COMMANDER CROSS  ROSARY

CARRY THE CROSS & PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY


STRAIGHT TO THE POINT


GLORIOUS MYSTERIES


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


+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen

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Miraculous Medal Prayer

Medal of Our Lady of Graces, The Raccolta, ed. 1910, #255



O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.


O MARIA sine labe concépta, ora pro nobis, qui ad te confúgimus.




(p.s. We have realized that there are loads of Miraculous prayers

and medals out there, which are incorrect.

We post two correct versions above, which also ought to be readible on your medal.)

We ask for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin

Memorare, The Raccolta, ed. 1910, #197.  Coeleste Palmetum 1866.




REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,

implored thy, help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother;

to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful;

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions;

but in thy clemency hear and answer me. 

Amen.


Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.


PRAYERS BEFORE THE INTENTION


THE OFFERING PRAYER BEFORE ROSARY


(incl. Blessed Eucharist prayer from Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition on 13th May 1917.)

Eternal Father, I offer you this Rosary,

by Marie Immaculate Heart in union with her Son,

Jesus Christ's precious blood,

as thanksgiving for all your good deeds,

according to Jesus' Sacred Heart intentions;

for all grace and blessing that will

make us close this beloved Heart

in life, in death, in time and eternity; for the sick; the dying;

for the conversion of sinners and for the souls in Purgatory;

for those who have asked for our prayers

and we are obliged to ask for and the family's intentions,

to You, God, may all lead to your greater honour

and glory and a glorious death for us all.


O most Holy Trinity, I adore You.

My God, my God,

I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament.

Amen

PLACE FOR INTENTIONS

(feel free to add your own intention/s - below is only a suggestion)



Intentions and prayers in this Rosary are for:

All Souls in Purgatory,

the Souls of the ones who have died during the pandemic,

and the Souls of people who have died for our freedom.


Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God

Amen.


Requiem æternam dona eis Domine

Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Requiescant in pace.

Amen.



We pray for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Holy Rosary, who vanquishes all heresy as we pray for the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary!


We pray for reparation of the blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.


We pray for St. Joseph, patron saint of the universal Church, terror of demons for the intercession to protect our Mother Church, bishops, priests and the restoration of the Roman Mass.


We pray for Pope Francis I’s eternal soul.

We pray for priestly vocation and vocation to holy orders.

We pray for the conversion of country (n.) _____________

We pray for the conversion of those who have lost their Faith.



NOW THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES COMMENCE

Traditionally prayed on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday


(Normally prayed from Easter Sunday to Pentecost)

(exeption Sundays of Christmas season)


On the Crucifix of Rosary:

One begins by holding the Crucifix of the Holy Rosary, kiss it,

do the sign of the Cross and pray:

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

 



Thereafter (still at the Cross) pray the Apostles' Creed.



I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ,

His only Son, our Lord,

                                    Let us kneel

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

                                    Let us arise

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell;

on the third day He rose again

from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God

the Father almighty,

from there He shall come to judge

the living and the dead.

                                

I believe

in the Holy Spirit,

the Holy Catholic Church,

the Communion of Saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body

and life everlasting.    

Amen


Christ descended into Hell, Lukas van der Leyden, 1521.

The Art of Christianity Collection. AP00033. Used with Permission.

Our Father     (First Pearl after the Cross)   (CCC 2759 &Matt 6:9-13).


The Word of God communicates the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.


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

Hail Mary     (at the Three Cluster Pearls)   (Pearl 2-4)

which stands for the Divine Virtues


Faith, Hope and Love


Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.


Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus


who increases our Faith


Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen


Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus


who increases our Hope


Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus


who increases our Love


Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Doxology     (on the single Pearl right before the Connecting Medallion) (Pearl 5) 


The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.


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

Fatima prayer

When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery

(3rd apparition of our Lady of Fatima, 13 July 1917)


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen


Next Step is the Connecting Centerpiece (Medallion)

Announce the First Glorious mystery   

(primum mysterium Gloriósa)


The Resurrection of Jesus Christ 

(Resurréctio)


(Mark 16:1-8)


(We do the Sign of the Cross      Faith,   Hope   and   Love    which both opens and closes the sequence of prayer)

And when the sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. Very early on the first of the week they came to the sepulcher, the sun having risen.


And they said among themselves:

Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the sepulcher?


And looking up they see that the stone had been rolled away; for it was very great. They entered the sepulcher and saw a young man, sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed. He says to them:

“Be not amazed.

You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified;

he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him.”


And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

Angel by the Tomb, Jan Luyken, 1700. The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

Our Father


Prayer and meditation over the mystery of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ


The Word of God is the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.


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


Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary


Meditation over the mystery of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ


The Angelic greeting.

Mary gave herself entirely to serve the mystery of redemption.

Mary becomes the mother of Jesus, Mother of God.

Madonna with Vetch Flower.

Meister Wilhelm of Cologne, copy.

Art of Christianity Collection. AP00013.

Used with Permission.

Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among 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



Doxology

Meditation over the mystery of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ


The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Fatima prayer


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen


Announce the second Glorious mystery   

(secundum mysterium Gloriósa)


The Ascension of Jesus to Heaven 

(Asénsio )


(Acts 1:6-12)


(We do the Sign of the Cross      Faith,   Hope   and   love    which both opens and closes the sequence of prayer)

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.


“you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

and you shall be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and to the end of the earth.”


And when he had said these things, as they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, 


”why stand looking towards heaven?

This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven,

shall so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven.”

Detail: Transfiguration of Christ,Master of Die, ca. 1550. The Art of Christianity Collection. Used with Permission.

Our Father


Prayer and meditation over the mystery of the Ascension of Jesus


The Word of God is the mystery of salvation.

Through the Lord’s Prayer, we are therefore aware of our being sons of the Father in the Son.


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


Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary


Meditation over the mystery of the Ascension of Jesus



Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among 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



Doxology

Meditation over the mystery of the Ascension of Jesus


The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Fatima prayer


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen


Announce the Third Glorious mystery   

(tertium mysterium Gloriósa)


The Descent of the Holy Ghost 

(Descénsus Spiritus Sancti)


 (Acts 2:1-12)


(We do the Sign of the Cross      Faith,   Hope   and   Love     which both opens and closes the sequence of prayer)

And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, the disciples were all together at the same time.


And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent blast, and filled the whole house where they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues like fire distributing themselves, and it sat on each one of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.


All were astonished, saying:

”And how hear we, each one in our own language?

How hear we them speaking in our own tongues,

the mighty works of God?


… What can this be?”

Detail: Pentecost, Johann Sadeler.   The Art of Christian Collection. Used with Permission.

Our Father


Prayer and meditation over the mystery of the Descent of the Holy Ghost


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


Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary


Meditation over the mystery of the Descent of the Holy Ghost



Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among 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



Doxology

Meditation over the mystery of the Descent of the Holy Ghost



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

Fatima prayer


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen


Announce the Fourth Glorious mystery   

(quartum mysterium Gloriósa)


The Assumption of Mary into Heaven        

(Assúmptio)


(1 Thess 4:13-1)


(We do the Sign of the Cross      Faith,   Hope   and   Love     which both opens and closes the sequence of prayer)

The Assumption of Virgin, Jan Punt, 1750.AP00222. Used with Permission.

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you sorrow not as the rest also who have no hope.


For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,

so also those that have fallen asleep, will God through Jesus bring with him. …

the Lord himself, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,

and with the trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven,

and the dead in Christ shall arise first …

to meet the Lord in the air. so shall we always be with the Lord.


So then comfort one another in these words.


Our Father


Prayer and meditation over the mystery of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven



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


Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary


Meditation over the mystery of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven



Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among 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



Doxology

Meditation over the mystery of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven


The Holy Trinity is a mystery, and it is the source of all the other mysteries.

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

Fatima prayer


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen


Announce the Fifth Glorious mystery

(quintum mysterium Gloriósa)


Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven 

(Coronátio in Caelo)


(Rev. 12:1, 14:1-5, Isa 6:3)


(We do the Sign of the Cross      Faith   Hope   and   Love    which both opens and closes the sequence of prayer)

And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;


And I heard a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.


And they sung a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song, …


And in their mouth was found no guile;

for they are blameless.


And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”


Our Lady of Immaculata, Martin J Schmidt, 1764.

The Art of Christianity Collection.AP00127. Used with Permission.

Our Father


Prayer and meditation over the mystery of Mary Crowned Queen of Heaven



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


Let’s Pray 10 Hail Mary


Meditation over the mystery of Mary Crowned Queen of Heaven



Hail Mary,

full of grace, 

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among 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



Doxology

Meditation over the mystery of Mary Crowned Queen of Heaven


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

Fatima prayer


O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the fires of hell,

and lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

Amen



AT THE CONNECTING MEDALLION

CONCLUDING PRAYER BEFORE THE CROSS which concludes the Wreath for a fruitful perfection



The Rosary is a perfect wreath!

We have now reached the connecting medallion which unites our intentions and prayers


On the medallion, we pray Salve Regina, and the Marian hymn is  at the end of the Rosary;




Let us pray:

O, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

Hail 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, 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.



V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,

R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.


Oremus:

Salve Regina,

Mater misericordiae,

vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae.

Ad te suspiramus,

gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia ergo, advocata nostra,

illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Et Iesum,

benedictum fructum ventris tui,

nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, o pia,

o dulcis Virgo Maria.


V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.

R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.


Let us Pray:

O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,

has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation.

Grant, we beseech Thee: that while meditating on these mysteries

of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise,

through Christ our Lord.

Amen


Oremus:

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,

qui gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et animam,

ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur,

Spiritu Sancto cooperante, praeparasti:

da, ut cuius commemoratione laetamur;

eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis,

et a morte perpetua liberemur.

Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen



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


+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen





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This is where Cardinal Leo Burke and Bishop Athanasius end their Rosary prayer in Latin.




The Step-by-Step Commander Cross Rosary follow the pearls leading us to the Cross ...


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LET US PRAY AT THE CROSS:


Let us pray for our Holy Father – Pope Francis I - and his eternal soul and pray for the Papal  intentions:

 

May the Lord preserve him and give him life and make him to be blessed upon the earth and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.


May Thy hand be upon Thine holy servant and upon Thy son whom Thou hast anoited.


Lord Jesus, shelter our Holy Father the Pope under the protection of Thy Sacred Heart.

 

Be Thou his light, his strength and his consolation.

Amen


Per request from our Holy Father on 29 Sept. 2018:


Let us pray: 

 

We fly to Thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not thou our petitions in our necessities. but deliver us always from all dangers, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. 

 

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix.

Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus,

sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,

Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

Amen

 

 

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;

be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.

And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host,

by the power of God

thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits

who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

 

Sancte Michael Archángele,

defénde nos in prælio;

contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium.

Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur;

tuque, Princeps militiae cæléstis,

Sátanam aliósque spíritus malignos,

qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo,

divina virtúte in inférnum detrúde.

Ámen

 


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


+ In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen



The Marian antiphons have its own season.