Hi
there are 4 sets of Mysteries, which are events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. Each set is prayed on a different day.
Mondays: Joyful Mysteries (Annunciation, Visitation, Birth of Our Lord, Presentation of Our Lord, The Finding of Our Lord in the Temple)
Tuesdays: Sorrowful Mysteries (Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord)
Wednesdays: Glorious Mysteries (the Resurrection, Ascension, Coming of the Holy Ghost, Assumption of Our Blessed Mother into Heaven, Coronation of Our Blessed Mother)
Thursdays: Luminous Mysteries (Baptism of Our Lord, Wedding of Cana, Proclamation of the Kingdom, Transfiguration, Institution of the Eucharist)
Fridays: Sorrowful Mysteries
Saturdays: Joyful Mysteries
Sundays: Glorious Mysteries.
So how do you pray them?
let’s take a day… today is Tuesday, Sorrowful Mysteries. So you do:
Sign of the Cross
Creed
1 Our Father
3 Hail Marys
1 Glory Be
Say “first Sorrowful Mystery, the Agony in the Garden”.
Pray 1 Our Father
Pray 10 Hail Marys like meditating on this Mystery
Pray 1 Glory Be
Pray the “O my Jesus” prayer.
Say “second Sorrowful Mysteries, the Scourging at the Pillar”.
(repeat above steps)
until you get through all of them
then at the end, say the “Hail Holy Queen” prayer.
It seems complex at first, but once you get used to it, it’s pretty simple… the key is meditating on the Mysteries
the Our Father and the Hail Mary are very special prayers, one is a prayer that Our Lord Himself taught us, another one contains the words of an Archangel (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee…)
Here’s what Mary said about the Hail Mary in a private revelation:
"One day when Saint Mechtilde was praying and was trying to think of some way in which she could express her love of the Blessed Mother better than she had done before, she fell into ecstasy. Our Lady appeared to her with the Angelic Salutation in flaming letters of gold upon her bosom and said to her: "My daughter, I want you to know that no one can please me more by saying the salutation which the Most Adorable Trinity sent to me and by which He raised me to the dignity of Mother of God.
"By the word Ave (which is the name Eve, Eva), I learned that in His infinite power God has preserved me from all sin and its attendant misery which the first woman had been subject to.
"The name Mary which means “lady of light” shows that God has filled me with wisdom and light, like a shining star, to light up heaven and earth.
"The words full of grace reminds me that the Holy Spirit has showered so many graces upon me that I am able to give these graces in abundance to those who ask for them through me as Mediatrix. [note: Mediatrix doesn’t mean Mary is another mediator between God and mankind, as Jesus is… I know the term can be confusing, but her mediation is a mediation of intercession. She prays for us]
"When people say The Lord is with thee they renew the indescribable joy that was mine when the Eternal Word became incarnate in my womb.
"When you say to me blessed art thou among women I praise Almighty God’s divine mercy which lifted me to this exalted plane of happiness.
“And at the words blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, the whole of heaven rejoices with me to see my Son Jesus Christ adored and glorified for having saved mankind.”
(the Secret of the Rosary by St Louis de Montfort)
God bless
