theHoly Ghost ever, one God, world without end.Amen.

3. The Nativity

who assumed our humanity that we might share his

divinity:

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-

begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and tobe born o f a pure v irgin: Grant that we b eingregenerate, and made thy children by adoptionand grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy

Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ,

who liveth and reigneth with thee and the sameSpirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

4. The Presentation the light of the nations and the glory of

his people Israel:

Almighty and everliving God, we humbly

beseech thy Majesty, th at, as thy onl y-begottenSon was presented in the temple in substance ofour flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with

pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son JesusChrist our Lord. Amen.

5. The Finding in the Temple

who teacheth his elders wisdom:

Lord Jesus Christ, who art the power of God and

the wisdom of God: Grant that, whensoever weare bereft of the sense of thine abiding Presence,we may seek thee first in the midst of thy holy

Temple, and there receive the words of life forthy glory, our comfort, and the good of all thyholy Church; who in unity with the Father andthe Holy Ghost livest and reignest God, worldwithout end. Amen..

x x xTHE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES

1. The Baptism of the Lord

who fulfilleth all righteousness:

Almighty God, who at the baptism of thyblessed Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst

manifest his glorious Godhead: Grant, webeseech thee, that the brightness of his presencemay shine in our hearts, and his glory be set

forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christour Lord. Amen

2. The Wedding at Cana

who rejoiceth both bridegroom and bride:

Almighty and everliving God, whose Son JesusChrist is the first-fruits of the new creation:

Grant that we, being obedient to his word, mayfind in him the fulfillment of all our occasionsand so be fitted to share the wedding-feast of his

glorious kingdom; who liveth and reigneth withthee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and

ever. Amen.

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom

who hath the words of eternal life:

Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to

be unt o us both a sacrifice for sin, and al so an

ensample of godly life: Give us grace that wemay always most thankfully receive that hisinestimable benefit, and also daily endeavourourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most

holy life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christour Lord. Amen.

4. The Transfiguration

who fulfilleth the Law and the Prophets:

O God, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen

witnesses thine only-begotten Son wonderfullytransfigured, in raiment white and glistering:

Mercifully grant that we, being delivered fromthe disquietude of this world, may be permittedto behold the King in his beauty, who with thee,O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth andreigneth, one God, world without end. Amen..

5. The Institution of the Eucharist

whose flesh is food indeed and whose

blood is drink indeed:

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night

before he suffered, did institute the Sacrament of

his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that wemay thankfully receive the same in

remembrance of him, who in these holymysteries giveth us a pledge of life eternal; thesame thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who now

liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit

ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

x THE SORROW

1. The Agon

who for us d

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judgment, and light risgodly: Grant us,

uncertainties, the gwouldest have us toWisdom may save us

that in thy light we mstraight path may noChrist our Lord. Amen

2. The Scour

by whose str

O Lord God, whose bgave his back to the smfrom shame: Grant us

sufferings of the presof the glory that shall

same thy Son Jesus Ch

3. The Crow

who endureto win for us

O Lord Jesus Christ, w

lay aside thy crown oof thorns: Mercifully by the grace thy sufwhen thou comest to

placed on thy right haof life that fadeth not aand the Holy Ghost livworld without end. Am

4. The Bear

who for us endured th

Almighty God, whose

up to joy but first he not into glory befMercifully grant that the cross, may find it nlife and peace; throug

Christ our Lord. Amen