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Female. NO LONGER Protestant-New Age-Buddhist-Dem. NOW Catholic since 1996. Blogger. Rosary here, Fridays, 7pm CDT; Rosary on the blog 24/7/365, see link below.

Aug 9, 35 tweets

+JMJ+ Welcome to the Holy Rosary Thread! +JMJ+

Pray for us, St Dominic!

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If you’re pressed for time, you can always come back later. Rosary Thread links are archived at the link below.

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Or you can use the Rosary on my blog anytime:

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Prayers offered here in the opening & closing of our Rosary thread are optional. Use as many or as few as you like. Skip around, even skip them altogether. It’s up to you. This is just one of the many ways to pray the Rosary.

A handy chart showing how to pray the Rosary.

In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Precious Blood of Jesus, cover us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! St Dominic, pray for us! St Mary McKillop*, pray for us!

*St. Mary of the Cross

Optional Opening Prayers

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you have deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children there the treasures of grace hidden in the Rosary…

Optional Opening Prayers

(For those who don’t believe, we pray…)

I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord…

Optional Opening Prayers

For the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, we pray

Our Father…

Optional

For an increase of FAITH, HOPE, & CHARITY in our souls & in our world, we pray

Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women…3x

(It is a time-honored & pious practice to bow your head at the name of Jesus.)

Optional Opening Prayers

(Glory be, here and at the end of each decade.)

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirt.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

Fruit: Contrition, Conformity to the Will of God

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Francesco-Vanni (attributed to), Temple Newsam House, License: CC BY NC ND.

(The Fatima prayer after each decade)

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.

Art: Francesco-Vanni (attributed to), Temple Newsam House, License: CC BY NC ND.

2nd Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar

Fruit of the Mystery: Purity, Mortification

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane

3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns

Fruit of the Mystery: Moral Courage

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Karl Bryullov

4th Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross

Fruit of the Mystery: Patience

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Giorgio Vasari

5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion

Fruit of the Mystery: Salvation, Self-Denial

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder, Natl’ Gallery, London

Optional Closing Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve…

Optional Closing Prayers

Let us pray…

Optional Closing Prayers

St Michael the Archangel

Optional Closing Prayers

O Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here.
Ever this night be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule, and to guide.
Amen.

Optional Closing Prayers

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood Of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, sinners everywhere, in the Universal Church, within my own home…

Optional Closing Prayers

Memorial of St. Dominic:

May Saint Dominic come to the help of your Church by his merits and teaching, O Lord, and may he, who was an outstanding preacher of your truth, be a devoted intercessor on our behalf…

Optional Closing Prayers

May the Divine Assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Precious Blood of Jesus, cover us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! St Dominic, pray for us! St Mary McKillop*, pray for us!

*St. Mary of the Cross

Thank you for praying the Holy Rosary with me. Join me next time, same Rosary place, same Rosary channel. And may we be not afraid to become saints. (I gotta long way to go, I know, I know!) May His peace be always with you. +JMJ+

Re: the Day

Memorial of St. Dominic, Priest, and St. Mary MacKillop, Religious

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Re: the Month

August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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Coming up, prayers for:

for our new Pope Leo XIV
protection against demonic influence,
the Church,
the country, including one Fr Ripperger is asking all of us to pray.

For the Pope

For the Church

For our country

12 Ways to Obtain a Jubilee Indulgence

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The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at

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And there’s a Rosary you can pray on the blog, too.

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