Traditional Holy Rosary in Latin

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	The Mysteries
Joyful	Sorrowful	Glorious
Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays from Advent until the start of Lent.	Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays during Lent.	Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sunday’s from Easter to Advent.
I. Annunciation II. Visitation III. Nativity IV. Presentation V. Finding Jesus in the Temple	I. Agony in the Garden II. The Scourging III. Crowning with Thorns IV. Carrying of the Cross V. Crucifixion	I. Resurrection II. Ascension III. Pentecost IV. Assumption V. Crowning of Mary
Traditional Rosary without the inclusion of the 'new' optional Luminous Mysteries.

How to Pray the Traditional Holy Rosary.

On The Crucifix:
Kiss the crucifix and make the sign of the cross. (State your intentions.)
Signum Crucis
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Amen.

Symbolum Apostolorum: (Apostles Creed)
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad inferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam.
Amen.

1st Pater (Our Father) Bead.
Pater Noster
Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur Nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimide nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimiemus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.

3 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
Ave Maria
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.

2nd Pater (Our Father) Bead:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Announce the 1st Mystery of the set you are praying. (See mystery table above.)
As you pray the mystery try to meditate on this mystery.

Begin this mystery on this bead with: The Pater Noster

1st decade or set of 10 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
10x Ave Maria, one on each bead.

3rd Pater (Our Father) Bead:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Oratio Fatimae: (Fatima Prayer optional)
O mi Iesu, indulge peccata nostra, conserva nos ab igne inferni, duc omnes ad cæli gloriam, præcipue tua misericordia egentes.

Announce the 2nd Mystery of the set you are praying. (See mystery table above.)
As you pray the mystery try to meditate on this mystery.

Begin this mystery on this bead with: The Pater Noster

2nd decade or set of 10 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
10x Ave. Maria, one on each bead.

4th Pater (Our Father) Bead:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Oratio Fatimae: (Fatima Prayer optional)
O mi Iesu, indulge peccata nostra, conserva nos ab igne inferni, duc omnes ad cæli gloriam, præcipue tua misericordia egentes.

Announce the 3rd Mystery of the set you are praying. (See mystery table above.)

As you pray the mystery try to meditate on this mystery.

Begin this mystery on this bead with: The Pater Noster

3rd decade or set of 10 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
10x Ave Maria, one on each bead.

5th Pater (Our Father) Bead:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Oratio Fatimae: (Fatima Prayer optional)
O mi Iesu, indulge peccata nostra, conserva nos ab igne inferni, duc omnes ad cæli gloriam, præcipue tua misericordia egentes.

Announce the 4th Mystery of the set you are praying. (See mystery table above.)

As you pray the mystery try to meditate on this mystery.

Begin this mystery on this bead with: The Pater Noster

4th decade or set of 10 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
10x Ave Maria, one on each bead.

6th Pater (Our Father) Bead:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Oratio Fatimae: (Fatima Prayer optional)
O mi Iesu, indulge peccata nostra, conserva nos ab igne inferni, duc omnes ad cæli gloriam, præcipue tua misericordia egentes.

Announce the 5th Mystery of the set you are praying. (See mystery table above.)

As you pray the mystery try to meditate on this mystery.

Begin this mystery on this bead with: The Pater Noster

5th decade or set of 10 Ave. (Hail Mary) Beads:
10x Ave Maria, one on each bead.

7th Pater (Our Father) Bead or Ending Bead is the same bead as the 2nd:
Doxologia Minor
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Oratio Fatimae: (Fatima Prayer optional)
O mi Iesu, indulge peccata nostra, conserva nos ab igne inferni, duc omnes ad cæli gloriam, præcipue tua misericordia egentes.

Concluding prayers on Ending Bead:

Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen)
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae; vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. 
R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus (Let Us Pray)
Déus, cújus Unigénitus per vítam, mórtem et resurrectiónem súam nóbis salútis ætérnæ præmia comparávit: concéde, quæsumus: ut hæc mystéria sacrassimo beátæ Maríæ Vírginis Rosário recoléntes, et imitémur quod cóntinent, et quod promídunt, assequámur. Per eúndem Chrístum Dóminum nóstrum.
Amen.

Sancte Michael Archangele (Holy Michael Prayer)
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, in virtute Dei, in infernum detrude satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo.
Amen.

Ending the Rosary on the Crucifix:
Kiss the crucifix and make the sign of the cross.
Signum Crucis
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Amen.

Two further optional prayers: (Can be said before ending the rosary)
Pater Noster: For the Holy Fathers intentions (Indulgences can apply)
Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur Nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimide nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimiemus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.

Requiem aeternam (Prayer for the Holy Souls): (Remembering the Faithfully departed.)
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescant in pace. Amen.