THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

"BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, WHO COME TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING 

but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

(Matt 7:15)

PRAYER TO ARCHANGEL S.t MICHAEL

We always commence our Rosary prayers with a prayer for protection of our Rosary prayer and intentions

+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen

Sancte Michael Archángele,

defénde nos in prœlio;

contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium.

Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur;

tuque, Princeps militiae cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malignos,

qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo,

divina virtúte in inférnum detrúde.

Ámen

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

Miraculous Medal Prayer

Medal of Our Lady of Graces, The Raccolta, ed. 1910, #255

O MARIA sine labe concépta, ora pro nobis, qui ad te confúgimus.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

(p.s. We have realized that there are loads of Miraculous prayers

and medals out there, which are incorrect.

We post two correct versions above, which also must be seen on your medal.)

We ask for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin

Memorare, The Raccolta, ed. 1910, #197. Coeleste Palmetum 1866.

MEMORARE, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum.

Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo Virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto.

Noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere; sed audi propitia et exaudi.

Amen

REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,

implored thy, help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother;

to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful;

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions;

but in thy clemency hear and answer me.

Amen.

Holy Family,Jacob Frey, c. 1740.. The Art of Christianity Collection. AP00145. Used with Permission.

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH

Original prayer: Leo XIII, Quamquam Pluries. 15 aug. 1889

Patron Saint of Universal Church

Patron Saint of Fathers, Patron Saint of Families. Patron Saint of Married People

Terror of Demons and Head of the Holy Family 

Oratio ad sanctum Josephum

Original prayer: Leo XIII, Quamquam Pluries. 15 aug. 1889    

Ad te, beate Joseph,

in tribulatione nostra confugimus, atque implorato Sponsæ tuæ sanctissimmæ auxilio, patrocinium quoque tuum fidenter exposcimus. Per eam, quæsumus, quæ te cum immaculata Virgine Dei Genitrice conjunxit caritatem, perque paternum, quo Puerum Jesum amplexus es, amorem, supplices deprecamur, ut ad hereditatem, quam Jesus Christus acquisivit sanguine suo, benignus respicias, ac necessitatibus nostris tua virtute et ope succurras.

Tuere, o Custos providentissime divinæ Familiæ, Jesu Christi sobolem electam; prohibe a nobis, amantissime Pater, omnem errorum ac corruptelarum luem; propitius nobis, sospitator noster fortissime, in hoc cum potestate tenebrarum certamine e coelo adesto; et sicut olim Puerum Jesum e summo eripuisti vitæ discrimine, ita nunc Ecclesiam sanctam Dei ab hostilibus insidiis atque ab omni adversitate defende: nosque singulos perpetuo tege patrocinio, ut ad tui exemplar et ope tua suffulti, sancte vivere, pie emori, sempiternamque in coelis beatitudinem assequi possimus.

Amen

O blessed Joseph, Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen off-spring of Jesus Christ.

Keep from us, O most loving Father, all blight of error and corruption.

Aid us from on high, most valiant defender, in this conflict with the powers of darkness.

And even as of old thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from the peril of His life, so now defend God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity.

Shield us ever under thy patronage, that, following thine example  and strengthened by thy help, we may live a holy life,  die a happy death,

and attain to everlasting bliss in Heaven.

Amen.

THE OFFERING PRAYER BEFORE ROSARY

(incl. Blessed Eucharist prayer from Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition on 13th May 1917.)

Eternal Father, I offer you this Rosary,

by Marie Immaculate Heart in union with her Son,

Jesus Christ's precious blood,

as thanksgiving for all your good deeds,

according to Jesus' Sacred Heart intentions;

for all grace and blessing that will

make us close this beloved Heart

in life, in death, in time and eternity; for the sick; the dying;

for the conversion of sinners and for the souls in Purgatory;

for those who have asked for our prayers

and we are obliged to ask for and the family's intentions,

to You, God, may all lead to your greater honour

and glory and a glorious death for us all.

O most Holy Trinity, I adore You.

My God, my God,

I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament.

Amen

On the Crucifix of Rosary:

One begins by holding the Crucifix of the Holy Rosary, kiss it, do the sign of the Cross and pray:

+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen

Thereafter (still at the Cross) pray Credo, the Apostles' Creed.

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem,

Creatorem coeli et terrae.

Et in Jesum Christum,

Filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum,

Flectámus génua

qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto,

natus ex Maria virgine,

Leváte

passus sub Pontio Pilato,

crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,

descendit ad infernos,

tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,

ascendit ad coelos,

sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis,

inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos.

Credo

in Spiritum Sanctum,

sanctam ecclesiam catholicam,

sanctorum communionem,

remissionem peccatorum,

carnis resurrectionem et vitam aeternam.              

Amen

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ,

His only Son, our Lord,

                                    Let us kneel

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

                                    Let us arise

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell;

on the third day He rose again

from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God

the Father almighty,

from there He shall come 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

Christ descended into Hell, Johann Sadeler, 1579. The Art of Christianity Collection. AP00078. Used with Permission.

Pater noster    (First Pearl after the Cross)

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Ave Maria (at the Three Cluster Pearls)   (Pearl 2-4)   which stands for the Divine Virtues

Fides, Spes et Caritas

(Faith, Hope and Love)

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Virgin and Child, Schelte Adamsz Bolswert, after Pieter Paul Rubens, c. 1652. 

Art of Christianity Collection. AP00036. Used with Permission.

3 x Ave Maria

1) in Fides, 2) in Spes, 3) in Caritas

Ave Maria, gratia plena;

Dominus tecum:

benedicta tu in mulieribus,

et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatoribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

Amen

Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

who increases our Faith

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

who increases our Hope

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

who increases our Love

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Doxology     (on the single Pearl right before the Connecting Medallion) (Pearl 5) 

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

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

Fatima prayer

“When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery

“(3^rd apparition of our Lady of Fatima, 13 July 1917)

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

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

Next Step is the Connecting Centerpiece (Medallion)

They come to a place, which is named Gethsemane; and he says to his disciples:

Sit here till I pray.

He took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and in anguish, and said to them:

My soul is encompassed with sorrow even to death: remain here and keep watch.

And going forward a little he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might pass away from him; and he said:

Abba, Father, all things are possible for thee; remove this cup from me: yet not what I will, but what thou want.

He returned and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter:

Simon, sleepest thou? hadst thou not strength to watch one hour? Watch and pray, pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And again, he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

Detail: Agony in the Garden, Wierix after M.. de Vos, 1611.

The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

And, when he returned, he found them sleeping again; for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

He comes back the third time and says to them:

Sleep the remaining time, and rest?

it is enough; the hour has come:

Behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

Rise, let us go:

Behold, he that delivers me up - is at hand.

Bacio di Giuda, Lucas van Leyden, 1521.

The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus the Garden of Gethsemane 

Our Father

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus the Garden of Gethsemane

Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus the Garden of Gethsemane

Doxology

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

Fatima prayer

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

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

1And immediately in the morning, the chief priests holding consultation, with the elders and the scribes, and the whole Council. They bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.

2And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews?

And Jesus answered and said to him: Thou sayest.

3And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4Pilate again asked him:

Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they accuse thee,

5But Jesus no longer answered any thing: so that Pilate wondered.

Detail: Ecce Homo,Norblin de la Gourda, 1774.  The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permssion.

6At every feast Pilate released to them one prisoner whom they chose. 7And there was one called Barabbas who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the insurrection had committed murder. 8The multitude then came and began to ask Pilate to do for them according to his custom. 17Pilate said to them:

Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?

19And while he sat on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered much this day in a dream because of him.

20The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd that they should ask for Barabbas, that Pilate should rather release Barabbas to them. 11The chief priests instigated the crowd  to have Jesus destroyed.

21And the governor said to them: Which of the two will you that I release to you?

They said: Barabbas.

12And Pilate again answered and said to them:

What then will you that I shall do with him whom who is called Christ?

13They again cried out: Crucify him.

14But Pilate said to them: Why, what evil has he done?

But they cried out vehemently: Crucify him.

24And Pilate seeing that nothing avails, but rather that a tumult is rising, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying:

I am innocent of the blood of this man: see you to it.

Detail: Ecce Homo, Ludovicus, ca. 1623.. The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

15And so Pilate, willing to satisfy the multitude, released Barabbas, and handed over Jesus,

after he had scourged him, to be crucified.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus sentenced to death by Pilate 

Our Father

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus sentenced to death by Pilate

Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus sentenced to death by Pilate

Doxology

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

Fatima prayer

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

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace and brought together to him the whole cohort. 

Life of Christ - Flagellation, Philip Galle, c. 1591. The Art of Christian Collection. Used with Permission.

Having stripped him they put on him a purple cloak, having plaited a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and bowing the knee before him they mocked him, saying:

Hail, King of the Jews;

Detail: Christ Crowned with Thorns, Bolswert, 1637. The Art of Christiani Collection. Used with Permission.

and having spit upon him they took the reed and struck upon his head.

Detail: Christ being Crowned with Thorns, Lefebre.

The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

When they had mocked him, they took off him the cloak and put his own garments on him and led him away - to crucify him.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus being mocked and beaten and crowned with Thorns 

Our Father

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus being mocked and beaten andcrowned with Thorns

Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus being mocked and beaten andcrowned with Thorns

Doxology

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

Fatima prayer

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

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

16Then therefore Pilate delivered Jesus to the Chief Priests to be crucified.

26And as they led him away, they lay hold on Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, they laid the cross on him, that he might bear it after Jesus.

17…And bearing the cross, he went forth to that place called Calvary, or in Hebrew called Golgotha.

Detail: Arrmengaud,  nach Raphael, 1866. The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

27And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women that bewailed and lamented him.

28But Jesus turned to them and said:

Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep for yourselves and for your children; 29for behold, there are coming days in which they shall say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that did not give suck. 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall on us, and to the hills: Cover us; 31for if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

32And there were also two others, two evildoers, to be crucified with Jesus.

18… they crucified him, and with him two others,

one on each side, and Jesus in the midst.

The Art of Christianity AP00170.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus Carrying the Cross to Calvary

Our Father

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus Carrying the Cross to Calvary

Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Meditation over the mystery of Jesus Carrying the Cross to Calvary

Doxology

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

Fatima prayer

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

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

33at the place, called Calvary, they crucified Jesus and the two evildoers, one on the right and the other on the left of Jesus.

34Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

The soldiers mocked him and were dividing his clothing among them, they cast lots.

35The people stood looking on; …

31In like manner also the chief priests deriding among themselves with the scribes said:

Others he saved, himself he cannot save. Christ the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe.

38there was also a superscription over him:

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

39And one of the evildoers who were hanged blasphemed him, saying:

If thou be Christ? save thyself and us.

40But the other, answering, rebuked him and said:

Do not even thou fear God, seeing that thou art in the same condemnation?

We indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of what we have done;

but this man has done nothing evil.

42Then he said: Jesus, remember me when thou come in thy kingdom.

43Jesus said to him:

Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise. 

⁴⁴ And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 

⁴⁶ And Jesus crying out with a loud voice, said:

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

And saying this, he gave up the ghost.

⁴⁵ And the sun was darkened,

and the veil of the temple was rent of two, from the top to the bottom,

in the midst as the earth quaked.

Deposition, Christ.J de Gheyn.1600. The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

Meditation over the mystery of the Crucifixion of Jesus and death on the Cross

Our Father

The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be 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

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:

sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;

adveniat Regnum Tuum;

fiat voluntas Tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.            

Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;

et ne nos inducas in tentationem;

sed libera nos a malo.

Amen

Meditation over the mystery of the Crucifixion of Jesus and death on the Cross

Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Meditation over the mystery of the Crucifixion of Jesus and death on the Cross

Doxology

The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen

Fatima prayer

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

O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra,

libera nos ab igne inferni,

conduc in caelum omnes animas,

praesertim illas quae tua misericordia maxime indigent.

The Rosary is a perfect wreath!

We have now reached the connecting medallion which unites our intentions and prayers

On the medallion, we pray Salve Regina, and the Marian hymn is  at the end of the Rosary;

Oremus:

Salve Regina,

Mater misericordiae,

vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae.

Ad te suspiramus,

gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia ergo, advocata nostra,

illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Et Iesum,

benedictum fructum ventris tui,

nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, o pia,

o dulcis Virgo Maria.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.

R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.

Let us pray:

O, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

Hail 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.

Oremus:
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,

qui gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et animam,

ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur,

Spiritu Sancto cooperante, praeparasti:

da, ut cuius commemoratione laetamur;

eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis,

et a morte perpetua liberemur.

Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen

Let us Pray:

O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,

has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation.

Grant, we beseech Thee: that while meditating on these mysteries

of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, 

through Christ our Lord.

Amen

+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen

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This is where Cardinal Leo Burke and Bishop Athanasius end their Rosary prayer in Latin.

The Step-by-Step Commander Cross Rosary follow the pearls leading us to the Cross ...

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LET US PRAY AT THE CROSS:

In the Name of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and all the Saints, we confidently undertake to repulse the attacks and deceits of the devil.

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen

O Jesus, this is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, for the Holy Father and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

O Holy Mother of Priests, protect all priests from the dangers of their holy profession and lead the stray bishops and priests who have failed their sublime vocation, with your kind motherly hand, back to the good shepherd!

Amen

Let us pray for our Holy Father – Pope Francis I - and his eternal soul and pray for the Papal  intentions:

May the Lord preserve him and give him life and make him to be blessed upon the earth and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

May Thy hand be upon Thine holy servant and upon Thy son whom Thou hast anoited.

Lord Jesus, shelter our Holy Father the Pope under the protection of Thy Sacred Heart.

Be Thou his light, his strength and his consolation.

Amen

Per request from our Holy Father on 29 Sept. 2018:

Let us pray: 

We fly to Thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not thou our petitions in our necessities. but deliver us always from all dangers, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. 

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix.

Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus,

sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,

Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

Amen

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;

be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.

And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host,

by the power of God

thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits

who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Sancte Michael Archángele,

defénde nos in prælio;

contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium.

Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur;

tuque, Princeps militiae cæléstis,

Sátanam aliósque spíritus malignos,

qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo,

divina virtúte in inférnum detrúde.

Ámen

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen

+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen

The Marian antiphons have its own season.

• Alma Redemtoris Mater is Advent season to Candlemas.
• Ave Regina Caelorum is up to Holy Thursday.
• Regina Caeli is from Holy Saturday to Trinity Sunday.
• and Salve Regina in ordinary times.
  

Litanie Lauretane beatae Mariae Virginis

Kyrie, eleison.

R. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison.
R. Christe, eleison.
Christe, audi nos.
R. Christe, exaudi nos.

Pater de caelis, Deus,   

R. miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus,   

R. miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus,  

R. miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus,   

R. miserere nobis.
Sancta Maria,   

R. miserere nobis.
Sancta Dei Genetrix,   

R. miserere nobis.
Sancta Virgo virginum,  

R. miserere nobis.

Mater Christi,  

R. ora pro nobis.
Mater Ecclesiae,  

R. ora pro nobis.
Mater divinae gratiae,  

R. ora pro nobis.
Mater purissima, 

R. ora pro nobis.
Mater castissima,  

R. 
Mater inviolata,  

R. 
Mater intemerata,  

R. 
Mater amabilis,  

R. 
Mater admirabilis,   

R. 
Mater boni consilii,   

R. 
Mater Creatoris,  

R. 
Mater Salvatoris, 

R. 
Virgo prudentissima, 

R. 
Virgo veneranda,   

R. 
Virgo praedicanda,   

R. 
Virgo potens,  

R. 
Virgo clemens,  

R. 
Virgo fidelis,   

R. 
Speculum iustitiae,  

R. 
Sedes sapientiae,   

R. 
Causa nostrae laetitiae,   

R. 
Vas spirituale,   

R. 
Vas honorabile,   

R. 
Vas insigne devotionis,  

R. 
Rosa mystica,   

R. 
Turris Davidica,   

R. 
Turris eburnea, 

R. 
Domus aurea,   

R. 
Foederis arca,  

R. 
Ianua coeli,   

R. 
Stella matutina, 

R. 
Salus infirmorum,  

R. 
Refugium peccatorum,  

R. 
Consolatrix afflictorum,   

R. 
Auxilium Christianorum, 

R. 
Regina Angelorum,  

R. 
Regina Patriarcharum,   

R. 
Regina Prophetarum,   

R. 
Regina Apostolorum,  

R. 
Regina Martyrum,  

R. 
Regina Confessorum, 

R. 
Regina Virginum,  

R. 
Regina Sanctorum omnium,  

R. 
Regina sine labe originali concepta,

R. 
Regina in caelum assumpta,   

R. 
Regina sacratissimi Rosarii, 

R. 
Regina familiae,

R. 
Regina pacis,  

R. 

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,   parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,   exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,   miserere nobis.

Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, iuva pusillanimes, refove flebiles, ora pro populo, interveni pro clero, intercede pro devoto femineo sexu; sentiant omnes tuum iuvamen quicumque celebrant tuum sanctum patrocinium.

V.   Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix,
R.   Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus:
Concede nos famulos tuos, quaesumus, Domine Deus, perpetua mentis et corporis sanitate gaudere: et, gloriosa beatae Mariae semper Virginis intercessione, a praesenti liberari tristitia, et aeterna perfrui laetitia.

Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix;

nostras deprecationes ne dispicias in necessitatibus,

sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,

Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

V.   Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genitrix.
R.   Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus:
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus Domine, mentibus nostris infunde, ut qui, angelo nuntiante, Christi filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.

Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen

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