Say ten “Hail Marys” while meditating on the Mystery.Announce the First Mystery and then say the “Our Father”.Say three “Hail Marys” for Faith, Hope, and Charity.Make the Sign of the Cross and say the “Apostles’ Creed”.ROSARY PRAYERS The steps to praying the Rosary are: Some experience Difficulties While PrayingĪll the prayers of the Rosary are available (in multiple languages). One cannot change the mysteries of the Rosary without losing the indulgences that the Church grants for the recitation of the Rosary. That is why some of the Popes have referred to the Rosary as a compendium of the Gospel. Consequently, one who recites the twenty mysteries of the Rosary in one day reflects on the whole liturgical cycle that the Church commemorates during the course of each year. There is a parallel between the main feasts honoring our Lord and his Mother in the liturgical year, and the twenty mysteries of the Rosary.
The mysteries of the Rosary are based on the incidents in the life of Our Lord and His Mother that are celebrated in the Liturgy. The question is sometimes asked, why, of all the incidents in our Lord’s life, the Rosary only considers these particular twenty. As an exception, the Joyful Mysteries may be said on Sundays during Advent and Christmas, while the Sorrowful Mysteries may be said on the Sundays of Lent. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five Joyful Mysteries (said on Monday and Saturday), the five Luminous Mysteries (said on Thursday), the five Sorrowful Mysteries (said on Tuesday and Friday), and the five Glorious Mysteries (said on Wednesday and Sunday). The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events in the history of our salvation.