«In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph!»
Hail, Holy Queen!
Hail,
Holy
Queen,
Mother
of
Mercy,
our
life,
our
sweetness
and
our
hope!
To
Thee
do
we
cry,
poor
banished
children
of
Eve.
To
Thee
do
we
send
up
our
sighs,
mourning
and
weeping
in
this
valley
of
tears!
Turn,
then,
O
most
gracious
Advocate,
Thine
eyes
of
mercy
toward
us,
and
after
this,
our
exile,
show
unto
us
the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
In
the
Name
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
Son,
and
of
the
Holy
Ghost,
and
of
the
Mother of God. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE DECADE
OUR
FATHER,
who
art
in
heaven,
hallowed
be
Thy
name;
Thy
kingdom
come,
Thy
will
be
done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread,
and
forgive
us
our
trespasses
as
we
forgive
those
who
trespass
against
us;
and
lead
us
not
into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
We recite then
Hail Mary’s:
HAIL
MARY
full
of
grace,
the
Lord
is
with
Thee;
blessed
art
Thou
among
women,
and
blessed is Thy Son, Jesus.
Holy
Mary,
Mother
of
God
and
our
Mother,
pray
for
us,
sinners,
now
and
at
the
hour
of
GLORY
BE
TO
THE
FATHER,
and
to
the
Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost,
and
to
the
Mother
of
As
it
was
in
the
beginning,
is
now
and
ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.
O
MY
JESUS,
forgive
us
our
sins,
save
us
from
the
fires
of
hell,
and
lead
all
souls
to
heaven,
especially
those
who
are
in
the
most
need
of
Thy
Mercy..
(Prayer
requested
by
Our
Lady
of
Meditated Rosary
Prayers before the Rosary
We start by making piously
the Sign of the Cross
, which is the Sign of the Christian:
In
the
name
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
Son,
and
of
the
Holy
Ghost,
and
of
the
Mother
of
God. Amen.
The Symbol of the Apostles
I
believe
in
God,
the
Father
Almighty,
Creator
of
heaven
and
earth;
and
in
Jesus
Christ,
His
only
Son,
our
Lord;
who
was
conceived
by
the
Holy
Ghost,
born
of
the
Virgin
Mary,
suf
-
fered
under
Pontius
Pilate,
was
crucified,
died
and
was
buried;
He
descended
into
hell;
the
third
day
He
arose
again
from
the
dead;
He
ascended
into
heaven,
sitteth
at
the
right
hand
of God, the Father Almighty, from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe
in
the
Holy
Ghost,
the
Holy
Church
of
Jesus
Christ,
the
Communion
of
Saints,
the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Our
Father,
who
art
in
heaven,
hallowed
be
Thy
name;
Thy
kingdom
come,
Thy
will
be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven.
Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread,
and
forgive
us
our
tres
-
passes
as
we
forgive
those
who
trespass
against
us;
and
lead
us
not
into
temptation,
but
deliver us from evil. Amen.
Three Hail Mary’s
Hail,
Mary,
full
of
grace,
the
Lord
is
with
Thee;
blessed
art
Thou
among
women,
and
blessed
is
Thy
Son,
Jesus.
Holy
Mary,
Mother
of
God
and
our
Mother,
pray
for
us,
sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory
be
to
the
Father,
and
to
the
Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost,
and
to
the
Mother
of
God.
As
it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
by Father John Gregory of the Trinity
Offering of the Rosary
I
unite
myself
to
all
the
Saints
and
holy
Angels
who
are
in
heaven,
to
all
the
righteous
who
are
on
earth,
to
all
the
faithful
souls
who
are
in
this
home.
I
unite
myself
to
You,
my
Jesus,
to
praise
Your
holy
Mother
with
dignity and to praise You in and through Her.
I
renounce
all
the
distractions
that
will
come
to
me
during
this
Rosary
that
I
want
to
say
with
modesty,
attention
and
devotion,
as
if
it
were
the
last of my life. Amen.
Sorrowful Mysteries
LET
US
ASK
for
the
grace
to
understand
all
the
malice
of
sin;
it
is
the
cause
of
Our
Lord’s
mortal
Agony
and
sorrowful
Passion.
Let
us
ask
for
the
fear
of
offend
-
ing
God,
contrition
over
our
faults,
regret
for
our
sins,
compunction
of
heart.
Let
us
pray
for
the
conversion
of
sinners
and
es
-
pecially
our
own
conversion.
Let
us
im
-
plore
God
to
grant
us
the
grace
of
conversion.
May
He
have
us
understand
that
the
only
great
misfortune
that
can
befall
a
human
being
is
to
lose
God’s
grace
and
divine
friendship.
The
rest
is
nothing:
losing
your
health,
losing
your
fortune,
or
even
life
itself…
We
will
all
have
to
die
someday.
Sooner
or
later,
death
will
take
each
one
of
our
lives,
and
at
that
moment
we
will
lose
every
-
thing we possess here below. We will not take anything with us to the grave.
The
only
thing
that
will
not
disappear
is
our
soul,
called
to
eternal
beatitude.
It
will
pos
-
sess
this
endless
happiness
if
it
is
united
to
God
through
grace.
On
the
other
hand,
if
the
hour
of
death
finds
it
separated
from
divine
grace,
it
will
lose
the
eternal
happiness
for
which
God
had
destined
it.
Let
us
ask
for
the
grace
to
realize
the
primary
importance
of
the
salvation
of
our
soul,
that
soul
which
has
cost
the
Blood
of
God.
Let
us
pray
for
the
dying, and for all those who will appear before God on this day.
1
st
mystery: The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
mortal
Agony
in
the
garden
of
Gethsemane,
and
we
ask
You
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of
Your
most Blessed Mother for contrition of our sins.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
our
Saviour
torn
from
head
to
foot
by
the
torturers’
whips.
By
this
mystery,
let
us
ask
for
the
grace
of
mortification,
the
spirit
of
penance.
Saint
Paul
says,
They
who
belong
to
Christ
have
crucified
their
flesh
with
its
passions
and
desires.
That
is
the
indispensable
path
if
we
want
to
be
Christians,
true
disciples
of
Jesus Christ.
Let
us
ask,
for
ourselves
and
all
our
brothers
and
sisters,
for
the
grace
of
the
spirit
of
prayer
and
penance,
by
which
the
world
will
be
saved.
Prayer
and
penance
purify
our
souls
and
sanctify
them.
Let
us
ask
for
these
graces
through
the
merits
of
the
holy
Wounds
of
Our
Lord,
through
the
painful
scourging He suffered to expiate our sins.
According
to
revelations
made
to
Saint
Bridget
and
other
Saints,
the
body
of
Jesus
was
one
gaping
wound.
The
images
we
reproduce
greatly
diminish
the
reality.
If
we
were
to
depict
Jesus
as
He
was,
He
would
not
look
like
a
man.
As
the
Psalm
says,
I
am
a
worm,
and
not
a
man,
the
reproach
of
men
and
the
outcast
of
the
people…
They
have
pierced
My
hands
and
My
feet;
they
have
counted
all
My
bones.
Jesus’
flesh
was
so
torn,
you
could
see
His
bones.
Our
Lord
suffered
such
an
atrocious
scourging
in
atonement
for
our
sins
of
the
flesh.
Let
us
ask,
through
the
merits
of
this
cruel
scourging,
for
the
nec
-
essary
mortification
that
will
make
us
true
Christians;
let
us
ask
Jesus,
through
the
merits
of
His
holy
Wounds,
to
heal
the
wounds
of
our
soul
and
to
help
us
maintain
great
purity of body and mind.
2
nd
mystery: The Scourging of Jesus
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
bloody
Flagellation,
and
we
ask
You,
through
this
mystery
and
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother,
for
the
mortification
of
our
senses.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
Jesus
receiving
the
ignominious
outrage
of
the
crown
of
thorns:
the
soldiers
turned
Him
into
a
theater
king,
they
mocked
and
derided
Him.
Christ
our
Saviour
was
outraged
and
thwarted
to
the
last
degree.
Onto
His
head
the
torturers
pressed
a
cruel
crown,
whose
thorns
pierced
His
adorable
head
on
every
side.
This
was
an
unheard-of
torture.
Only
the
God
Man
could
endure
such
atrocious
pains;
Jesus
suffered
be
-
yond
anything
we
can
imagine.
He
bore
this
dreadful
torment
of
the
crown
of
thorns
to
expiate
all
the
sins
of
the
human
mind,
of
man
who
thinks
he
is
wiser
than
God,
who
revolts,
wants
to
analyze
and
weigh
everything,
wants
to
reason
over
everything.
Let
us
ask
Our
Lord
for
humility,
mortification
of
the
mind,
the
sacrifice
of
our
judg
-
ment
in
a
spirit
of
faith;
let
us
ask
Him
for
the
humility
of
which
He
gives
us
the
exam
-
ple
in
this
mystery.
Today,
“hard
heads”
want
to
understand
everything,
explain
everything.
To
have
faith
means
to
believe
without
reasoning,
to
walk
without
under
-
standing.
As
soon
as
things
become
clear
and
obvious,
we
stop
walking
on
the
path
of
faith.
Let
us
ask
for
this
grace
of
mortification
of
the
mind,
the
grace
to
be
like
little
children
through
humility
of
mind
and
simplicity
of
heart,
so
as
to
be
able
to
enter
heaven:
Unless
you
turn
and
become
like
little
children,
you
will
not
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Let
us
ask
for
the
grace
to
be
ready
to
suffer
anything
—
insults,
humiliations,
scorn
—
for the love of God.
3
rd
mystery: Jesus is crowned with thorns
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
crowning
with
thorns,
and
we
ask
You,
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother,
to
despise
the
world.
LET
US
FOLLOW
our
Saviour
on
the
way
to
Calvary.
Let
us
ask
the
Blessed
Virgin
to
obtain
for
us
the
grace
to
carry
our
cross
courageously,
with
love,
as
Jesus
asks
of
every
Christian:
If
anyone
wishes
to
come
after
Me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross
daily,
and
follow
Me,
let
him
walk
in
My
footsteps.
To
deny
yourself
means
to
leave
“me”
aside,
to
go
against
natural
tendencies.
We
must
step
on
our
carnal
desires,
that
is,
all
the
natural
desires
within
us,
which
are
not
in
conformity
with
the
holy
Will
of
God.
Man
seeks
ev
-
erything
that
might
give
him
pleasure
and
runs
from
everything
that
might
give
him
trouble.
To
take
up
your
cross
daily
and
follow
Jesus
means
to
live
continually
in
the
spirit of sacrifice and mortification.
Let
us
examine
ourselves
sincerely:
Am
I
really
a
disciple
of
Jesus
Christ?
Am
I
not
often
a
disciple
of
the
world
and
its
maxims?
Am
I
not
a
disciple
of
myself,
by
following
my
tendencies,
my
little
whims,
my
self
will,
rather
than
conforming
my
life
to
the
de
-
mands of evangelical teaching?
God
does
not
expect
us
to
be
flawless;
man
is
wretched,
depraved
because
of
original
sin
and
inclined
to
every
vice.
But
God
wants
man
to
humble
himself
and
recognize
his
wretchedness,
to
lower
himself
and
take
up
his
cross
daily.
Our
Lord
fell
several
times
on
His
way
up
to
Calvary,
precisely
to
show
us
that
we
can
have
the
misfortune
of
falling
but
we
must
get
up
very
quickly,
take
up
our
cross
and
courageously
continue
to
follow
Jesus. By this mystery, let us ask for patience and love of the cross.
4
th
mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
We
offer
You
Lord
Jesus
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
Carrying
of
the
Cross
and
we
ask
You
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother
for
patience
in
all
our crosses.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
our
Redeemer
nailed
to
the
Cross
and
shedding
unto
the
last
drop
of
His
Precious
Blood
to
open
the
door
of
heaven
for
us.
Let
us
ask
Our
Lady
of
Infinite
Sorrows
to
obtain
for
us
the
grace
to
always
bear
in
mind
the
thought of the Passion of Our Lord.
The
memory
of
our
Saviour’s
sufferings
is
a
great
comfort
in
the
sorrows
of
this
life,
a
stimulant
to
encourage
us
to
sacri
-
fice
ourselves
in
our
turn
for
the
love
of
God.
When
we
behold
Jesus
treated
this
way,
we
no
longer
feel
like
complaining,
we
who
are
wretched
creatures.
The
sight
of
Jesus’ humiliations makes us accept scorn and abasement as our due.
Let
us
unite
our
little
earthly
sufferings
to
those
of
Jesus,
in
order
to
give
them
merit
and
infinite
value.
The
cross
makes
either
saints
or
reprobates.
The
good
thief
accepted
his
suffering,
and
he
was
saved.
The
bad
thief
was
furious
and
blasphemed;
his
rejection
of
the
cross
led
to
his
perdition.
Suffering
makes
souls
grow
if
they
accept
it
with
love
and
submission,
but
it
is
an
occasion
of
perdition
for
those
who
revolt
and
murmur
against God.
Let
us
profit
well
from
the
contradictions,
sufferings
and
humiliations
God
places
on
our
path
to
have
us
make
spiritual
progress;
sufferings
are
the
pre-eminent
graces
of
God.
Let
us
ask
our
good
heavenly
Mother
to
obtain
for
us
from
Her
divine
crucified
Son,
the
grace
to
be
on
fire
with
His
Infinite
Love
and
to
persevere
in
His
Love
to
the
end;
may
we
be
generous
souls,
ready
for
everything,
despite
our
miseries
and
weaknesses.
5
th
mystery: The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus on the Cross
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
Crucifixion
and
Your
ignominious
Death
on
Calvary.
Through
this
mystery
and
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother,
we
ask
You
for
the
conversion
of
sinners,
the
perseverance
of
the
just
and
the
relief
of
souls
in
Purgatory.
Promise of Our Lady at Fatima
«In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph!»
Meditated Rosary
Prayers before the Rosary
We
start
by
making
piously
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
,
which is the Sign of the Christian:
In
the
name
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
Son,
and
of
the
Holy Ghost, and of the Mother of God. Amen.
The Symbol of the Apostles
I
believe
in
God,
the
Father
Almighty,
Creator
of
heaven
and
earth;
and
in
Jesus
Christ,
His
only
Son,
our
Lord;
who
was
conceived
by
the
Holy
Ghost,
born
of
the
Virgin
Mary,
suffered
under
Pontius
Pilate,
was
crucified,
died
and
was
buried;
He
de
-
scended
into
hell;
the
third
day
He
arose
again
from
the
dead;
He
ascended
into
heaven,
sitteth
at
the
right
hand
of
God,
the
Father
Almighty,
from
thence
He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe
in
the
Holy
Ghost,
the
Holy
Church
of
Jesus
Christ,
the
Communion
of
Saints,
the
forgiveness
of
sins,
the
resurrection
of
the
body,
and
life
everlast
-
ing. Amen.
Our
Father,
who
art
in
heaven,
hallowed
be
Thy
name;
Thy
kingdom
come,
Thy
will
be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven.
Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread,
and
forgive
us
our
trespasses
as
we
forgive
those
who
trespass
against
us;
and
lead
us
not
into
temp
-
tation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Three Hail Mary’s
Hail,
Mary,
full
of
grace,
the
Lord
is
with
Thee;
blessed
art
Thou
among
women,
and
blessed
is
Thy
Son,
Jesus.
Holy
Mary,
Mother
of
God
and
our
Mother,
pray
for
us,
sinners,
now
and
at
the
hour
of
our death. Amen.
Glory
be
to
the
Father,
and
to
the
Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost,
and
to
the
Mother
of
God.
As
it
was
in
the
beginning,
is
now
and
ever
shall
be,
world
with
-
out end. Amen.
by Father John Gregory of the Trinity
Offering of the Rosary
I
unite
myself
to
all
the
Saints
and
holy
Angels
who
are
in
heaven,
to
all
the
righteous
who
are
on
earth,
to
all
the
faithful
souls
who
are
in
this
home.
I
unite
myself
to
You,
my
Jesus,
to
praise
Your
holy
Mother
with dignity and to praise You in and through Her.
I
renounce
all
the
distractions
that
will
come
to
me
during
this
Rosary
that
I
want
to
say
with
modesty,
attention
and
devotion,
as
if
it
were
the
last
of
my
life. Amen.
Sorrowful Mysteries
LET
US
ASK
for
the
grace
to
un
-
derstand
all
the
malice
of
sin;
it
is
the
cause
of
Our
Lord’s
mor
-
tal
Agony
and
sorrowful
Passion.
Let
us
ask
for
the
fear
of
offending
God,
contrition
over
our
faults,
regret
for
our
sins,
compunction
of
heart.
Let
us
pray
for
the
conversion
of
sinners
and
especially
our
own
conversion.
Let
us
implore
God
to
grant
us
the
grace
of conversion.
May
He
have
us
understand
that
the
only
great
mis
-
fortune
that
can
befall
a
human
being
is
to
lose
God’s
grace
and
divine
friendship.
The
rest
is
nothing:
los
-
ing
your
health,
losing
your
fortune,
or
even
life
it
-
self…
We
will
all
have
to
die
someday.
Sooner
or
later,
death
will
take
each
one
of
our
lives,
and
at
that
mo
-
ment
we
will
lose
everything
we
possess
here
below.
We will not take anything with us to the grave.
The
only
thing
that
will
not
disappear
is
our
soul,
called
to
eternal
beatitude.
It
will
possess
this
endless
happiness
if
it
is
united
to
God
through
grace.
On
the
other
hand,
if
the
hour
of
death
finds
it
separated
from
divine
grace,
it
will
lose
the
eternal
happiness
for
which
God
had
destined
it.
Let
us
ask
for
the
grace
to
realize
the
primary
importance
of
the
salvation
of
our
soul,
that
soul
which
has
cost
the
Blood
of
God.
Let
us
pray
for
the
dying,
and
for
all
those
who
will
appear before God on this day.
1
st
mystery: The Agony of Jesus in
the Garden of Gethsemane
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
mortal
Agony
in
the
garden
of
Gethsemane,
and
we
ask
You
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of Your most Blessed Mother for contrition of our sins.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
our
Saviour
torn
from
head
to
foot
by
the
tortur
-
ers’
whips.
By
this
mystery,
let
us
ask
for
the
grace
of
mortification,
the
spirit
of
penance.
Saint
Paul
says,
They
who
belong
to
Christ
have
crucified
their
flesh
with
its
passions
and
desires.
That
is
the
indispensable
path
if
we
want
to
be
Christians,
true
disciples of Jesus Christ.
Let
us
ask,
for
ourselves
and
all
our
brothers
and
sis
-
ters,
for
the
grace
of
the
spirit
of
prayer
and
penance,
by
which
the
world
will
be
saved.
Prayer
and
penance
purify
our
souls
and
sanctify
them.
Let
us
ask
for
these
graces
through
the
merits
of
the
holy
Wounds
of
Our
Lord,
through
the
painful
scourging
He
suf
-
fered to expiate our sins.
According
to
revelations
made
to
Saint
Bridget
and
other
Saints,
the
body
of
Jesus
was
one
gaping
wound.
The
images
we
reproduce
greatly
diminish
the
reality.
If
we
were
to
depict
Jesus
as
He
was,
He
would
not
look
like
a
man.
As
the
Psalm
says,
I
am
a
worm,
and
not
a
man,
the
reproach
of
men
and
the
outcast
of
the
people…
They
have
pierced
My
hands
and
My
feet;
they
have
counted
all
My
bones.
Jesus’
flesh
was
so
torn,
you
could
see
His
bones.
Our
Lord
suffered
such
an
atrocious
scourging
in
atonement
for
our
sins
of
the
flesh.
Let
us
ask,
through
the
mer
-
its
of
this
cruel
scourging,
for
the
necessary
mortifi
-
cation
that
will
make
us
true
Christians;
let
us
ask
Jesus,
through
the
merits
of
His
holy
Wounds,
to
heal
the
wounds
of
our
soul
and
to
help
us
maintain
great
purity of body and mind.
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
bloody
Flagellation,
and
we
ask
You,
through
this
mystery
and
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother,
for
the
mortification of our senses.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
Jesus
receiving
the
ignominious
outrage
of
the
crown
of
thorns:
the
soldiers
turned
Him
into
a
theater
king,
they
mocked
and
derided
Him.
Christ
our
Saviour
was
out
-
raged
and
thwarted
to
the
last
degree.
Onto
His
head
the
torturers
pressed
a
cruel
crown,
whose
thorns
pierced
His
adorable
head
on
every
side.
This
was
an
un
-
heard-of
torture.
Only
the
God
Man
could
endure
such
atrocious
pains;
Jesus
suffered
beyond
anything
we
can
imagine.
He
bore
this
dreadful
torment
of
the
crown
of
thorns
to
expiate
all
the
sins
of
the
human
mind,
of
man
who
thinks
he
is
wiser
than
God,
who
revolts,
wants
to
analyze
and
weigh
everything,
wants to reason over everything.
Let
us
ask
Our
Lord
for
humility,
mortification
of
the
mind,
the
sacrifice
of
our
judgment
in
a
spirit
of
faith;
let
us
ask
Him
for
the
humility
of
which
He
gives
us
the
example
in
this
mystery.
Today,
“hard
heads”
want
to
understand
everything,
explain
ev
-
erything.
To
have
faith
means
to
believe
without
rea
-
soning,
to
walk
without
understanding.
As
soon
as
things
become
clear
and
obvious,
we
stop
walking
on
the path of faith.
Let
us
ask
for
this
grace
of
mortification
of
the
mind,
the
grace
to
be
like
little
children
through
humility
of
mind
and
simplicity
of
heart,
so
as
to
be
able
to
enter
heaven:
Unless
you
turn
and
become
like
little
children,
you
will
not
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Let
us
ask
for
the
grace
to
be
ready
to
suffer
anything
—
insults,
humiliations, scorn — for the love of God.
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
crowning
with
thorns,
and
we
ask
You,
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother, to despise the world.
LET
US
FOLLOW
our
Saviour
on
the
way
to
Calvary.
Let
us
ask
the
Blessed
Virgin
to
obtain
for
us
the
grace
to
carry
our
cross
coura
-
geously,
with
love,
as
Jesus
asks
of
every
Christian:
If
anyone
wishes
to
come
after
Me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross
daily,
and
fol
-
low
Me,
let
him
walk
in
My
foot
-
steps.
To
deny
yourself
means
to
leave
“me”
aside,
to
go
against
natural
tendencies.
We
must
step
on
our
carnal
desires,
that
is,
all
the
natural
desires
within
us,
which
are
not
in
conform
-
ity
with
the
holy
Will
of
God.
Man
seeks
everything
that
might
give
him
pleasure
and
runs
from
every
-
thing
that
might
give
him
trouble.
To
take
up
your
cross
daily
and
follow
Jesus
means
to
live
continually
in the spirit of sacrifice and mortification.
Let
us
examine
ourselves
sincerely:
Am
I
really
a
dis
-
ciple
of
Jesus
Christ?
Am
I
not
often
a
disciple
of
the
world
and
its
maxims?
Am
I
not
a
disciple
of
myself,
by
following
my
tendencies,
my
little
whims,
my
self
will,
rather
than
conforming
my
life
to
the
demands
of evangelical teaching?
God
does
not
expect
us
to
be
flawless;
man
is
wretched,
depraved
because
of
original
sin
and
in
-
clined
to
every
vice.
But
God
wants
man
to
humble
himself
and
recognize
his
wretchedness,
to
lower
himself
and
take
up
his
cross
daily.
Our
Lord
fell
sev
-
eral
times
on
His
way
up
to
Calvary,
precisely
to
show
us
that
we
can
have
the
misfortune
of
falling
but
we
must
get
up
very
quickly,
take
up
our
cross
and
courageously
continue
to
follow
Jesus.
By
this
mys
-
tery, let us ask for patience and love of the cross.
4
th
mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
We
offer
You
Lord
Jesus
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
Carrying
of
the
Cross
and
we
ask
You
through
this
mystery
and
through
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother for patience in all our crosses.
LET
US
CONTEMPLATE
our
Redeemer
nailed
to
the
Cross
and
shedding
unto
the
last
drop
of
His
Precious
Blood
to
open
the
door
of
heaven
for
us.
Let
us
ask
Our
Lady
of
Infinite
Sorrows
to
obtain
for
us
the
grace
to
always
bear
in
mind
the
thought
of
the
Passion of Our Lord.
The
memory
of
our
Saviour’s
sufferings
is
a
great
comfort
in
the
sorrows
of
this
life,
a
stimulant
to
encourage
us
to
sacrifice
ourselves
in
our
turn
for
the
love
of
God.
When
we
behold
Jesus
treated
this
way,
we
no
longer
feel
like
complaining,
we
who
are
wretched
crea
-
tures.
The
sight
of
Jesus’
humiliations
makes
us
ac
-
cept scorn and abasement as our due.
Let
us
unite
our
little
earthly
sufferings
to
those
of
Jesus,
in
order
to
give
them
merit
and
infinite
value.
The
cross
makes
either
saints
or
reprobates.
The
good
thief
accepted
his
suffering,
and
he
was
saved.
The
bad
thief
was
furious
and
blasphemed;
his
rejec
-
tion
of
the
cross
led
to
his
perdition.
Suffering
makes
souls
grow
if
they
accept
it
with
love
and
submission,
but
it
is
an
occasion
of
perdition
for
those
who
revolt
and murmur against God.
Let
us
profit
well
from
the
contradictions,
sufferings
and
humiliations
God
places
on
our
path
to
have
us
make
spiritual
progress;
sufferings
are
the
pre-emi
-
nent
graces
of
God.
Let
us
ask
our
good
heavenly
Mother
to
obtain
for
us
from
Her
divine
crucified
Son,
the
grace
to
be
on
fire
with
His
Infinite
Love
and
to
persevere
in
His
Love
to
the
end;
may
we
be
gener
-
ous
souls,
ready
for
everything,
despite
our
miseries
and weaknesses.
5
th
mystery: The Crucifixion and
Death of Jesus on the Cross
We
offer
You,
Lord
Jesus,
this
decade
in
honor
of
Your
Crucifixion
and
Your
ignominious
Death
on
Calvary.
Through
this
mystery
and
the
intercession
of
Your
holy
Mother,
we
ask
You
for
the
conversion
of
sinners,
the
perseverance
of
the
just
and
the
relief
of
souls
in
Purgatory.
Promise of Our Lady at Fatima
2
nd
mystery: The Scourging of Jesus
3
rd
mystery: Jesus is crowned with
thorns
Hail, Holy Queen!
Hail,
Holy
Queen,
Mother
of
Mercy,
our
life,
our
sweetness
and
our
hope!
To
Thee
do
we
cry,
poor
banished
children
of
Eve.
To
Thee
do
we
send
up
our
sighs,
mourning
and
weeping
in
this
valley
of
tears!
Turn,
then,
O
most
gracious
Advocate,
Thine
eyes
of
mercy
toward
us,
and
after
this,
our
exile,
show
unto
us
the
blessed
fruit
of
Thy
womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
That
we
may
be
made
worthy
of
the
promises
of
Christ.
In
the
Name
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
Son,
and
of
the Holy Ghost, and of the Mother of God. Amen.
