The Monday Rosary
Every Monday the Joyful mysteries are traditionally prayed. These mysteries are the first group of mysteries, they reflect back on the life of Mary before she conceived the Son of God, Jesus to when he was an older child. The spiritual fruits of these mysteries is humility, charity/ love thy neighbor, love of God/ poverty of Spirit, purity, and obedience.
By meditating on these Joyful mysteries for the Monday Rosary, it helps to not only clarify the beginning of Jesus, but understand how Mary felt at the beginning of Our Mother’s incredible journey from a humble servant of God to becoming one of the most important people in all history of the world!
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Monday Rosary at a Glance
How to pray the rosary and meditate on the Joyful Mysteries at a glance
(for those who already know the prayers)
Sign of the Cross
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Prayer Before the Rosary
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Apostles’ Creed
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Our Father
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3 Hail Mary’s
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Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
1st Joyful Mystery – The Annunciation
Spiritual Fruit: Humility
O Holy Mary, Queen of Virgins; through the most high mystery of the Incarnation of they beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein our salvation was begun, obtain for us, through they most holy intercession, light to understand the greatness of the benefit he hath bestowed upon us. Let us contemplate how the Angel Gabriel saluted our Blessed Lady with the title, “Full of Grace” and how Mary must have felt, being chosen by God.
Our Father
10 Hail Mary’s
Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
2nd Joyful Mystery – The Visitation
Spiritual Fruit: Charity and Love Thy Neighbor
O Holy Virgin, most spotless mirror of humility; by that exceeding charity which moved thee to visit thy holy cousin St. Elizabeth, obtain for us, through thine intercession, that our hearts being visited by thy Divine Son, and freed from all sin, we may praise and give thanks to him forever. Mary went there in haste and stayed for three months until the birth of John the Baptist.
Our Father
10 Hail Mary’s
Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
3rd Joyful Mystery – The Nativity
Spiritual Fruit: Poverty of Spirit and Love for God
O most pure Mother of God; through your virginal and most joyful delivery, whereby thou gave to the world your only Son, our Savior, we beseech thee obtain for us, through thine intercession, the grace to lead such pure and holy lives in this world, that we may become worthy to sing, without ceasing, the mercies of thy Son, and his benefits to us by thee.
Our Father
10 Hail Mary’s
Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
4th Joyful Mystery – The Presentation
Spiritual Fruit: Purity
Let us contemplate how the most Blessed Virgin Mary, on the day of her purification, presented the child Jesus in the temple, where holy Simeon, giving thanks to God with great devotion, received him into his arms. O Holy Virgin, most adorable mistress and role model of obedience, who presented in the temple the Lord of the temple; obtain for us of your beloved Son, that, with holy Simeon and devout Anna, we- may praise and glorify him for ever.
Our Father
10 Hail Mary’s
Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
5th Joyful Mystery – Finding Christ Child in the Temple
Spiritual Fruit: Obedience
Blessed Virgin, more than Martyr in your sufferings, and yet the comfort of such as are afflicted ; by that unspeakable joy, where your soul was ravished, in finding your beloved Son in the temple speaking to doctors, disputing with them, obtain of him for us, so to seek him, and to find him in the Holy Catholic Church, we pray that we may never be separated from him.
Our Father
10 Hail Mary’s
Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus Prayer)
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Prayer After the Rosary
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Memorare
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Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (optional)
Monday Rosary: Frequently Asked Questions
What are the 5 Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary?
The Annunciation
The Visitation
The Nativity
The Presentation
Find the Christ Child in the Temple
How do you announce the mysteries of the rosary?
When you are praying the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, you announce the mysteries at the beginning of each mystery.
It usually follows the prayers Glory Be and the Fatima Prayer (Oh my Jesus prayer) and is said before the Our Father prayer.
There really is no wrong answer, as long as you are thinking (or meditating) upon them, then that is what matters. But it is always the best practice to announce them at the beginning of the Our Father and Hail Mary’s.
What is the prayer of the rosary?
There are a few prayers of the Rosary.
– Prayer before the Rosary
– Apostles’ Creed
– Hail Mary
– Our Father
– Glory Be
– Fatima Prayer (Our Jesus Prayer)
– Hail, Holy Queen
– Prayer after the Rosary
– Memoare (optional)
– Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (optional)
Is it OK to pray the rosary silently?
Of course!
There is no right or wrong way to pray the Rosary when speaking about the volume. It’s good to pray the Rosary out loud with people, alone, by yourself, quietly, silently, at a church during Adoration, while nursing a baby, giving a child a bath, waking up in the morning, falling asleep to it, doing only one decade at a time.
Yes, it’s nice to pray it all at once. But if you are spending any moment you have praying, God knows your heart and loves that you are doing it!
Parts of the prayers in each mystery is St Vincent’s Manual 1856 which has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.