SATURDAY OF THE SORROWFUL

The Glory of the Lord 

Let us ponder in our hearts the mystery of the Lord’s glory

kept in the heart of Mary, Mother of my Lord. 

 

First, The Lord Risen

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  When it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, * Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake. * For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, he rolled back the stone and sat upon it.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 3  And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror and became as dead men. * And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 4   I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. * He is not here, for he is risen, as he said.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 5   Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen. * Behold, he will go before you into Galilee; there you shall see him.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 6  And they went out quickly from the tomb in awe and with great joy, * running to tell his disciples.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
 
Vs. 7  And, behold, Jesus met them, saying: Hail! * And they came up and took hold of his feet and adored him.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 8  Fear not. Go tell my brethren to go into Galilee; there they shall see me. * And once the women were departed, the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all things that had been done.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 9  The word is close to you, even on your tongue and in your heart. * This is the word of faith which we preach.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 10  For if you confess the Lord Jesus with your tongue, and believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, * you shall be saved.  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 temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven: *
A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. And on her head was a crown of twelve stars,*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven: *
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun. 

Second, 

The Lord Ascended

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  The eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. * And seeing him, they adored.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 2  Coming, Jesus spoke to them, * saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth . Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 3  Go into the whole world, * and preach the gospel to every creature.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 4  Teach them to observe all things whatsoever that I have commanded you, * baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 5  The one that believes and is baptized, shall be saved; * but he that believes not, shall be condemned.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 6  And, behold, I am with you all days, * even to the consummation of the world.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …
 
Vs. 7  And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, * and sits on the right hand of God.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 8  Going forth they preached everywhere, * the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs that followed.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 9  And they that received this word, were baptized. * And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles, and in the communion of the breaking of bread, and in the prayers.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 10   And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. * And the Lord increased daily together such as were being saved.  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 temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven: *
A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. And on her head was a crown of twelve stars,*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven:*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun. 

Third, The Lord Giving the Promise of the Father

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  Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, * what things God has prepared for them that love him.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 2  But to us God has revealed them by his Spirit. * For the Spirit searches all things, yes, even the deep things of God.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 3  But we who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, * waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 4  Likewise, the Spirit also helps our infirmity: * the Spirit himself asks for us with unspeakable groanings.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 5  And he that searches hearts knows what the Spirit desires, * because he asks for the saints according to God.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 6  Whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the children of God. * For the Spirit himself gives testimony to our spirit, that we are the children of God.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 7  The fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, and peace; * patience, kindness, and goodness; * faith, modesty, and chastity.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 8  If Christ be in you, though the body indeed is dead because of sin, * yet the spirit lives because of justification.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 9  For they that are according to the flesh, mind the things that are of the flesh; * but they that are according to the spirit, mind the things that are of the spirit.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 10  For the wisdom of the flesh is death, * but the wisdom of the spirit is life and 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 temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven: *
A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. And on her head was a crown of twelve stars,*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven: *
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun. 

Fourth, The Mother of my Lord 

Assumed to his Right Hand

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  Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. * For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 2  In Christ all shall be made alive, but each one in his own order: * the firstfruits, Christ, then they that are of Christ.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 3  He will reform the body of our lowness, * made like to the body of his glory.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 4  God chose us in him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and immaculate in his sight, * to the praise of the glory of the grace in which he had graced us.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 5  Hail, Full of grace, the Lord is with you. * Fear not, Mary, for you have found grace with God.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 6  Thus says the Lord who created you and who formed you: * Fear not, for I have redeemed you, and called you by your name.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 7  God will help her at her dawning; * the most High has sanctified his own tabernacle.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 8  O magnify the Lord with me, for the mercy of the Lord is great towards me. * God the Almighty has girt me with strength, and made my way immaculate.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 9   The King has brought me into his storerooms. * And while the King was at his repose, my perfume sent forth its fragrance.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 10  Your name is like oil poured out, O fairest of women. * Draw us and we will run after the scent of your ointments.  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 temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven, *
A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. And on her head was a crown of twelve stars,*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven, *
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun. 

Fifth, The Mother of my Lord 

Glorified at his Right Hand

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  The temple of God in heaven was opened, * and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple.   Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 2  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, * with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 3  Who is she that comes forth fair as the rising morn, bright as the sun, * terrible as an army set in array?  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 4  And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. * And her son was taken up to God and his throne.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 5  And the Lord God said to the serpent: I will put enmities between you and the woman, and your seed and her seed: * her seed shall crush your head.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 6  All the people were astonished and they all adored the Lord, and they said to her: * The Lord has blessed you by his power, because by you he has brought our enemies to nought.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 7  Blessed are you, O daughter, above all women on earth, by the Lord most high God, * and blessed be the Lord God, who has directed you to cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 8  He has so magnified your name this day, that your praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men, * who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 9  My heart has rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: * my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I have rejoiced in your salvation.  Hail Mary, hail Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Rs. Blessed art thou …

Vs. 10  By this I know that you have been well pleased in me: * that my enemy shall not rejoice over 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 temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven, *
A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. And on her head was a crown of twelve stars,*
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun.

Rs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
Vs. The temple of God was opened,
and a great sign appeared in heaven, *
Rs. A woman clothed with the sun. 

Concluding Prayers After the Decades

Intercessions for the Church

Vs. Lord, have mercy.   

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. 

Amen

The Seasonal Antiphon to the
Blessed Virgin Mary

ADVENT

Ave Maris Stella

Hail, guiding Star of seafarers,

portal to eternal light!

Ever-virgin mother of God,

shine down on us in the night.

By the grace of Gabriel's Ave, 

overturning Eva's name,

God's peace confer upon us all 

in our journey on the wave.

Our captive fetters unloosing, 

his light on our blindness pour;

all our ills below expelling, 

blessings from above implore.

To him who took you for his own,

taking from you his own flesh,

offer to him, we pray, our prayers, 

our own 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 ways here keep immaculate,

keep our footsteps pure and sure,

till we enter your Son's sweet joy 

with his saints 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

LENT
Memorare, o piissima

Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary, 

that no one who has run to your protection, 

or implored your help, 

or sought your intercession, 

is known ever to have been forsaken. 

Enlivened by trust in this, to you I run, 

O Virgin of virgins, 

to you have I come, O my Mother, 

 before you I stand a sinner grieving. 

 O Mother of the Word of God, 

Disdain not the words of my prayer,

but kindly give ear and graciously hear,

O most loving Virgin and Mother. 

 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 you willed that when your only begotten Son was to be 

exalted on the cross, his Mother stand near,

her heart pierced with grief for his pierced with a lance:

grant us that by pondering in our hearts 

those two wounded for our healing, 

we may become worthy to share 

in the healing of his resurrection. 

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.

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