Traditional Closing Rosary Prayers

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It has been my experience that the closing prayers seem to vary depending on where you live. I can see differences even with the EWTN version.

Its the “core” of the Rosary that is important.
 
fish90 said:
Hello,

I was wondering if anybody would tell me the order of prayers after the completion of the rosary. I usually use those set by EWTN ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/rosary/how_to.htm, but they seem shorter (no Memorae, St. Michael’s prayer). Would somebody mind helping me?

Thanks,
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You may add whatever closing prayers you wish. When time doesn’t permit, just end with one prayer that you choose.

The prayers you add are optional, and are not mandated.
 
I also had a question with this. So you are allowed to add any prayers to the closing of the rosary or just specific ones?
 
You can add whatever prayers you want to conclude the Rosary.

When a group usually does it together you will find that they are in the habit of adding specific prayers. That is fine.
 
Thank you, i always saw on different websites for the rosary listing different prayers to be said during them but the website never said where to include them at in the rosary and now i know. Thank you.
 
My parish prays what is probably a pretty traditional Rosary. After the final Mystery, we pray the Hail Holy Queen and the “O God, whose only begotten Son” prayer, and then end with the Sign of the Cross. The prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the prayer to St. Michael, are devotions not everyone adheres to. But if you are praying by yourself, or with others who are okay with them, you can pray whatever prayers you like.

Check out this site:

rosary-center.org/howto.htm

†God Bless!
 
So after the final mystery do we have to say the Hail Holy Queen and the “O God, whose only begotten Son” prayer in addition with closing ones of our own or are we allowed to exclude those prayers.
 
Irish_13 said:
So after the final mystery do we have to say the Hail Holy Queen and the “O God, whose only begotten Son” prayer in addition with closing ones of our own or are we allowed to exclude those prayers.
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Of course, there are no formal rules, and it is always acceptable and worthwhile to pray any part of the rosary. The best guide for what is a “complete” rosary is the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, which is run by the Dominican Order, with Papal approval, and who are the traditional custodians of the rosary.

Their guide How to Pray the Rosary
There are at least two distinct, but equally valid, ways of praying the Rosary. One is the traditional manner used by the Dominican Friars, the original promoters of the Rosary. The other is the more popular, common way.
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(emphasis added).

So, this is saying that you can pray it either way, and that other variations are possible.

The “common way” is described and finishes with the “Hail Holy Queen”, “Pray for Us O Holy Mother of God”, and “Let us pray, Oh God, whose only begotten Son…”.

My personal recommendation is to pray it as suggested to the end of “Let us pray, Oh God,…”. However, when I’m tired I just say what I can - usually just one or two decades, without the opening and closing prayers. It’s better than nothing.

Recitation in parishes often adds several prayers before, during and (particularly) after the rosary. These are not to be considered essential parts of the rosary.
 
Irish_13 said:
So after the final mystery do we have to say the Hail Holy Queen and the “O God, whose only begotten Son” prayer in addition with closing ones of our own or are we allowed to exclude those prayers.
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You can say whatever you want. I’ve never said the second prayer.

Sometimes, however, it can get to be a bit much, with people adding prayer after prayer. I stayed after Mass one morning for the daily Rosary, and they had added about 15 minutes worth of prayers to the end. The leader actually pulled out a notebook stuffed with prayers to every Saint in the Canon, I swear, and it was all held together by a rubber band. They just kept praying and praying and praying. I never stayed again. It was bordering on the ridiculous with no consideration for people’s time.

When I originally learned the Rosary, from the Sisters, there weren’t any extra prayers. Not even the Fatima prayer was said. Nice simple Rosary.
 
I pray just pray a normal rosary (5 decades, with Fatima Prayer). After the “Let us pray, oh God…” I usually end with Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Pray for us, Immaculate Heart of Mary… and a few other saints of personal devotion (and the saint of the day if there is one) and the St. Michael’s prayer.

The rosary is a private, personal devotion though, so there’s a lot of flexibility to add more prayers, not say the Fatima prayer, etc.
CB_Catholic said:
Sometimes, however, it can get to be a bit much, with people adding prayer after prayer. I stayed after Mass one morning for the daily Rosary, and they had added about 15 minutes worth of prayers to the end. The leader actually pulled out a notebook stuffed with prayers to every Saint in the Canon, I swear, and it was all held together by a rubber band. They just kept praying and praying and praying. I never stayed again. It was bordering on the ridiculous with no consideration for people’s time.
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I’ve noticed that too, that sometimes it can go a little overboard with different prayers and devotions (Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver is an example I used before. The prayers after the rosary went longer then the actual rosary I believe).

It’s good to remember that though it’s not the quantity of prayers that count (either number or time spent). Adding an endless number of devotions does not make one’s prayer “better”, nor more likely to be answered, nor does it make one more pious or holy.
 
Irish_13 said:
So after the final mystery do we have to say the Hail Holy Queen and the “O God, whose only begotten Son” prayer in addition with closing ones of our own or are we allowed to exclude those prayers.
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You are allowed to exclude those prayers.

The Rosary is a private prayer and there are no specifics, just suggestions, on what prayers can be added or not.

Liturgical prayer is different, we do it in a certain way. (Mass, Liturgy of the Hours).
 
CB_Catholic said:
You can say whatever you want. I’ve never said the second prayer.

Sometimes, however, it can get to be a bit much, with people adding prayer after prayer. I stayed after Mass one morning for the daily Rosary, and they had added about 15 minutes worth of prayers to the end. The leader actually pulled out a notebook stuffed with prayers to every Saint in the Canon, I swear, and it was all held together by a rubber band. They just kept praying and praying and praying. I never stayed again. It was bordering on the ridiculous with no consideration for people’s time.

When I originally learned the Rosary, from the Sisters, there weren’t any extra prayers. Not even the Fatima prayer was said. Nice simple Rosary.
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I’ve seen that happen also. The person who initiates that should do it on her own, at home. Consideration should be taken of people’s time.
 
CB_Catholic said:
When I originally learned the Rosary, from the Sisters, there weren’t any extra prayers. Not even the Fatima prayer was said. Nice simple Rosary.
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That’s the way I learned it as well. I had never heard of the Fatima prayer until about 10 years ago. We ended with “Hail, Holy Queen”. This was in the 1970s.

Remember that the Rosary is a private devotion and there isn’t necessarily one “right” way to do it. Changes can be made that work for you personally or as a group. It is always interesting to see how it works out when different groups of people get together to pray the Rosary.
 
corsair said:
It has been my experience that the closing prayers seem to vary depending on where you live. I can see differences even with the EWTN version.

Its the “core” of the Rosary that is important.
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This is very true.

I for one say the Salve Regina followed by the St. Michael Archangele and finish with the sign of the cross.
 
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