The Mystery of Faith
Let us ponder in our hearts
the Mystery of Faith
kept in the heart of Mary, Mother of divine grace.
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First, The Lamb of God
On the large bead, a leader begins the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Rs. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ...
On each bead of the decade, a leader begins by reading the verse:
Vs. 1 Christ, having come as high Priest of the good things to come, * by his own blood entered once and for all into the Holy of Holies, having obtained an eternal redemption. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 2 God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself through him, * making peace through the blood of his cross. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 3 By means of his death he is the mediator of the new testament * for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 4 It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, * separated from sinners and made higher than the heavens. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 5 He need not daily offer sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the people's: * for this he did once and for all in offering himself. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 6 God has presented him to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, * to show his own justice, by the remission of former sins. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 7 God has reconciled you by the body of his flesh through his death, * to present you holy, and immaculate, and blameless before him. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 8 The blood of Christ cleanses our conscience from dead works, * to serve the living God. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 9 Therefore let us feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.* For Christ our Pasch is sacrificed! Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 O Lord, you have prepared a table before me; you have anointed my head with oil; * and the chalice that inebriates me, how good it is! Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Vs. 9 Therefore let us feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.* For Christ our Pasch is sacrificed! Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 O Lord, you have prepared a table before me; you have anointed my head with oil; * and the chalice that inebriates me, how good it is! Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Second, The Bread of Life
On the large bead, a leader begins the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Rs. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ...
On each bead of the decade, a leader begins by reading the verse:
Vs. 1 Being a merciful and gracious Lord, he has given food to them that fear him; * he has made a remembrance of his wonderful works. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 2 His mercy is from generation to generation on them that fear him. * He has filled the hungry with good things. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 3 He has opened the doors of heaven and rained down on them manna to eat, * and he has given them the bread of heaven. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 4 Man eats the bread of angels, * having in it all that is delicious, and the sweetness of every taste. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 5 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches: * To him that overcomes I will give the hidden manna. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 6 Take therefore and eat the body of Christ, * you who have been made the members of Christ. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 7 As this when you eat and drink of it turns into you, *
you likewise are turned into the body of Christ. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 8 As a man nourishes his own flesh, so also Christ the church, * for we are members of his body: of his flesh and of his bones. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 9 We, though many, are one bread, one body, * for all of us that partake of the one bread. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 So that you do not separate from one another, * eat the bond of your peace. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Third, The Supper of the Lord
On the large bead, a leader begins the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Rs. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ...
On each bead of the decade, a leader begins by reading the verse:
Vs. 1 Wisdom has built herself a house: she has hewn her seven pillars. * She has slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 2 She has sent her maids to the walls of the city to invite to the tower: * Whoever is simple, let him turn in here. Come eat my bread and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 3 Go tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, and say to as many as you shall find in the highways, Come you to the marriage. * For many are called, but few are chosen. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 4 Let a man probe himself, and only then let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. * For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 5 I have disposed to you a kingdom, * that you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 6 As the living Father has sent me and I live by the Father, * so he that eats me, the same also shall live by me. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 7 Amen, Amen, I say unto you: * unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 8 For my flesh is the true food: * and my blood is the true drink. Hail Mary, hail Full of 8grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 9 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, * and I in him. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. * If anyone shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and sup with him, and he with me. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Fourth, The Washing of Feet
On the large bead, a leader begins the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Rs. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ...
On each bead of the decade, a leader begins by reading the verse:
Vs. 1 If I, being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, * you also ought to wash one another’s feet. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 2 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, * as I also have kept my Father’s commandments and do abide in his love. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs, 3 As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. * Abide in my love. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 4 Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God. * And every one that loves is born of God, and knows God, for God is love. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 5 Be imitators, therefore, of God, * as his beloved children. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 6 And this commandment we have from God: * that he who loves God, love also his brother. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 7 In this is love: not as though we had loved God, * but because he has first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 8 Walk in love, therefore, as Christ also delivered himself for us, * who has loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 9 And be kind one to another, merciful: * forgiving one another, even as God has forgiven you in Christ. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 If we love one another, God abides in us, * and his charity is perfected in us. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
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Fifth, God-with-us
On the large bead, a leader begins the Our Father:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Rs. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done ...
On each bead of the decade, a leader begins by reading the verse:
Vs. 1 Jesus showed himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. * For the third time he was manifested to his disciples after he had risen from the dead. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 2 When the morning came, Jesus stood on the shore and he said to them: Children, have you anything to eat? * They answered, No. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 3 Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. * They cast, therefore, and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of fish. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 4 That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: It is the Lord! * Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, cast himself into the sea. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 5 But the other disciples came in the ship, dragging the net with the fish. * As soon then as they came to land, they saw hot coals lying, and a fish laid thereon, and bread. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 6 Jesus says to them: * Bring here some of the fish which you have now caught. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 7 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three. * And although there were so many, the net was not broken. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 8 Jesus says to them: Come and dine. * They knew it was the Lord. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 9 And Jesus comes and takes bread and gives it to them, * and fish in like manner. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. 10 Then, when they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter: * Simon, son of John, feed my lambs. Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. Draw out now the water made wine, he says. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. *
Rs. And to the servants she says, Do whatever he shall say.
Concluding Prayers After the Decades
Intercessions for the Church
Vs. Lord, have mercy.
The Seasonal Antiphon
Rs. Lord, have mercy.
Vs. Christ, have mercy.
Rs. Christ, have mercy.
Vs. Lord, have mercy.
Rs. Lord, have mercy.
Vs. Christ, hear us.
Rs. Christ, graciously hear us.
Vs. God, the Father of heaven:
Rs. Have mercy on us.
Vs. God the Son, Redeemer of the world:
Rs. Have mercy on us.
Vs. God the Holy Spirit:
Rs. Have mercy on us.
Vs. Holy Trinity, one God:
Rs. Have mercy on us.
Vs. Watch over your Church, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, watch over our Holy Father.
Vs. Preserve your Church, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, preserve our Holy Father.
Vs. Uphold your Church, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, uphold our Holy Father.
Vs. Grant the pastors of your Church and its laborers
ever to renew, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, grant your people ever to renew.
Vs. Grant religious life in the Church and the consecrated
ever to renew, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, grant your people ever to renew.
Vs. Grant the life of the faithful in the family and in the world
ever to renew, O Lord.
Rs. O Lord, grant your people ever to renew.
Vs. In your mercy draw to the bosom of the Church
all the peoples of the world, O Lord.
Rs. And in your mercy hear the Pope's intentions
for all the peoples of the world, O Lord.
Vs. Holy Mary, holy Mother of the Church, pray for her:
Rs. That she be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The Seasonal Antiphon
to the Blessed Virgin Mary
CHRISTMAS
Hail, guiding Star of seafarers,portal to eternal light!Ever-virgin mother of God,shine on us thy light from light.
By the grace of Gabriel's Ave, overturning Eva's name,God's peace confer upon us all in our journey 'mid the waves.
Our captive fetters unloosing, his light upon our darkness pour.All our ills below expelling, blessings from above implore.
To him who took you for his own,in taking from you his own flesh,offer him our prayers, we pray thee, thou our Mother by his address.
Most gentle one, make us gentle. Most chaste one, make us most chaste.Peerless virgin, be our shelter against the flesh's sin and taint.
Our way here keep immaculate,
keep our footsteps pure and sure,till we enter thy Son's sweet joy one with thee forevermore.
Glory be to God the Father, glory be to God the Son, glory to the Holy Spirit,glory to the Three in One:
From the heart of blessed Mary, from all saints one praise ascends: let the Church the praise reecho unto earth's remotest ends.
Vs. Pray for us, holy Mother of God: Rs. That we be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The concluding prayer is recited by a leader of the prayers:
Lord Holy Father, as in the heart of Mary Immaculate you did prepare a fit dwelling for your Holy Spirit:
grant us that by pondering all the words she kept in hers
our hearts too may be found a worthy dwelling for your Word. Through the same Christ our Lord: Rs. Amen
Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: Rs. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
The leader invokes the final blessing:
Vs. May the Lord our God bless us, and defend us from all evil, and lead us to eternal life:
They conclude, kissing the crucifix and making the sign of the cross with it:
Rs. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Hail, guiding Star of seafarers,
portal to eternal light!
Ever-virgin mother of God,
shine on us thy light from light.
By the grace of Gabriel's Ave,
overturning Eva's name,
God's peace confer upon us all
in our journey 'mid the waves.
Our captive fetters unloosing,
his light upon our darkness pour.
All our ills below expelling,
blessings from above implore.
To him who took you for his own,
in taking from you his own flesh,
offer him our prayers, we pray thee,
thou our Mother by his address.
Most gentle one, make us gentle.
Most chaste one, make us most chaste.
Peerless virgin, be our shelter
against the flesh's sin and taint.
Our way here keep immaculate,
keep our footsteps pure and sure,
till we enter thy Son's sweet joy
one with thee forevermore.
Glory be to God the Father,
glory be to God the Son,
glory to the Holy Spirit,
glory to the Three in One:
From the heart of blessed Mary,
from all saints one praise ascends:
let the Church the praise reecho
unto earth's remotest ends.
EASTER
Regina Caeli
Regina Caeli
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus, Alleluia, alleluia!
Exsultemus et laetemur in ea, Alleluia, alleluia!
Vs. This is the day
the Lord has made,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Rs. Let us rejoice in it
and be glad,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Vs. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God:
Rs. That we be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The concluding prayer is recited by a leader:
Lord Holy Father,
as by the resurrection of your beloved Son
you gladdened the heart of his blessed Mother,
once pierced through with sorrow
but now glorified with ineffable joy:
grant us also to enter into that joy of our Lord which
she keeps in her heart perpetually.
Through the same Christ our Lord:
Rs. Amen.
Vs. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Rs. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen
The leader invokes the final blessing:
Vs. May the Lord our God bless us,
and defend us from all evil,
and lead us to eternal life:
They conclude, kissing the crucifix and making the sign of the cross with it:
Rs. In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen