Summary of the life, death and passion and heavenly glory of Jesus and Mary in the holy Rosary.

Credo:

Faith in the presence of God.
Faith in the gospel.
Faith and obedience to the pope as Vicar of Jesus Christ.

Our Father: Unity of one, living and true God.

Hail Mary: To honour the eternal Father who conceives his Son in contemplating himself.
Hail Mary: The eternal Word, equal to his Father and who with him produces the Holy Spirit by their mutual love.
Hail Mary: The Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son by the way of love.

The Incarnation

Our Father: Immense charity of God.

1. Hail Mary: To deplore the unhappy state of disobedient Adam; his just condemnation and that of all his descendants.
2. Hail Mary: To honour the desires of the patriarchs and prophets who pleaded for the coming of the Messiah.
3. Hail Mary: To honour the desires and prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary to bring forward the coming of the Messiah; and her marriage with Saint Joseph.
4. Hail Mary: The love of the eternal Father in giving us his Son.
5. Hail Mary: The love of the Son who gave himself up for us.
6. Hail Mary: The mission and the greeting of the angel Gabriel.
7. Hail Mary: The maidenly fear of Mary.
8. Hail Mary: The faith and consent of the Virgin Mary.
9. Hail Mary: The creation of the soul and the formation of the body of Jesus in the womb of Mary by the Holy Spirit.
10. Hail Mary: The angels adoring the Word Incarnate in the womb of Mary.

The Visitation

Our Father: The most adorable majesty of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the joy in the heart of Mary at the Incarnation and the dwelling for nine months of the eternal Word in her womb.
2. Hail Mary: The sacrifice of himself that Jesus Christ offered to his Father on coming into the world.
3. Hail Mary: The contentment of Jesus Christ in the humble and Virginal womb of Mary and that of Mary in the enjoyment of her God.
4. Hail Mary: The doubts of St. Joseph on discovering that Mary was with child.
5. Hail Mary: The agreement between Jesus and Mary in her womb on the choice of the elect.
6. Hail Mary: The fervour of Mary when visiting her cousin.
7. Hail Mary: The greeting of Mary and the sanctification of St. John Baptist and of his mother St. Elizabeth.
8. Hail Mary: Mary’s thanksgiving to God expressed in her Magnificat.
9. Hail Mary: Her charity and humility in the service of her cousin.
10. Hail Mary: The mutual dependence of Jesus and Mary and the dependence we should have upon them both.

The Birth of Jesus

Our Father: The infinite richness of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the contempt and the rebuffs which Mary and Joseph encountered at Bethlehem.
2. Hail Mary: The poverty of the Stable where God came into the world.
3. Hail Mary: The deep recollection of the exceeding love of Mary when she was about to give birth to her child.
4. Hail Mary: The coming forth of the eternal Word from the womb of Mary without breaking the seal of her Virginity.
5. Hail Mary: The adoration and the singing of the angels when Jesus was born.
6. Hail Mary: The ravishing beauty of her divine child.
7. Hail Mary: The coming of the shepherds into the stable with their humble gifts.
8. Hail Mary: The circumcision of Jesus and his suffering accepted in love.
9. Hail Mary: The giving of the name of Jesus and the nobility of this name
10. Hail Mary: The adoration of the kings and the gifts they brought.

The Purification

Our Father: The eternal wisdom of God.

1. Hail Mary: Obedience of Jesus and Mary to the Law.
2. Hail Mary: The sacrifice that Jesus made of his humanity to the Law.
3. Hail Mary: The sacrifice of her honour the Virgin Mary made to the Law.
4. Hail Mary: The joy and the songs of Simeon and Anne the prophetess.
5. Hail Mary: The ransoming of Jesus by the offering of two turtle doves.
6. Hail Mary: The massacre of the Holy Innocents by Herod the Cruel.
7. Hail Mary: The flight of Jesus to Egypt through St. Joseph’s obedience to the voice of the angel.
8. Hail Mary: The mystery of his abode in Egypt.
9. Hail Mary: His return to Nazareth
10. Hail Mary: His growth in age and wisdom.

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

Our Father: The incomprehensible holiness of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour his hidden, hard working and obedient life at Nazareth.
2. Hail Mary: His preaching and his being found in the temple among the doctors.
3. Hail Mary: His fasting and his temptations in the desert.
4. Hail Mary: His baptism by St. John Baptist.
5. Hail Mary: His wonderful preaching.
6. Hail Mary: His astounding miracles.
7. Hail Mary: The choice of the twelve apostles and the powers he gave them.
8. Hail Mary: His marvellous transfiguration
9. Hail Mary: The washing of the feet of the apostles.
10. Hail Mary: The institution of the Holy Eucharist.

The Agony of Jesus

Our Father: The essential happiness of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the places of retreat that Jesus Christ chose during his life, especially that of the Garden of Olives.
2. Hail Mary: His humble and fervent prayers offered during his life and on the eve of his passion.
3. Hail Mary: His patience and gentleness towards his apostles during his life and especially in the Garden of Olives.
4. Hail Mary: His weariness of soul during all his life and especially in the Garden of Olives.
5. Hail Mary: The outpouring of blood in which his sorrows bathed him.
6. Hail Mary: The comfort he consented to receive from an angel in his agony.
7. Hail Mary: His conformity to the will of his Father in spite of his natural reluctance.
8. Hail Mary: The courage with which he went to meet his executioners and the power of his words with which he crushed them and then uplifted them.
9. Hail Mary: His betrayal by Judas and his arrest by the Jews.
10. Hail Mary: His desertion by his apostles.

The Scourging

Our Father: Wonderful patience of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the chains and ropes with which Jesus was bound.
2. Hail Mary: The blow that he received in the house of Caiphas.
3. Hail Mary: The three denials of St. Peter.
4. Hail Mary: The shameful treatment he received at the house of Herod when he was dressed in a white robe.
5. Hail Mary: His being stripped of all his clothes.
6. Hail Mary: The scorn and insults he received from his tormenters because of his nakedness.
7. Hail Mary: His being beaten and flayed with rods of thorn and cruel whips.
8. Hail Mary: The pillar to which he was bound.
9. Hail Mary: The blood he shed and the wounds he received.
10. Hail Mary: His collapse through weakness into a pool of his own blood.

The Crowning with Thorns of Jesus Christ

Our Father: Unspeakable beauty of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour his being stripped a third time.
2. Hail Mary: To honour His crown of thorns.
3. Hail Mary: The veil with which they blindfolded him.
4. Hail Mary: The blows and the spittle rained upon his face.
5. Hail Mary: The old robe they put over his shoulders.
6. Hail Mary: The reed they put into his hand.
7. Hail Mary: The rough stone upon which he was made to sit.
8. Hail Mary: The abuse and insults that were hurled at him.
9. Hail Mary: The blood which poured from his adorable head.
10. Hail Mary: His hair and beard which they tore at.

The Carrying of the Cross

Our Father: Limitless omnipotence of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour Our Lord being presented to the people at the “Ecce Homo.”
2. Hail Mary: The preferring of Barabbas to Jesus.
3. Hail Mary: The false testimonies given against him.
4. Hail Mary: His being condemned to death.
5. Hail Mary: The love with which he embraced and kissed the Cross.
6. Hail Mary: The dreadful sufferings he endured in carrying it.
7. Hail Mary: His falling through weakness under its weight.
8. Hail Mary: His sorrow on meeting his Mother.
9. Hail Mary: The veil of Veronica on which his face was imprinted.
10. Hail Mary: His tears and those of his Mother and the pious women who followed him to Calvary.

The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Our Father: Fearful Justice of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the five wounds of Jesus Christ and the shedding of his blood on the Cross.
2. Hail Mary: His pierced heart and the Cross upon which he was crucified.
3. Hail Mary: The nails and the lance which pierced him, the sponge, the gall and the vinegar which he was given to drink.
4. Hail Mary: The shame and the ignominy he endured in being crucified naked between two thieves.
5. Hail Mary: The compassion of his Blessed Mother.
6. Hail Mary: His seven last words.
7. Hail Mary: His abandonment and his silence.
8. Hail Mary: The distress of the whole universe.
9. Hail Mary: His painful and shameful death.
10. Hail Mary: His being taken down from the Cross and his burial.

The Resurrection

Our Father: The eternity of God without a beginning.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the descent of the soul of Our Lord into hell.
2. Hail Mary: The joy and the release of the ancient fathers who were in limbo.
3. Hail Mary: The re-uniting of his body and soul in the tomb.
4. Hail Mary: His miraculous emergence from the tomb.
5. Hail Mary: His victories over death and sin, the world and the devil.
6. Hail Mary: The four qualities of his glorious body.
7. Hail Mary: The power that he received from his Father in heaven and on earth.
8. Hail Mary: His appearances to his Mother, his apostles and disciples.
9. Hail Mary: His discourses on heaven and the meal that he had with his disciples.
10. Hail Mary: The peace, the authority and the mission he gave them to go out into the whole world.

The Ascension of Jesus Christ

Our Father: The unlimited omnipresence of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the promise that Jesus Christ made to his apostles to send them the Holy Spirit and the command he gave them to prepare to receive him.
2. Hail Mary: The gathering of all his disciples on the Mount of Olives.
3. Hail Mary: The blessings he gave them as he rose from the earth towards heaven.
4. Hail Mary: His glorious ascension by his own power into heaven.
5. Hail Mary: The welcome and triumphant acclaim which he received from God, his Father and from all the heavenly court.
6. Hail Mary: The triumphant power with which he opened the gates of heaven through which no mortal had passed.
7. Hail Mary: His being seated at the right hand of his Father as his beloved Son equal to his Father.
8. Hail Mary: The power he received to judge the living and the dead.
9. Hail Mary: His last coming upon earth when his power and majesty will appear in all their magnificence.
10. Hail Mary: The justice he will mete out at the last judgment when he rewards the just and punishes the wicked for all eternity.

Pentecost

Our Father: The all-embracing Providence of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the truth of God the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son and who is the love of the Godhead.
2. Hail Mary: The sending of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles by the Father and the Son.
3. Hail Mary: His descent accompanied by the sound of a great wind which shows his might and power.
4. Hail Mary: The tongues of fire he sent to the apostles giving them an understanding of the scriptures and love of God and neighbour
5. Hail Mary: The fullness of grace which the heart of Mary, his faithful spouse, was privileged to receive.
6. Hail Mary: The marvellous guidance he gave to all the saints and even to the person of Jesus Christ during all his life.
7. Hail Mary: The twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit.
8. Hail Mary: The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
9. Hail Mary: To ask especially for the gift of wisdom and the coming of his kingdom into men’s hearts.
10. Hail Mary: To be victorious over the three evil spirits that are opposed to him, namely the spirit of the flesh, of the world and of the devil.

The Assumption of Mary

Our Father: The unspeakable generosity of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the eternal predestination of Mary to be the masterpiece of God’s hands.
2. Hail Mary: Her Immaculate Conception and her fullness of grace and reason in the very womb of St. Anne.
3. Hail Mary: Her birth which gladdened the whole world.
4. Hail Mary: Her presentation and her abode in the temple.
5. Hail Mary: Her wonderful life and her exemption from all sin.
6. Hail Mary: Her fullness of pre-eminent virtue.
7. Hail Mary: Her fruitful virginity and her painless childbearing.
8. Hail Mary: Her divine Motherhood and her relationship with the three persons of the most holy Trinity.
9. Hail Mary: Her precious and loving death.
10. Hail Mary: Her resurrection and triumphant Assumption.

The Crowning of Mary

Our Father: The unattainable glory of God.

1. Hail Mary: To honour the triple crown which Mary received from the Holy Trinity.
2. Hail Mary: The joy and the added glory that heaven received through her triumphant entry.
3. Hail Mary: To acknowledge her as queen of heaven and earth, of angels and men.
4. Hail Mary: As treasurer and dispenser of the graces of God, the merits of Jesus Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
5. Hail Mary: Mediatrix and advocate of men.
6. Hail Mary: Exterminator and destroyer of the devil and of heresies.
7. Hail Mary: Safe refuge of sinners.
8. Hail Mary: Nurturing Mother of sinners.
9. Hail Mary: The joy and delight of the just.
10. Hail Mary: Refuge for all the living, all-powerful relief for the afflicted, for the dying and for the souls in purgatory.

God alone.