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.
Intentions are optional. Pray with your own intentions and/or use the ones given here, post yours in reply if you want to. (They’ll show up at the end of the thread, most likely.) We’re here to pray for the world, our country, and each other.
Rosary intentions, optional of course.
On with the Rosary thread. Here’s a handy chart showing how to pray the Rosary. Begin whenever you’re ready. No rush, go at your own pace.
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord, have mercy on us! Our Lady of La Salette, pray for us!
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 of the Mystery: Contrition, Conformity to the Will of God
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Art: Austrian, stainged glass
(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: Austrian, stainged glass
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: Stained Glass, via Wikimedia Commons.
3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns
Fruit of the Mystery: Moral Courage
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Art: Stained glass
4th Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
Fruit of the Mystery: Patience
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Art: Photo by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. License: CC BY-NC 2.0.
5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion
Fruit of the Mystery: Salvation, Self-Denial
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Art: Stained Glass, via Wikimedia Commons.
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, Collect
Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart…
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.
Lord, have mercy on us! Our Lady of La Salette, pray for us!
Re: the Day
Opt Mem of St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr; Ember Friday, anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady of La Salette
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.
Thank you for praying the Holy Rosary with me. Join me next time, same Rosary place, same Rosary channel. May we be not afraid to become saints, and may His peace be always with you. +JMJ+
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.