How To Pray The Rosary

The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for them.

There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five JOYFUL MYSTERIES, the five SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, the five GLORIOUS MYSTERIES, and the five LUMINOUS MYSTERIES.

    - On Mondays and and Saturdays: The Joyful Mysteries.
    - On Tuesdays and Fridays: The Sorrowful Mysteries.
    - On Wednesdays and Sundays: The Glorious Mysteries.
    - On Thursdays: The Luminous Mysteries

Prayers of the Rosary

One Regular Rosary is to Pray 5 Mysteries, in the following way:                                              

    1- Make the Sign of the Cross and say the Apostle's Creed.
    2- Say the Our Father, three Hail Marys, the Glory be to the Father
    3- Announce the First Mystery of the day:
        Pray one Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, and one Glory be...
        After each decade say the following prayer requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima: 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... Do the same in each one of the 5 Mysteries.
    4- Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Hail Holy Queen
    5-  Prayer to End the Rosary

After the Rosary:

1- Hail Holy Queen
2- Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3- Prayer to End the Rosary