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Rosary Mysteries

Beneath the radiant image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we invite you to discover the transformative power of the Most Holy Rosary, a sacred prayer that draws us closer to the heart of Christ through the intercession of His Blessed Mother. The Most Holy Rosary is a divine garland of prayers, woven with love and devotion, that invites us to meditate on the sacred mysteries of our salvation. Each bead is a step closer to Jesus, guided by the gentle hand of Mary, our Mother, who leads us through the joys, sorrows, triumphs, and glories of her Son’s life. This timeless prayer is a spiritual lifeline, offering peace in turmoil, strength in weakness, and hope in despair. As we contemplate the Mysteries—Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous—we are drawn into the eternal story of God’s love, finding grace to transform our hearts and renew our faith. Embrace the Rosary, and let its rhythm of prayer awaken your soul, uniting you with the Blessed Virgin in a symphony of praise that echoes through the heavens. Pray it with fervor, and discover the miracles it unfolds in your life.

First

Sorrowful Mystery

The Agony in the Garden

In His anguish, He prayed with all the greater intensity, and His sweat became like drops falling to the ground, Then He rose from prayer and came to His disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted with grief.

Scripture:

Luke 22:44-45

Fruit of the Mystery:

Sorrow for Sin

Tue, Fri, Sun during Lent

Third

Sorrowful Mystery

Crowning with Thorns

They stripped off His clothes and wrapped Him in a scarlet military cloak. Weaving a crown out of thorns, they fixed it on His head and stuck a reed in His right hand


Scripture:

Matthew 27:28-29

Fruit of the Mystery:

Courage

Tue, Fri, Sun during Lent

Fifth

Sorrowful Mystery

The Crucifixion

Jesus uttered a loud cry and said, “Father, into Your hands I commend My Spirit.” After He said this, He expired.

Scripture:

Luke 23:48

Fruit of the Mystery:

Perseverance

Tue, Fri, Sun during Lent

Second

Glorious Mystery

The Ascension

Then, after speaking to them, Jesus was taken up into Heaven and took His seat at God’s right hand.

Scripture:

Mark 16:19

Fruit of the Mystery:

Hope

Sun, Wed, Sun during 2nd Period of Ordinary time, Easter

Fourth

Glorious Mystery

The Assumption

You are the Glory of Jerusalem 
 you are the splendid boast of our people 
 God is pleased with what you have wrought. May you be blessed by the Lord Almighty forever and ever.

Scripture:

Judith 15:9-10

Fruit of the Mystery:

Grace of a Happy Death

Sun, Wed, Sun during 2nd Period of Ordinary time, Easter

First

Joyful Mystery

The Annunciation

And when the angel had come to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women.

Scripture:

Luke 1:28

Fruit of the Mystery:

Humility

Mon, Sat, Sun during Advent, Christmas

Third

Joyful Mystery

The Birth of Jesus

She gave birth to her first-born and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them in the place where travelers lodged.

Scripture:

Luke 2:7

Fruit of the Mystery:

Obedience

Mon, Sat, Sun during Advent, Christmas

Fifth

Joyful Mystery

Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple

On the third day they came upon Him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Scripture:

Luke 2:46

Fruit of the Mystery:

Joy in Finding Jesus

Mon, Sat, Sun during Advent, Christmas

Second

Luminous Mystery

The Wedding at Cana

And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine.

Scripture:

John 2:1-3

Fruit of the Mystery:

To Jesus through Mary

Thu

Fourth

Luminous Mystery

The Transfiguration

And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Scripture:

Matthew 17:2-3

Fruit of the Mystery:

Desire for Holiness

Thu

Second

Sorrowful Mystery

The Scourging at the Pillar

Pilate’s next move was to take Jesus and have Him scourged.

Scripture:

John 19:1

Fruit of the Mystery:

Purity

Tue, Fri, Sun during Lent

Fourth

Sorrowful Mystery

Carrying the Cross


carrying the cross by Himself, He went out to what is called the Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha).

Scripture:

John 19:17

Fruit of the Mystery:

Patience

Tue, Fri Sun during Lent

First

Glorious Mystery

The Resurrection

You need not be amazed! You are looking for Jesus, the one who was crucified. He has been raised up. He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.

Scripture:

Mark 16:6

Fruit of the Mystery:

Faith

Sun, Wed, Sun during 2nd Period of Ordinary time, Easter

Third

Glorious Mystery

Descent of the Holy Spirit

All were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to express themselves in foreign tongues and make bold proclamation as the Spirit prompted them.

Scripture:

Acts 2:4

Fruit of the Mystery:

Love of God

Sun, Wed, Sun during 2nd Period of Ordinary time, Easter

Fifth

Glorious Mystery

The Coronation

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

Scripture:

Revelation 12:1

Fruit of the Mystery:

Trust in Mary’s Intercession

Sun, Wed, Sun during 2nd Period of Ordinary time, Easter

Second

Joyful Mystery

The Visitation

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost and cried out in a loud voice: “Blest are you among women, and blest is the fruit of thy womb!”

Scripture:

Luke 1:41-42

Fruit of the Mystery:

Love of Neighbor

Mon, Sat, Sun during Advent, Christmas

Fourth

Joyful Mystery

The Presentation

When the day came to purify them according to the law of Moses, the couple brought Him up to Jerusalem so that He could be presented to the Lord for it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every first-born male shall be consecrated to the LORD.”

Scripture:

Luke 2:22-23

Fruit of the Mystery:

Poverty

Mon, Sat, Sun during Advent, Christmas

First

Luminous Mystery

The Baptism of Jesus

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him. And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.

Scripture:

Matthew 3:13, 16

Fruit of the Mystery:

Openness to the Holy Ghost

Thu

Third

Luminous Mystery

The Proclamation of the Kingdom

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity among the people.

Scripture:

Matthew 4:23

Fruit of the Mystery:

Repentance and Trust in God

Thu

Fifth

Luminous Mystery

The Institution of the Eucharist

And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.

Scripture:

Matthew 26:26

Fruit of the Mystery:

Adoration

Thu

Sign of the Cross

In the ♰ name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Signum Crucis

In ♰ Nómine Patris, et Fílii,
et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Symbolum Apostolorum

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son,
our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell;
the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge
the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.

Amen.

Credo

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipoténtem,‹
Creatórem cƓli et terrĂŠ.‹
Et in Iesum Christum, Fílium éius unícum, Dóminum nostrum :‹
qui concéptus est de Spíritu Sancto,‹
natus ex María Vírgine,‹
passus sub Pontio Piláto,‹
crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus :
descéndit ad ínferos :‹
tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis :‹
ascéndit ad cƓlos :‹
sedet ad déxteram Dei Pátris
omnipoténtis :
inde ventúrus est iudicáre
vívos et mórtuos.

Credo in Spíritum Sanctum,‹
sanctam Ecclésiam Cathólicam,‹
Sanctórum Communiónem,‹
remissiónem peccatórum,‹
carnis resurrectiónem,‹
vítam ĂŠtérnam.


Amen.

Holy Father

Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV

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

℣. And you, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟. Amen.

℣. The Pope's Blessing:
May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, descend upon you and remain with you always.
℟. Amen.

Pontifice Nostro

Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Leone XIV.
Leh-OH-neh kwat-tu-or-DEH-chim

Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.

℣. Et tu, Domine, miserere nobis.
℟. Amen.

℣. Benedictio Papae:
Benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, descendat super vos et maneat semper.
℟. Amen.


Our Father

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 debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and let us not fall into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Pater Noster

Pater noster, qui es in cĂŠlis, sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Advéniat regnum tuum,
Fiat volúntas tua,
sicut in cĂŠlo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,
et dimıt́te nobis débita nostra.
Sicut et nos dimıt́timus, debitóribus nostris.
Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem.
Sed lıb́era nos a malo. Amen.

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.

Ave MarĂ­a

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.

Glory Be

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.

Gloria Patri

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et
Spiritui Sancto;
sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

O my Jesus

O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell;
lead all souls to heaven,
especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.

St. Joseph, pray for us.

Fatima

Domine Iesu,
dimitte nobis debita nostra,
salva nos ab igne inferni,
perduc in caelum omnes animas,
praesertim eas, quae misericordiae tuae maxime indigent.

Sancte Joseph, ora pro nobis.

Hail Holy Queen

Hail, Queen, Mother of mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope, hail!
To you we cry, exiled children of Eve,
to you we sigh, mourning and weeping
in this valley of tears.

Come then, our Advocate,
turn your merciful eyes toward us;
and Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb,
show to us after this exile.

O gentle, 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.

Let us pray.
Almighty, everlasting God, who, by the working of the Holy Spirit, prepared the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to be a worthy dwelling for your Son: grant that we, who rejoice in her commemoration, may, through her loving intercession, be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Salve Regina

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiĂŠ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii HevĂŠ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

℣ Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.
℟ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosĂŠ Virginis Matris MariĂŠ corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto cooperante prĂŠparasti: da, ut cuius commemoratione lĂŠtamur; eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis, et a morte perpetua liberemur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Prayer After the Rosary

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 meditating upon these mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Oratio Post Rosarium

Deus, cujus Unigenitus per vitam, mortem, et resurrectionem Suam nobis salutis aeternae praemia comparavit: concede, quaesumus: ut haec mysteria sacratissimo beatae Mariae Virginis Rosario recolentes, et imitemur quod continent, et quod promittunt, assequamur, per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen.

Prayer of the Precious Blood (Prayer of St. Gertrude)

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses celebrated throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

Oratio Offerens Pretiosissimum Sanguinem (Oratio Sanctae Gertrudis)

Eterne Pater, offero tibi pretiosissimum Sanguinem Filii tui Divini Jesu, in unione cum Missis per orbem hodie celebratis, pro omnibus animabus sanctis in Purgatorio, pro peccatoribus ubique, pro peccatoribus in Ecclesia universali, his in mea domo et in mea familia. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard 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 evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Oratio ad Sanctum Michaelum Archangelum

SĂĄncte MĂ­chael ArchĂĄngele, defĂ©nde nos in proĂ©lio, contra nequĂ­tiam et insĂ­dias diĂĄboli esto prĂŠsĂ­dium. Ímperet illi Deus, sĂșpplices deprecĂĄmur: tuque, prĂ­nceps milĂ­tiĂŠ cĂŠlĂ©stis, SĂĄtanam aliĂłsque spĂ­ritus malignos, qui ad perditiĂłnem animĂĄrum pervagĂĄntur in mundo, divina virtĂște, in infĂ©rnum detrĂșde. Amen.

Prayer in Honor of the Holy Name of God (Golden Arrow Prayer)

May the most holy, most sacred, adorable, incomprehensible, and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored, and glorified in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.

Oratio in Honorem Sanctissimi Nominis Dei

Sanctissimum, sacratissimum, adorabile, incomprehensibile et ineffabile Nomen Dei semper laudetur, benedicatur, ametur, adoretur et glorificetur in caelo, in terra et sub terra, ab omnibus creaturis Dei, et a Sacro Corde Domini nostri Jesu Christi in Sanctissimo Sacramento Altaris. Amen.

Sub Tuum Praesidium

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Oratio Sub Tuum Praesidium

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genetrix; nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

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