The Rosary
This 13th century Spanish Priest preached against the Albigensian heresy, and is held by tradition to have recieved the Rosary in a vision from the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Who is St. Dominic?
https://www.tektonministries.org/st-dominic-and-the-origins-of-the-rosary/
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
- Luke 1: 26-33
The First Joyful Mystery
The Annunciation
Luke 1:26-38; John 1:14
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,* and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,* and began to feel sorrow and distress. Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with me.” He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father,* if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”
-Matthew 26: 36-39
The First Sorrowful Mystery
The Agony in the Garden
Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46
Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back; it was very large. On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed. He said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him. But go and tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.’”
-Mark 16: 2-7
The First Glorious Mystery
The Resurrection
Matthew 28: 1-10; Mark 16: 1-18; Luke 24: 1-49; John 20:1-29
It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
- Mark 1: 9-11
The First Luminous Mystery
The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3:11-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:15-22; John 1:26-34
This pray is the first prayer said after the sign of the cross when starting the Rosary. It contains a synopsis of what we Catholics believe.
The Apostles Creed
From its beginning in the 13th century until October 2002, the Catholic tradition had this many sets of Mysteries for meditation while saying the Rosary?
What is 3?
During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
- Luke 1: 39-42
The Second Joyful Mystery
The Visitation
Luke 1:39-56
Then he released Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus scourged,* he handed him over to be crucified.
-Matthew 27: 26
The Second Sorrowful Mystery
The Scourging at the Pillar
Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16-22; John 19:1
Then he led them as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.
-Luke 24: 50-51
The Second Glorious Mystery
The Ascension
Mark: 16: 19-20; Luke 24: 50-51; Acts 1: 6-11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” [And] Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”
-John 2: 1-4
The Second Luminous Mystery
The Wedding Feast at Cana
John 2:1-12
This Prayer consists of two pieces of scripture and plea for help; it is said in sets of ten after each mystery of the Rosary.
The Hail Mary
The sections of ten prayer beads between the larger mystery beads are called what?
What are Decades?
... Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2: 4-7
The Third Joyful Mystery
The Nativity
Luke 2:6-20; Matthew 1:18-25
And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.
-John 19: 2-3
The Third Sorrowful Mystery
The Crowning of Thorns
Matthew 27:29-30; Mark 15:16-20; John 19: 2-3
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
-Acts 2:1-41
The Third Glorious Mystery
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1-41
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
-Mark 1: 14-15
The Third Luminous Mystery
The Proclamation of the Kingdom
Mark 1:14-15; Matthew 5:1-16; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:21
This prayer is said at each Mass and on the string or chain of the Rosary after the mystery bead but before starting the decade.
The Our Father
This set of mysteries is traditional said on Fridays.
What are The Sorrowful Mysteries?
http://www.how-to-pray-the-rosary-everyday.com/rosary-days.html
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
-Luke 2: 46-49
The Fourth Joyful Mystery
The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Luke 2:41-51
They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
-Mark 15:21
The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery
The Carrying of the Cross
Luke 23: 26-32; Matthew 27:31-32; Mark 15:21
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
-Revelation 12:1
The Fourth Glorious Mystery
The Assumption
Revelation 12:1
After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him.
- Matthew 17: 1-3
The Fourth Luminous Mystery
The Transfiguration
Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-10; Luke 9:28-36
This prayer to Mary is said after completing the fifth and final set of decades when saying the Rosary.
Hail Holy Queen
In October 2002, Pope St. John Paul II added this set of Mysteries to the Catholic tradition.
The Luminous Mysteries
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,”
-Luke 2: 22-23
The Fifth Joyful Mystery
The Presentation
Luke 2:22-39
So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle.
-John 19: 17-18
The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery
The Crucifixion
Luke 23: 33-47; Matthew 27: 33-54; Mark 15: 22-39; John 19: 17-37
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
-Revelation 12:1
The Fifth Glorious Mystery
The Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth
Revelation 12:1
While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed* for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
- Mark 14: 22-25
The Fifth Luminous Mystery
The Institution of the Eucharist
Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14: 22-25; Luke 22:14-20; John 6:33-59
This prayer is one of two prayers said after each decade of the rosary. It is the shortest prayer in the Rosary and was given to three children in a visitation of the Blessed Virgin in Fatima, Portugal.
The Fatima Prayer