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The Holy Rosary in Latin

The Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

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Below, the First Joyful Mystery is prayed:

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Mysteria Gaudiosa: The Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

(Click on any of the 6 links below to listen to them)

• Prayers Preceding The Rosary
  
  (Symbolum Apostolorum: the Apostles Creed)
  

• ANNUNTIATIO: The Annunciation
  
  (the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she is to be the Mother of the Son of God)
  

• VISITATIO: The Visitation
  
  (Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who has conceived a son, Saint John the Baptist who will “Prepare the way of the Lord”)
  

• NATIVITAS: The Nativity
  
  (the virgin birth of Jesus Christ)
  

• PRESENTATIO:  The Presentation
  
  (Mary and Saint Joseph bring Jesus to the Temple in accordance with Mosaic Law to be presented to God)
  

• INVENTIONEM IN TEMPLO: The Finding in the Temple
  
  (Mary and Saint Joseph find Jesus, now 12 years old, in the Temple discoursing with the Doctors of the Mosaic Law)
  

Each of these five Mysteries are recited — prayed, really — in Latin as our forefathers had prayed the Rosary for over a thousand years. You can follow the audio presentation in the text accompanying it below.  Please remember that each Mystery, as you listen to it, is being prayed — and not merely recited. We invite you to enter into these prayers with us. The audio files are not “professional recordings” ... they are prayers. We humbly ask you to overlook what is imperfect within them. Our special thanks to the cloistered Community of Poor Clare Colettine Nuns in England for preparing the text for this presentation, for their loving encouragement, and for their constant prayers through which alone this project is possible.
 

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Prefatory Prayer:

℣.  Domine, labia mea aperies,
℟.  Et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
℣. Deus in adiutorium meum intende,
℟. Domine ad adiuvandum me festina.

In nomine Patris +
et Filii +
et Spiritus Sancti +
Amen.

Symbolum Apostolorum (The 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 in caelum,
sedet ad dexteram Dei, Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos.

Credo in Spiritum Sanctum;
Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam,
sanctorum communionem;
remissionem peccatorum;
carnis resurrectionem;
vitam aeternam. Amen.

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Mysteria Gaudiosa: The Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

NOTE: The Latin Biblical text in red preceding each Mystery provides you with the verses in Sacred Scripture pertaining to it. It is not prayed as part of the Rosary. It is provided for your understanding of the Mystery in its Biblical context. For the English (and Latin) texts please go to www.drbo.org)

I. Primum Mysterium Gaudiosum: Annunciatio (the Annunciation)

²⁶ “In mense autem sexto, missus est angelus Gabriel a Deo in civitatem Galilææ, cui nomen Nazareth. ²⁷ Ad virginem desponsatam viro, cui nomen erat Ioseph, de domo David: et nomen virginis Maria. ²⁸ Et ingressus angelus ad eam dixit : Ave gratia plena : Dominus tecum : benedicta tu in mulieribus. ²⁹ Quæ cum audisset, turbata est in sermone ejus, et cogitabat qualis esset ista salutatio. ³⁰ Et ait angelus ei: Ne timeas, Maria : invenisti enim gratiam apud Deum. ³¹ Ecce concipies in utero, et paries filium, et vocabis nomen ejus Iesum: ³² Hic erit magnus, et Filius Altissimi vocabitur, et dabit illi Dominus Deus sedem David patris eius : et regnabit in domo Iacob in æternum, ³³ et regni ejus non erit finis.” (Sancte Luca 1.26-33)

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 dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo.

Amen.

(Repetere decies: Repeat each “Ave Maria” 10 times):

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.

Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc,
et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

O Bone Iesu, libera nos a peccatis nostris; libera nos ab ignibus gehennae; perduc
 in paradisum omnes animas praesertim eas quae plus misericordia tua indigent!
 

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II. Secundum Mysterium Gaudiosum: Visitatio  (the Visitation)

³⁹ “Exsurgens autem Maria in diebus illis, abiit in montana cum festinatione, in civitatem Iuda: ⁴⁰ Et intravit in domum Zachariæ, et salutavit Elisabeth. ⁴¹ Et factum est, ut audivit salutationem Mariæ Elisabeth, exsultavit infans in utero ejus: et repleta est Spiritu Sancto Elisabeth: ⁴² Et exclamavit voce magna, et dixit : Benedicta tu inter mulieres, et benedictus fructus ventris tui. ⁴³ Et unde hoc mihi, ut veniat mater Domini mei ad me? ⁴⁴ Ecce enim ut facta est vox salutationis tuæ in auribus meis, exsultavit in gaudio infans in utero meo.” (Sancte Luca 1.39-44)

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 dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo.

Amen.

(Repetere decies: Repeat each “Ave Maria” 10 times):

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.

Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc,
et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

O Bone Iesu, libera nos a peccatis nostris; libera nos ab ignibus gehennae; perduc
 in paradisum omnes animas praesertim eas quae plus misericordia tua indigent!

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III. Tertium Mysterium Gaudiosum: Nativitas (the Nativity, the Birth of Jesus)

¹⁵ “Et factum est, ut discesserunt ab eis angeli in cælum : pastores loquebantur ad invicem : Transeamus usque Bethlehem, et videamus hoc verbum, quod factum est, quod Dominus ostendit nobis. ¹⁶ Et venerunt festinantes : et invenerunt Mariam, et Ioseph, et infantem positum in præsepio. ¹⁷ Videntes autem cognoverunt de verbo, quod dictum erat illis de puero hoc. ¹⁸ Et omnes qui audierunt, mirati sunt: et de his quæ dicta erant a pastoribus ad ipsos. ¹⁹ Maria autem conservabat omnia verba hæc, conferens in corde suo. ²⁰ Et reversi sunt pastores glorificantes et laudantes Deum in omnibus quæ audierant et viderant, sicut dictum est ad illos.” (Sancte Luca 2.15-20)

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 dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo.

Amen.

(Repetere decies: Repeat each “Ave Maria” 10 times):

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.

Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc,
et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

O Bone Iesu, libera nos a peccatis nostris; libera nos ab ignibus gehennae; perduc
 in paradisum omnes animas praesertim eas quae plus misericordia tua indigent!
 

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IV. Quartum Mysterium Gaudiosum: Presentatio (the Presentation in the Temple)

²⁹ “Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace: ³⁰ Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum. ³¹ Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum: ³² lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuæ Israël. ³³ Et erat pater ejus et mater mirantes super his quæ dicebantur de illo. ³⁴ Et benedixit illis Simeon, et dixit ad Mariam matrem ejus: Ecce positus est hic in ruinam et in resurrectionem multorum in Israël, et in signum cui contradicetur: ³⁵ Et tuam ipsius animam pertransibit gladius ut revelentur ex multis cordibus cogitationes.” (Sancte Luca 2.29-35)
 

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 dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo.

Amen.

(Repetere decies: Repeat each “Ave Maria” 10 times):

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.

Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc,
et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

O Bone Iesu, libera nos a peccatis nostris; libera nos ab ignibus gehennae; perduc
 in paradisum omnes animas praesertim eas quae plus misericordia tua indigent!
 

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V. Quintum Mysterium Gaudiosum: Inventio in Templo (the Finding in the Temple)

⁴¹ “Et ibant parentes ejus per omnes annos in Ierusalem, in die solemni Paschæ. ⁴² Et cum factus esset annorum duodecim, ascendentibus illis Ierosolymam secundum consuetudinem diei festi, ⁴³ consummatisque diebus, cum redirent, remansit puer Iesus in Ierusalem, et non cognoverunt parentes ejus. ⁴⁴ Existimantes autem illum esse in comitatu, venerunt iter diei, et requirebant eum inter cognatos et notos. ⁴⁵ Et non invenientes, regressi sunt in Ierusalem, requirentes eum. ⁴⁶ Et factum est, post triduum invenerunt illum in templo sedentem in medio doctorum, audientem illos, et interrogantem eos. ⁴⁷ Stupebant autem omnes qui eum audiebant, super prudentia et responsis ejus. ⁴⁸ Et videntes admirati sunt. Et dixit mater ejus ad illum: Fili, quid fecisti nobis sic? ecce pater tuus et ego dolentes quærebamus te. ⁴⁹ Et ait ad illos: Quid est quod me quærebatis? nesciebatis quia in his quæ Patris mei sunt, oportet me esse? ⁵⁰ Et ipsi non intellexerunt verbum quod locutus est ad eos. ⁵¹ Et descendit cum eis, et venit Nazareth: et erat subditus illis. Et mater ejus conservabat omnia verba hæc in corde suo. ⁵² Et Iesus proficiebat sapientia, et ætate, et gratia apud Deum et homines.”  (Sancte Luca 2.49-52)


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 dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo.

Amen.

(Repetere decies: Repeat each “Ave Maria” 10 times):

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.

Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc,
et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.

Amen.

O Bone Iesu, libera nos a peccatis nostris; libera nos ab ignibus gehennae; perduc
 in paradisum omnes animas praesertim eas quae plus misericordia tua indigent!

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae!
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exules filii Evae.
Ad te suspiramus,
gementes, et flentes, in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria!

Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix,
Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus:
 
Gratiam tuam quaesumus, Domine,
mentibus nostris infunde, ut qui,
angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui
incarnationem cognovimus
per passionem eius et crucem,
ad resurrectionem gloriam perducamur,
per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

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In nomine Patris,
et Filii,
et Spiritus Sancti.

Amen.

NOTE: The Latin Biblical text preceding each Mystery provides you with the verses in Sacred Scripture pertaining to it. It is not prayed as part of the Rosary. It is provided for your understanding of the Mystery in its Biblical context. For the English (and Latin) texts please go to www.drbo.org)

Also see:

• Mysteria Dolorosa: The Sorrowful Mysteries

• Mysteria Gloriosa: The Glorious Mysteries

• Simplified Traditional Catholic Rosary entirely in Latin (printable, downloadable)

Other Free Audio Files Available:

• Basic Catholic Prayers in Latin and English — listen to, and learn, our holy Catholic prayers, download them, in Latin and English.

• The Holy Rosary in Latin

• The Holy Rosary in English

• The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

• The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• The Chaplet of Saint Colette

• Abandonment to Divine Providence by Father Jean Pierre de Caussade, SJ

• The Imitation of Christ

• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

• The Johannine Prologue: the Last Gospel Reading in the Latin Tridentine Mass

• Full Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel by Pope Leo XIII (from the Rite of Exorcism of the Roman Ritual)

• Litany of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as The Litany of Loreto) in Latin Only

• Prayer in Time of Peril, Affliction, or Temptation (from Matins)

• The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel in Latin and English

• Litaniae Sanctorum — the Litany of the Saints

• The Nisibene Hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian

• Liber Apocalypsis — the Book of Revelation — a Book for our Times —  read in Latin

• Entire Audio of the Tridentine Latin Mass clearly prayed by a Priest and Altar Boy only

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Also see:

• Basic Catholic Prayers in Latin and English — listen to, and learn, our holy Catholic prayers, or download the  prayers in Latin and English.

• The entire Holy Psalter, or Book of Psalms in Latin

• The Holy Rosary in Latin

• The Holy Rosary in English

• The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

• The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• The Chaplet of Saint Colette

• Abandonment to Divine Providence by Father Jean Pierre de Caussade, SJ

• The Imitation of Christ

• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

• The Johannine Prologue: the Last Gospel Reading in the Latin Tridentine Mass

• Full Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel by Pope Leo XIII (from the Rite of Exorcism of the Roman Ritual)

• Litany of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as The Litany of Loreto) in Latin Only

• Prayer in Time of Peril, Affliction, or Temptation (from Matins)

• The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel in Latin and English

• Litaniae Sanctorum — the Litany of the Saints

• The Nisibene Hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian