Our Lady Of The Holy Rosary

In its present form the Rosary (according to the accepted tradition) is due to St. Dominic, the founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, his objective being to stem the flood of the Albigensian heresy, then spreading far and wide throughout Europe. He propagated this form of prayer in obedience to a revelation received from the Blessed Virgin, to whom he had recourse for this purpose, about the year 1206, and to him we owe the spread of a devotion, which for many centuries has produced the most marvelous results in the Christian world. The decisive defeat of the Turks at the famous battle of Lepanto (A.D. 1571) and at Belgrade (A.D. 1716) gave occasion to the institution of this Feast and to its extension to the Universal Church. (From the 1962 Roman Missal)

Thee, who in joy didst bear thy Child,
Thee, pierced with grief and sorrowing,
Thee, in abiding glory placed,
Thee, Virgin Mother, do we sing.

Hail, to thy joyful mysteries,
Conception, Visitation, Birth,
The Offering, Finding of Thy Son,
O Mother, blessed in thy mirth.

Hail, bearing in thy heart with grief
Thy Son's great Agony, the blows,
the thorny Crown, the Cross itself:
Queen of all martyrs in thy woes.

Hail, in the triumphs of thy Son,
In fiery tongues of Pentecost,
In light and exaltation made
The Queen of glory, heaven's boast.

O come, ye nations, gather now
And let these mysteries roses prove;
Sweet garlands weave for Heav'n's Queen.
The glorious Mother of fair love.

O Jesus, Virgin-born, to Thee,
Eternal glory be and praise.
To Father and to Paraclete
Our songs of glory too we raise.
Amen

V. Queen of the most holy Rosary, pray for us.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.