How to Pray the Rosary
About this card
This “How to Pray the Rosary” card is designed bottom-up because that is the direction we pray the rosary.
This card will be helpful whether you have a 5-Decade Rosary (Standard) or alternative rosary (eg: Decade Circlet, Decade String, etc).
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Find the Day of the Week you’re on - that is the Mystery you’ll be contemplating
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Sign of the Cross + Apostles Creed
Holding the crucifix, Begin with the Sign of the Cross
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Then,
Pray the Apostles’ Creed:
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 Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. Amen.
On the first bead, pray an 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
On each of the next three beads, pray a Hail Mary:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be + 1st Mystery + The Lord’s Prayer
Glory Be:
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.ay you tell your story online can make all the difference.
The First Mystery
Depends on Day of Week
Our Father
See above
10 Hail Marys
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be + Fatima Prayer + Next Mystery + Lord’s Prayer
Glory Be
See above
Fatima Prayer:
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell; lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy. Amen
Next Mystery
Depends on Day of Week
The Lord’s Prayer
See above
10 Hail Marys + Glory Be, Fatima Prayer, Next Mystery, Lord’s Prayer
Continue around the rosary
After the 5th Mystery Hail Marys (the Last Decade):
Glory Be
See above
Fatima Prayer
See above
Hail Holy Queen Rosary Prayer
Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to you we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. O clement, 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
Closing Prayer
Let us pray:
O God, whose Only Begotten Son, by His Life, Death, and Resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech thee, that while meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
