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How to recite the rosary?
The rosary consists of 5 prayers:
The Apostles Creed
The Our Father
The Hail Mary ( Luke 1:28 & 1:42)
The Glory Be to the Trinity
Hail Holy Queen (final prayer)
-The Apostles Creed-
The first versions of this prayer predates the Bible and was created by the early church as a summary of what every Christian should believe. This was instrumental because most people were illiterate, and books were written by hand and were so expensive that only few people had them. Because it was common in the first centuries to debate what a Christian ought to believe. Memorizing and reciting this prayer when they gathered for mass helped early Christians honor and defend their faith. A lot of non-Catholics still pray this prayer in their congregations.
The original 15 mysteries follow Christ from: conception to birth. On to His sorrowful passion, death, and resurrection.
Monday and Saturday: Joyful Mysteries
The Annunciation/ Conception of our Lord
The Visitation of Mary to her Cousin Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist)
The Birth of Christ
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Finding Jesus at the Temple
Tuesday and Friday: Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
The Flagellation
Carrying of the Cross
Crown of Thorns
Crucifixion and Death
Wednesday and Sunday: Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection
The Ascension of Christ into Heaven
Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost/ Birth of the Church
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Revelations 12:1-5)
Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven
Thursday: Luminous Mysteries
Why pray the Luminous Mysteries that were added by John Paul II? In 2002 John Paul II added the Luminous mysteries. Inspired by God he added them to correspond to what is most under attack by our culture, which is Baptism, The sanctity of Marriage, Orthodox teaching, The Divinity of Christ/ The real presence of Jesus in the most Holy Eucharist (John 6: 35-66).
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