5.

The Crucifixion
who for us became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross:

4. The Assumption of our Lady

who hath taken thee to himself:

THE CONCLUDING DEVOTIONS

The following is said while holding the medal. If desired, the traditional Antiphon Salve Regina with its collect may be used as well.

Let us pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who didst stretch out thine arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within reach of thy saving embrace: so clothe us in thy Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know thee to the knowledge and love of thee; for the honor of thy Name, who livest and reignest with the Father and the same Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

O God, who hast taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thine onlybegotten Son: Grant that we who, with her, have been redeemed by his blood may share with her the glory of thine eternal kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen. 5. The Coronation of our Lady
who doth crown thee with glory and honor:

VERSES AND COLLECTS FROM

Ant. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; * and he is the propitiation for our sins. MAGNIFICAT ANIMA MEA My soul doth magnify the Lord, * And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour; For he hath regarded * The lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth * All generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, * And holy is his name; And his mercy is on them that fear him * Throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm, * He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; He hath put down the mighty from their seats, * And hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, * And the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, * As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. Ant. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; * and he is the propitiation for our sins. Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in thy Sons Name: We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto thee; and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

THE PONDERING HEART:

A ROSARY FOR ALL CHRISTIANS

THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

1. The Resurrection who hath conquered sin, hell, and death:
O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only-begotten Son to the death of the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily from sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through the same thy Son Christ our Lord. Amen..

O Almighty God, who didst endue with singular grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to hallow our bodies in purity, and our souls in humility and love, that we, with her, may receive from thy Son the crown of life which fadeth not away; through the same our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

ALTERNATE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES IV. The Ingathering of the Saints

who doth gather his saints to himself:

2. The Ascension
who ascended on high that he might fill all things:

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that according to his promise he abideth with his Church on earth, even unto the end of the world; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

This pamphlet contains in a more portable format the verses and collects presented in The Pondering Heart for use with the Rosary. The verses should be inserted between the two parts of the Ave Maria prayer, as follows: Hail Mary, full of grace: The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
[insert verse here]

3. The Descent of the Holy Ghost

who through the Holy Ghost abideth with his Church for ever:

V. The Crown of Life

who crowneth them with life that honor him:

O God, who didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

O God, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass mans understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death.
or, if the alternative form is used,

Son of Mary, Son of the living God, have mercy on us sinners, now and in the hour of our death. The collects may be used after the appropriate Mystery has been prayed.

PREFATORY PRAYERS.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER I BELIEVE
(on the first solitary bead) OUR FATHER (on the next three beads) HAIL MARY

3. The Nativity
who assumed our humanity that we might share his divinity:

2. The Wedding at Cana

who rejoiceth both bridegroom and bride:

who givest us faith: who art our hope: who lovest us with an everlasting love: GLORY BE O MY J ESUS , forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and bring all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy. O GOD , whose only-begotten Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, hath purchased unto us the rewards of life eternal: Grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the faith, we [together with those on behalf of whom we do so] may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, who hast given us thy onlybegotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

Almighty and everliving God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the first-fruits of the new creation: Grant that we, being obedient to his word, may find in him the fulfillment of all our occasions and so be fitted to share the wedding-feast of his glorious kingdom; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

1. The Agony in the Garden who for us drank the bitter cup:
O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light riseth up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what thou wouldest have us to do, that the Spirit of Wisdom may save us from all false choices, and that in thy light we may see light, and in thy straight path may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

4. The Presentation
the light of the nations and the glory of his people Israel:

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom

who hath the words of eternal life:

Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

5. The Finding in the Temple

who teacheth his elders wisdom:

Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

2. The Scourging at the Pillar

by whose stripes we are healed:

4. The Transfiguration
who fulfilleth the Law and the Prophets:

O Lord God, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, gave his back to the smiters and hid not his face from shame: Grant us grace to take joyfully the sufferings of the present time, in full assurance of the glory that shall be revealed; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

1. The Annunciation who for our salvation did take his flesh of thee:
We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts: that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, who art the power of God and the wisdom of God: Grant that, whensoever we are bereft of the sense of thine abiding Presence, we may seek thee first in the midst of thy holy Temple, and there receive the words of life for thy glory, our comfort, and the good of all thy holy Church; who in unity with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen..

3. The Crowning with Thorns

who endured a crown of thorns to win for us a crown of glory:

O God, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thine only-begotten Son wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistering: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may be permitted to behold the King in his beauty, who with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen..

5. The Institution of the Eucharist

whose flesh is food indeed and whose blood is drink indeed:

THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES

1. The Baptism of the Lord who fulfilleth all righteousness:
Almighty God, who at the baptism of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan didst manifest his glorious Godhead: Grant, we beseech thee, that the brightness of his presence may shine in our hearts, and his glory be set forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

O Lord Jesus Christ, who for our salvation didst lay aside thy crown of glory to accept a crown of thorns: Mercifully grant that we may so live by the grace thy suffering hath secured that, when thou comest to be our Judge, we may be placed on thy right hand and receive the crown of life that fadeth not away; who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest one God, world without end. Amen.

2. The Visitation
in whose presence his saints do rejoice:

O Christ, our God Incarnate, whose virgin Mother was blessed in bearing thee, but still more blessed in keeping thy word: Grant us, who honour the exaltation of her lowliness, to follow the example of her devotion to thy will; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, did institute the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may thankfully receive the same in remembrance of him, who in these holy mysteries giveth us a pledge of life eternal; the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

4. The Bearing of the Cross

who for us endured the cross, despising the shame:

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.