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Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary

Day 4

10 min
Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary

Opening prayer:

O Queen of the Holy Rosary, who delights to lead your children through the mysteries of your Son, gather me now beneath your mantle. Teach me to pray the Gospel with your own loving heart, and obtain for me the grace I implore in this novena. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 4: The sorrowful mysteries

In the sorrowful mysteries we kneel with Mary at the foot of the Cross, sharing the agony, the scourging, the crowning with thorns, and the death of her Son. She teaches us to unite our own sufferings to His and to find in them the price of our redemption. The sword that pierced her heart makes her the companion of all who weep, and she stands beside us in every dark hour.

O sorrowful Mother, who stood faithful beneath the Cross, stay near me in my own hours of darkness. Teach me to carry my crosses united to the Passion of your Son, and to find in every suffering, borne with love, a share in the redemption He won for the world. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to carry our crosses united to the Passion of Christ.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

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.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

O Queen of the Holy Rosary, terror of demons and help of Christians, who at Lepanto turned defeat into triumph, fight now for me in every spiritual battle. Bind me ever closer to your Son through your most holy beads, that I may share at last in the glory of His mysteries. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

About this prayer

A nine-day novena to Our Lady of the Rosary, who through her beads leads us into the mysteries of Christ's life. In Mary's school of contemplation we learn to pray the Gospel and to entrust our battles to her victorious intercession.

History

The Holy Rosary, woven through centuries of Christian devotion and long associated with St. Dominic and the Order of Preachers, is the Gospel itself prayed on beads, leading the soul through the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries of Christ. The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary commemorates the victory of the Christian fleet at Lepanto on October 7, 1571, which Pope St. Pius V attributed to the Rosary prayed by the faithful throughout Christendom. In gratitude the Pope honored Our Lady under the title of Victory, later renamed the Rosary by Pope Gregory XIII. Through countless apparitions, including Fatima, Our Lady has continued to call her children to this prayer as a remedy for the world's ills.

How to pray it

Pray once each day for nine consecutive days. Begin with the Sign of the Cross and the opening prayer, prayerfully read the meditation and offer the day's intention, then conclude with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, and the closing prayer.

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