ROSARY PRAYERS

Start in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Recite the Apostle's Creed, the Our Father, three Hail Mary's and the Glory Be.

Announce the first mystery and say the Our Father.

Say ten Hail Mary's, one on each bead.

Say the Glory Be and the O My Jesus after each decade.

Announce the second mystery and say the Our Father.

Repeat steps two through four for each of the mysteries.

Say the Hail Holy Queen and St. Michael prayer after five mysteries.

End in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

THE FIVE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
(Monday's & Thursday's; Sunday's of Advent)

1. THE ANNUNCIATION: (Humility)
Mary learns from Angel Gabriel that God wishes her to be the mother of God and humbly accepts. (Luke 1:26-38)

2. THE VISITATION: (Charity)
Mary goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth and is praised by her as "blessed among women". (Luke 1;39-56)

3. THE NATIVITY: (Poverty)
Mary gives birth to Jesus in the stable at Bethlem. (Luke 2:1-20)

4.THE PRESENTATION: (Obedience)
Mary and Joseph present Jesus to His heavenly father in the Temple of Jerusalem forty days after His birth. (Luke 2:22-39)

5.THE FINDING IN THE TEMPLE: (Piety)
Searching for three days, Mary and Joseph find the 12-year old Jesus sitting in the Temple discussing the law with the learned doctors. (Luke 2:42-52)

THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
(Tuesday's & Friday's; Sunday's of Lent)

1. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN: (Contrition)
The thought of our sins and His coming suffering causes the Savior to sweat blood. (Luke: 22:39-44)

2. THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR: (Purity)
Jesus is stripped and beaten until His body is one mass of bloody wounds.
(Matt 27:26)

3.THE CROWNING WITH THORNS: (Courage)
Jesus's claim to kingship is ridiculed by putting a crown of thorns on His head.
(Matt 27:28-31)

4. THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS: (Patience)
Jesus shoulders His own cross and carries it to the place of crucifixion while Mary follows. (Luke 23: 26-32)

5. THE CRUCIFIXION: (Self-Denial)
Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies after three hours of agony witnessed by His Mother. (Matt 27: 33-50)

THE FIVE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
(Sunday's [except Advent & Lent], Wednesday's & Saturday's)

1. THE RESURRECTION: (Faith)
Jesus rises from the dead on Easter Sunday. (Matt 28:1-20)

2. THE ASCENSION: (Hope)
He ascends into Heaven forty days after His resurrection to sit at the right hand of God the Father. (Luke 24:50-51)

3. THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: (Love)
He sends the Holy Spirit in the form of fiery tongues on His Apostles.
(Acts 2:2-4)

4. THE ASSUMPTION: (Eternal Happiness)
Mary's soul returns to God and her glorified body is taken up into heaven and reunited with her soul.

5. THE CORONATION: (Devotion to Mary)
Mary is crowned as Queen of heaven and earth, Queen of angels and saints.