The Golden Rosary

To be prayed on regular rosary beads,

Introduction

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and every!

The Apostles’ Creed

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

The Lord’s Prayer and Ten Hail Marys for each decade.

After the word JESUS in each Hail Mary, the following phrases are added:

First Decade

• Whom you conceived by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit

• Whom John the Baptist recognized while he was still in the womb of his mother

• To who you gave birth in Bethlehem in Judea

• Whom you wrapped in bands of cloth and laid in the manger

• Whom the angels proclaimed to the shepherds

• Whom the shepherds found lying in a manger

• Who was call Jesus at his circumcision, eight days after his birth

• Whom the Magi adored and honoured with gold, frankincense, and myrrh

• Whom you offered in the Temple to the heavenly Father

• With whom you fled into Egypt and later returned to Nazareth.

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and ever!

Second Decade

• Whom you and Joseph lost in the Temple and found again after three days

• Who went down with you to Nazareth and was obedient to you and Joseph

• Whom John the Baptist immersed in the Jordan and called he Lamb of God

• Who overcame Satan after fasting for forty days and nights in the desert

• Who proclaimed the reign of God in the power of the Spirit

• Who healed every kind of sickness and disease and raised the dead to life

• Whose feet Mary of Bethany anointed with costly perfume and dried with her hair

• Who was transfigured on Mount Tabor in the presence of Peter, James and John

• Who raised Lazarus to life again after he had been dead four days

• Who entered Jerusalem in triumph on Palm Sunday

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and ever!

Third Decade

• Who humbly washed the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper

• Who gave them the Holy Eucharist, the mystery of faith

• Who prayed in agony in the garden of Gethsemane

• Who was betrayed by Judas and deserted by his friends

• Who was denied by Simon Peter and mocked, spat upon and beaten in the house of Caiaphas

• Who was lead away in chins to the court of Pontius Pilate

• Who was clothed in the dress of a fool by Harod.

• Who was flogged like a slave and crowned with thorns

• Who was handed over to be crucified and carried his cross to Golgotha

• Whose cross bore the inscription; “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and ever!

Fourth Decade

• Who was deprived of his clothing and nailed to the cross between two criminals

• Who was derided, mocked, and taunted by those who passed by

• Who asked the Father to forgive those who crucified him

• Who promised Paradise to the repentant criminal

• Who from the cross commended you, O Mary, to his beloved disciples

• Who was given sour wine to drink as the agonized on the cross

• Who on the cross commended hi spirit to the Father

• Who at here o’clock cried out with a loud voice, “My god, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

• Who said, ”It is finished,” bowed his head and died

• Whose side was pierced by a Roman spear after his death.

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and ever!

Fifth Decade

• At whose death the earth shook, rocks were split, and tombs were opened

• Whose broken body was placed in you lap

• Whose body was wrapped in a linen shroud and laid in a rock-hewn tomb

• Who proclaimed the Good News even to the dead

• Who on the third day rose from the dead and appeared again and again to this friends

• Who on the fortieth day ascended to this Father in heaven

• Who on Pentecost send us the Holy Spirit of truth and consolation

• Who assumed you, body and soul, into heaven

• Who crowned you Queen of al saints

• Who will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, alleluia!

Praised and blest be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the name of the glorious Virgin Mary for ever and ever!

Prayer

Blessed Virgin and Mother Mary, refuge of sinners and comforter of the afflicted! In your maternal love, hear the prayers of those who put their trust in you. Stand by us all in our need and by the sufferings you endured at the foot of the cross, commend us to your crucified Son that by his precious blood we may attain eternal life.

Amen