Thread by @disciple96

+JMJ+ Welcome to our live Rosary thread! Praying to end the culture of death and to cultivate a civilization of Love and Life! +JMJ+

He is risen, alleluia! Lord, have mercy on us!

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Prayers offered in the opening & closing of our Live Rosary are optional, including the novena prayers. Use as many or as few as you like. Skip around, skip them altogether.

The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at

catholicheartandmind.com/twitter-devoti…

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

catholicheartandmind.com/rosary-project/

Now a time of reflection before praying the Rosary.

God, come to my assistance.
— Lord, make haste to help me.

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

St. Anselm, pray for us!

A Prayer of St. Anselm

O Lord my God, Teach my heart this day where and how to see you, Where and how to find you…

(Some of the following is taken from the Exultet during the Easter Vigil, some from Evening Prayer.
Exultet: catholicculture.org/culture/librar…)

Rejoice heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God’s throne!
Jesus Christ, our King is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!

Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor,
radiant in the brightness of your King!
Christ has conquered! Glory fills you!
Darkness vanishes forever!

Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult in glory!
The risen Savior shines upon you!
Let this place resound with joy,
echoing the mighty song of all God’s people!

It is truly right
that with full hearts and minds and voices
we should praise the unseen God,
the all powerful Father,
and His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

For Christ has ransomed us with His blood,
and paid for us the price of Adam’s sin
to our eternal Father!

O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam,
which gained for us so great a Redeemer!

May the Morning Star which never sets
find this flame still burning:
Christ, that Morning Star,
Who came back from the dead,
and shed His peaceful light on all mankind,
Your Son Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Be ever with us on our pilgrimage; then we shall sing rather than weep. Keep our feet from stumbling, so that we may be able to follow you until we come to eternal rest.
The Lord has rescued my life from the grasp of hell, alleluia.
—Antiphon

Lord Jesus Christ, you have prepared a quiet place for us in your Father’s eternal home. Watch over our welfare on this perilous journey, shade us from the burning heat of day, and keep our lives free of evil until the end.

Intentions (add your own if you like)

That all who have been received into Holy Church, and all priests, bishops, and cardinals, too, may serve the Lord and the faithful to the Glory of the Lord.

That all catechists may lead those for whom they are responsible into true formation in the new life in the Spirit as true disciples of Christ.

That all the faithful may be filled with the peace and joy that comes only from serving the Lord and being united with Him, and practicing that charity which alone comes from God and leads to His Mercy.

Thanks be to God for all who see our prayer requests and pray for them. May the Lord bless you for your charity and compassion and faithfulness.

And please please please pray for Christians in Nigeria. The violence against them there is horrible.

ncregister.com/cna/5-year-old…

God, come to my assistance.
— Lord, make haste to help me.

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

St. Anselm, pray for us!

The Rosary proper begins at the top of the hour. I hope you’ll join me.

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

St. Anselm, pray for us!

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…

(There’s a place in this prayer for your personal prayer intention.)

(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…

For the Holy 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 trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us…

For an increase of Faith, Hope, & Charity in our souls & our world

Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
& blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us now
& at the hour of our death.

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

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.

The USCCB asked us (a while back) to fast & pray with special intentions for the Rosary. Look for a screenshot with each Mystery.

usccb.org/news/2022/fait…

1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

Fruit of the Mystery: Contrition, Conformity to the Will of God

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

Art: Gustave Doré

(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.

Art: Gustave Doré

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: Gustave Doré

3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns

Fruit of Mystery: Moral Courage

Our Father
Hail, Mary x10
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Gustave Doré

4th Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross

Fruit of the Mystery: Patience

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

Art: Gustave Doré

5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion

Fruit of the Mystery: Salvation, Self-Denial

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

Art: Gustave Doré

Optional Closing Prayers

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

Optional Closing Prayers

Let us pray: O God…

Optional Closing Prayers

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…

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

The USCCB asked the faithful to add this prayer after the Rosary (by Pope Leo XIII) during the Year of St. Joseph. I’m keeping it here in our Rosary. 🙏🏻

Read more:
usccb.org/prayer-and-wor…

Optional Closing Prayers

Prayer of Command, from Fr. Ripperger, from Deliverance Prayers:

Optional Closing Prayers

The Collect

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.

From the USCCB: Novena in Memory of Pope Benedict XVI

“The entire Church mourns the death of our Emeritus Holy Father, Benedict XVI."

usccb.org/novena-pope-be…

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

St. Anselm, pray for us!

+JMJ+ Thank you for praying the Rosary with me. Let us help each other draw ever closer to Him in this Easter season and always, on our way to union with Him. +JMJ+

The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at

catholicheartandmind.com/twitter-devoti…

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

catholicheartandmind.com/rosary-project/

Roary (and other) books slowly coming along.

About the day:

catholicculture.org/culture/liturg…

ncregister.com/blog/st-anselm…

About the season:

Easter Is Not a Secretly Pagan Holiday
'Easter' as a translation of the pagan goddess 'Ishtar' has no basis in reality

catholic.com/magazine/onlin…

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