MARY’S FAVOURITE PRAYER
A PRAYER TO MARY
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE LIFE OF JESUS
WHAT IS THE HOLY ROSARY?
A VOCAL AND MENTAL PRAYER: REFLECT AND PRAY
“The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christ-centered prayer.”
Pope John Paul II
EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
MYSTERIES
JOYFUL
MYSTERIES
LUMINOUS
MYSTERIES
SORROWFUL
MYSTERIES
GLORIOUS
MYSTERIES
4 SETS
MONDAYS and
SATURDAYS
TUESDAYS and
FRIDAYS
THURSDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
and SUNDAYS
DAYS
Say the First Decade Think of the 1st Mystery
The Creed (optional)
HOW TO SAY THE ROSARY
Sign of the cross
Repeat for the other 4 decades
Say the Hail Holy Queen
Litany (optional)
Then One Our Father Ten Hail Marys
One Glory be…
A set of ten Hail Marys
One Glory be…
One Our Father…
DECADES…a set of ten
Think of the Mystery
Each full Rosary
prayer is said by
reciting 5 decades.
1. The OUR FATHER Our father, who art in heaven; hallowed by 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.
PRAYERS
2. The HAIL MARY Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art
thou among 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.
3. The 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.
1. THE ANNUNCIATION
JOYFUL MYSTERIES
The
Angel
Gabriel
appears
to Mary
2. THE VISITATION
Mary
visits her
cousin
Elisabeth
3. THE NATIVITY
Jesus is
born in
Bethlehem
4. THE PRESENTATION AT THE
TEMPLE
Jesus is
presented
at the
Temple
5. THE FINDING OF JESUS
Jesus is
found
talking to
the
elders
LUMINOUS MYSTERIES 1. THE BAPTISM OF
JESUS
John
baptises
Jesus in
the river
Jordan
2. THE MIRACLE AT
CANA
Jesus
turns
water
into wine
at a
Wedding
3. JESUS PREACHING
Jesus
proclaims
the coming
of the
Kingdom
of God
4. THE TRANSFIGURATION
Jesus in
glory on
mount
Tabor with
Moses and
Elijah
5. THE EUCHARIST
Jesus gives
us himself
at the
Last supper
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES 1. AGONY IN THE
GARDEN
Jesus
praying in
the garden
of Olives
2. SCOURGING AT
THE PILLAR
Jesus
tied to a
pillar and
beaten
3. CROWNED WITH
THORNS
Jesus
crown
with
thorns
4. THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
Jesus given
the cross to
carry to
mount
Calvary
5. THE CRUCIFIXION
Jesus
suffers and
dies on the
cross
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 1. THE RESURRECTION
Jesus
rising
from the
dead
2. THE ASCENSION
Jesus
returns to
his
Father in
heaven
3. DESCENT OF THE
SPIRIT
The
apostles
receive the
Holy Spirit
on
Pentecost
Sunday
4. THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY
Mary is
taken to
heaven in
body and
soul
5. THE CORONATION OF MARY
Mary
honoured
as
Queen in
Heaven
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!
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
HAIL HOLY QUEEN
The Rosary is usually concluded by saying the Hail Holy Queen
I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who
shall recite the Rosary.
Our Lady to St Dominic
THE HOLY ROSARY