Closing Prayers after rosary question

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I am a newly confirmed Catholic and I have started leading the Rosary during weekday Mass (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). At the end of rosary, I end the Rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the cross.

The lady who leads the Rosary on Wednesdays (she rarely attends on my days), follows up Hail Holy Queen with the Prayer to Saint Michael. Additionally, she says “The Rosary Prayer” (O God, whose only begotten son, etc) prior to the Apostles Creed.

I know that there is some leeway to add additional prayers. Should I change to her way of leading the rosary or would it be considered okay to continue as I have been doing. I ask this because she has asked me to start doing the rosary for her on Wednesdays.

I do not wish to offend her by not following how she does it on Wednesdays but I am concerned that by changing back and forth, I will drive the others crazy.

I would appreciate any insights that others may be able to provide.
 
YiSan said:
I am a newly confirmed Catholic and I have started leading the Rosary during weekday Mass (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). At the end of rosary, I end the Rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the cross.

The lady who leads the Rosary on Wednesdays (she rarely attends on my days), follows up Hail Holy Queen with the Prayer to Saint Michael. Additionally, she says “The Rosary Prayer” (O God, whose only begotten son, etc) prior to the Apostles Creed.

I know that there is some leeway to add additional prayers. Should I change to her way of leading the rosary or would it be considered okay to continue as I have been doing. I ask this because she has asked me to start doing the rosary for her on Wednesdays.

I do not wish to offend her by not following how she does it on Wednesdays but I am concerned that by changing back and forth, I will drive the others crazy.

I would appreciate any insights that others may be able to provide.
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KEEP Praying; BOTH are very good.

Perhaps ASK the folks who join you in in the Rosary for THEIR preference:thumbsup::

God Bless you and WELCOME HOME!

Patrick
 
Hi YiSan,

I was thinking the same thing as PJM–that you could ask the Wednesday group if they had any preference.

God bless you for carrying on with the Rosary ministry! 🙂

May God bless your efforts. ❤️
 
Do they use pamphlets? It’s simpler if you just follow that, so you can make sure everyone is on the same page so to speak with the leader. Keep in mind, if they have been doing it her way for eons…they’ll forge ahead.

Don’f fret over it.
 
I agree with the suggestion to ask the group. If the lady doing it has been doing it a long time, the group probably expects the rosary to be said in the way she says it.
 
these are the “traditional” closing prayers after the rosary

themostholyrosary.com/prayers.htm
Hail Holy Queen
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Let us pray:
O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection…
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but as a private devotion you can say any prayer you wish (or none at all)

after you finish your rosary

i am confident Our Blessed Mother will be pleased with you effort…
 
I pray the rosary with different groups and at Marian shrines, etc. and I notice many of the groups are adding the Prayer to St. Michael at some point before, during, or after the two “traditional” closing prayers these days. Seems like a good idea to me.
 
When I was a kid in Catholic School, I never knew about the “mysteries” of the Rosary. I just said the prayers on the beads.

It was quite some time before I caught on to the ‘mysteries’ of the Rosary.

Let it be said that anyone can modify the additional prayers to suit their own spirituality needs. I think more emphasis on the Holy Spirit would be good.

And, by the way, why don’t we have some snappy prayer to say daily (or more) for giving thanks to God …for everything?
 
Thank you to all who gave me their insights. I added the two prayers to the rosary and no one seemed to mind. I asked a couple of people afterwards about what they thought and they seemed to feel it was okay either way. We are getting a new priest in a couple of weeks when the Father retires so I will see how he prefers it to be done then. I am okay either way - I simply love to pray the Holy Rosary…
 
YiSan said:
I am a newly confirmed Catholic and I have started leading the Rosary during weekday Mass (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). At the end of rosary, I end the Rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the cross.

The lady who leads the Rosary on Wednesdays (she rarely attends on my days), follows up Hail Holy Queen with the Prayer to Saint Michael. Additionally, she says “The Rosary Prayer” (O God, whose only begotten son, etc) prior to the Apostles Creed.

I know that there is some leeway to add additional prayers. Should I change to her way of leading the rosary or would it be considered okay to continue as I have been doing. I ask this because she has asked me to start doing the rosary for her on Wednesdays.

I do not wish to offend her by not following how she does it on Wednesdays but I am concerned that by changing back and forth, I will drive the others crazy.

I would appreciate any insights that others may be able to provide.
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Leeway is not quite the description - there is no requirement for any prayer to follow, and there are a number of prayers, depending on the area and the person(s) praying it which may be said.

Perhaps the easiest route is to speak with her, and explain what you have said here, and ask her opinion. And if it causes inner turmoil, decline to lead, politely.

And if, on another day, you are leading, and at the end someone chimes in with a second (or third) prayer following the final decade, let it flow.
 
brian_custer said:
these are the “traditional” closing prayers after the rosary

themostholyrosary.com/prayers.htm

but as a private devotion you can say any prayer you wish (or none at all)

after you finish your rosary

i am confident Our Blessed Mother will be pleased with you effort…
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And 60 years ago, we added “O Lord, pour for the your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may, by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen”.
 
I,ve been to many Rosary after Mass,some say it the way you said and others say a few prays like you mention.After I say my Rosary at home or if I,am walking,I say Hail HOLY QUEEN,and they make the sign of the Cross,but in church they has it their,but what count,s is that you say it with Devotion. Also remember that Mary gave us Fifteen promises who recite it daily,look up the promises on Wikipedia,it should be their. AMEN
 
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