October: The Month of the Rosary

How to Pray the Rosary

1. Make the Sign of the Cross and say the “Apostles’ Creed”

2. Say the “Our Father”

3. Say three “Hail Marys” for Faith, Hope, and Charity

4. Say the “Glory Be”

5. Announce the First Mystery and then say the “Our Father”

6. Say ten “Hail Marys” while meditating on the Mystery

7. Say the “Glory Be” 

8. Announce the Next Mystery; then say the “Our Father” and repeat these steps (6 through 8) as you continue through the remaining Mysteries.

9. Say the closing prayers: the “Hail Holy Queen” and “Final Prayer”

10. Make the “Sign of the Cross”

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, O 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.

Final Prayer

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

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.