Beginning: Sign of the Cross; Apostles’ Creed; Our Father; three Hail Marys; Glory Be.
For each decade: announce the mystery; Our Father; ten Hail Marys; Glory Be; the Fatima prayer may be added.
Joyful Mysteries: Annunciation; Visitation; Nativity; Presentation; Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.
Sorrowful Mysteries: Agony in the Garden; Scourging; Crowning with Thorns; Carrying of the Cross; Crucifixion.
Glorious Mysteries: Resurrection; Ascension; Descent of the Holy Ghost; Assumption; Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Conclusion: Hail Holy Queen and the concluding collect.
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Beginn: Kreuzzeichen; Apostolisches Glaubensbekenntnis; Vaterunser; drei Ave Maria; Ehre sei dem Vater.
Bei jedem Gesätz: Geheimnis nennen; Vaterunser; zehn Ave Maria; Ehre sei dem Vater; das Fatima-Gebet kann hinzugefügt werden.
Freudenreiche Geheimnisse: Verkündigung; Heimsuchung; Geburt Christi; Darstellung im Tempel; Wiederfinden Jesu im Tempel.
Schmerzhafte Geheimnisse: Todesangst am Ölberg; Geisselung; Dornenkrönung; Kreuztragung; Kreuzigung.
Glorreiche Geheimnisse: Auferstehung; Himmelfahrt; Sendung des Heiligen Geistes; Aufnahme Mariens in den Himmel; Krönung Mariens.
Abschluss: Salve Regina und Schlussgebet.
Explanation and method
What the Rosary is
The Rosary joins vocal prayer to mental prayer. The repeated Hail Mary forms a measured background while the mind dwells on the Incarnation, Passion and glory of Christ in union with His Mother.
How to begin
Make the Sign of the Cross, recite the Apostles’ Creed, one Our Father, three Hail Marys for faith, hope and charity, and the Glory Be. Announce each mystery before its decade.
How to meditate
Place the Gospel scene before the mind, adore Christ in the mystery, observe the virtue chiefly manifested, ask for the corresponding grace and return gently to the scene whenever distracted.
For beginners
Use one simple sentence for each Hail Mary: Who is present? What does Christ do? What does Mary do? Which vice must I renounce? Which virtue must I practise today?
