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The Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a meditative prayer that forms a compendium of the Gospel. It can be prayed alone or in common. In it we both honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and walk humbly with her through the Joy of Jesus Christ’s Incarnation and early life, the Light of His Public Ministry, the Sorrow of His Passion and Death, and the Glory of His Resurrection and the graces that flow from it. – (from Lumen Verum Apologetics)

The mysteries of the Holy Rosary are presented below. All are pictures of the paintings that can be found in the Our Lady of Manaoag Rosary Center within the compound of St. Benedict’s Monastery (whose main building is shown above) in Carmen, Cebu. If you are a Catholic and you are in Cebu, I am inviting you to visit this monastery and be blessed.

It is for the love of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in remembrance of Mamang, my grandmother, that I offer this special page.

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 The Joyful Mysteries

Said on Monday and Saturday

1. The Annunciation

2. The Visitation

3. The Nativity

4. The Presentation

5. The Finding in the Temple

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The Sorrowful Mysteries

Said on Tuesday and Friday

1. The Agony in the Garden

2. The Scourging at the Pillar

3. The Crowning of Thorns

4. The Carrying of the Cross

5. The Crucifixion

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The Glorious Mysteries

Said on Wednesday and Sunday

1. The Resurrection

2. The Ascension

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit

4. The Assumption

5. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin

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The Mysteries of Light

Said on Thursday

1. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan

2. The Self-manifestation of Jesus at the Wedding of Cana

3. The Proclamation of Jesus of the Kingdom of God, with His Call to Conversion

4. The Transfiguration

5. Jesus’ Institution of the Eucharist, as the Sacramental Expression of the Paschal Mystery

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“If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins ‘you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.’ Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practise black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if– and mark well what I say– if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.” – St. Louis de Montfort, “The Secret of the Rosary”