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Saturday Rosary: Joyful Mysteries

Saturday is customarily a day for the Joyful Mysteries. Make time to contemplate each mystery as you pray its decade.

Pray the Joyful Mysteries
  1. 1

    The Annunciation

    Luke 1:26–38

    Make room for God in today’s plans.

  2. 2

    The Visitation

    Luke 1:39–56

    Notice someone who could use your company.

  3. 3

    The Nativity

    Luke 2:1–20

    Receive the gift of Christ with a grateful heart.

  4. 4

    The Presentation

    Luke 2:22–38

    Offer your ordinary responsibilities to God.

  5. 5

    The Finding in the Temple

    Luke 2:41–52

    Seek Jesus patiently when you feel uncertain.

How to pray five decades

  1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross and Apostles’ Creed.
  2. Pray one Our Father, three Hail Marys for faith, hope, and charity, and the Glory Be.
  3. Announce the first mystery. Pray one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and the Glory Be while contemplating it.
  4. Repeat for the other four mysteries.
  5. Close with the Hail, Holy Queen, the closing prayer, and the Sign of the Cross.

You may include customary optional prayers. You can use the interactive Rosary for the full prayer text at every step.

Full prayers for reading or printing

Sign of the Cross

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

Apostles’ Creed

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, dead, and buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose 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 Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

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.

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.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards 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.

Closing prayer

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that, meditating upon these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Mystery meditations are original. The Scripture references for the Assumption and Coronation invite contemplation; they do not narrate those events.