1. SOCIETAS DOCTRINÆ CHRISTIANÆ S.D.C. w w w . s d c . m e . u k
† The word of God was made flesh
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2. THE HOLY
ROSARY
MARY’S FAVOURITE PRAYER

3. THE HOLY ROSARY WHAT IS THE HOLY ROSARY? A PRAYER TO MARY
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REFLECT
ON THE LIFE OF JESUS
A VOCAL AND MENTAL PRAYER: REFLECT AND PRAY
“The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christ-centered prayer.”
Pope John Paul II
THE HOLY
ROSARY

4. WEDNESDAYS and SUNDAYS
MYSTERIES
EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
4 SETS
DAYS
JOYFUL MYSTERIES
MONDAYS and SATURDAYS
LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
THURSDAYS
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SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
WEDNESDAYS and SUNDAYS

5. THE HOLY ROSARY HOW TO SAY THE ROSARY Sign of the cross
The Creed (optional)
Say the First Decade
Think of the 1st Mystery
Then
One Our Father
Ten Hail Marys
One Glory be…
THE HOLY
ROSARY
Repeat for the other 4 decades
Say the Hail Holy Queen
Litany (optional)

6. THE HOLY ROSARY DECADES…a set of ten Think of the Mystery
One Our Father…
A set of ten Hail Marys
One Glory be…
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Each full Rosary prayer is said by reciting 5 decades.

7. PRAYERS 1. The OUR FATHER 2. The HAIL MARY 3. The GLORY BE
Our father, who art in heaven; hallowed by 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.
2. The HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
3. The GLORY BE
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.

8. JOYFUL MYSTERIES 1. THE ANNUNCIATION 2. THE VISITATION 3. THE NATIVITY
The Angel Gabriel appears to Mary
Mary visits her cousin Elisabeth
Jesus is born in Bethlehem
4. THE PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE
5. THE FINDING OF JESUS
Jesus is found talking to the elders
Jesus is presented at the Temple

9. LUMINOUS MYSTERIES 1. THE BAPTISM OF JESUS 2. THE MIRACLE AT CANA
3. JESUS PREACHING
Jesus proclaims the coming of the Kingdom of God
Jesus turns water into wine at a Wedding
John baptises Jesus in the river Jordan
4. THE TRANSFIGURATION
5. THE EUCHARIST
Jesus in glory on mount Tabor with Moses and Elijah
Jesus gives us himself at the Last supper

10. SORROWFUL MYSTERIES 1. AGONY IN THE GARDEN 2. SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
3. CROWNED WITH THORNS
Jesus praying in the garden of Olives
Jesus tied to a pillar and beaten
Jesus crown with thorns
4. THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
5. THE CRUCIFIXION
Jesus given the cross to carry to mount Calvary
Jesus suffers and dies on the cross

11. GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 1. THE RESURRECTION 2. THE ASCENSION
3. DESCENT OF THE SPIRIT
The apostles receive the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday
Jesus returns to his Father in heaven
Jesus rising from the dead
4. THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY
5. THE CORONATION OF MARY
Mary is taken to heaven in body and soul
Mary honoured as Queen in Heaven

12. The Rosary is usually concluded by saying the Hail Holy Queen
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy 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.
THE HOLY
ROSARY

13. THE HOLY ROSARY THE HOLY ROSARY
I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
Our Lady to St Dominic

14. SOCIETAS DOCTRINÆ CHRISTIANÆ S.D.C. w w w . s d c . m e . u k
† The word of God was made flesh
S.D.C.
SOCIETAS
DOCTRINÆ
CHRISTIANÆ
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