The Rosary of the Day

How to do the rosary of the day, and which mystery corresponds to which days of the week? Discover everything you need to know to recite the rosary day after day!

The mysteries associated with each day of the week

Monday Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary
2. The Visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elisabeth
3. The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
4. The Presentation of the Jesus the Temple
5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

Tuesday Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony of Jesus in the garden of olive trees
2. The Flogging of Jesus
3. The Crown of Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus on the Cross

Wednesday Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection of Jesus
2. Jesus' Ascension to Heaven
3. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost
4. The Dormition and Assumption of Mary into Heaven
5. The Coronation of Mary in Heaven

Thursday Rosary: the Luminous Mysteries

1. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the call to Conversion
4. Transfiguration
5. The Eucharist

Friday Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony of Jesus in the garden of olive trees
2. The Flogging of Jesus
3. The Crown of Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus on the Cross

Saturday Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary
2. The Visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elisabeth
3. The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
4. The Presentation of the Jesus the Temple
5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

Sunday Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection of Jesus
2. Jesus' Ascension to Heaven
3. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost
4. The Dormition and Assumption of Mary into Heaven
5. The Coronation of Mary in Heaven

How to Recite the Rosary of the Day

Whatever the day, the prayer takes place in the same way, but before starting each decade, the mystery is stated, aloud, if it is a community prayer, or for oneself.
This can be done through a short prayer where one asks God for the fruit of the mystery that one is going to pray, such as “Lord, we offer you this decade and ask you to make brotherly charity grow in us through the graces of the mystery of the Visitation and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”

The enunciation of the mystery may be accompanied by the reading of an associated biblical passage.

A little time may be allowed to enter well into the mystery before beginning the recitation of the Our Father and the 10 Hail Marys.

A lively recitation that adapts to what we are experiencing

As the meditation on the mysteries according to the defined days allows for a prayerful communion between the faithful and helps us to recite the rosary entirely within the week, this prayer is nevertheless not fixed and accompanies us in what we experience; whether personally: we can, depending on what we are going through, prioritize a particular series on certain days. Thus, for example, the sorrowful mysteries can help us through a trial.

- in the various liturgical seasons: for instance, the Sundays of Advent can be dedicated to the joyful mysteries that prepare us for the celebration of Christmas, and the Sundays of Lent to the sorrowful mysteries to prepare us for the feast of Easter. On holidays, it is the glorious mysteries that can be privileged.

This is what Saint John Paul II reminds us of in his apostolic letter on the Rosary Rosarium Virginis Mariae regarding the days suggested for each mystery: However, this guideline does not intend to limit a certain freedom in personal and communal meditation, according to spiritual and pastoral requirements, and especially liturgical celebrations that may prompt felicitous adaptations. »

Pray the rosary daily with Hozana and Rosario

Hozana accompanies you in the daily recitation of the rosary, whether through online communities, such as the rosary live and live at 7:30 pm (but which you can find later if you are not available at this time!) or through its free Rosario living rosary application that helps you meditate every day on the different mysteries.