(Tuesdays and Fridays. Said on Sundays during Lent)

Say “Trinitarian Formula” then recite the “Apostle’s Creed, the “Queen of the Holy Rosary,” One “Our Father,” three “Hail Marys”

First Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

Biblical Verse:

And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

Luke 22:44-45

Prayer

We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this first decade in honor of Thy mortal Agony in the Garden of Olives and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, perfect sorrow for our sins and the virtue of perfect obedience to Thy Holy Will.

One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be, Fatima Prayer…

Second Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar

Biblical Verse:

Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.

John 19:1

Prayer

We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this second decade in honor of Thy Bloody Scourging and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, the grace to mortify our senses perfectly.

One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be, Fatima Prayer…

Third Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns

Biblical Verse:

They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:28-29

Prayer

We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this third decade in honor of Thy cruel crowning with thorns, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, a great contempt of the world.

One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be, Fatima Prayer…

Fourth Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross

Biblical Verse:

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

John 19:17

Prayer

We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this fourth decade in honor of Thy carrying Thy Cross and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, to give us great patience in carrying our cross in Thy footsteps every day of our life.

One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be, Fatima Prayer…

Fifth Mystery: The Crucifixion

Biblical Verse:

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

Luke 23:46

Prayer

We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this fifth decade in honor of Thy Crucifixion on Mount Calvary, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, a great horror of sin, a love of the Cross and the grace of a holy death for us and for those who are now in their last agony.

One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be, Fatima Prayer…

Conclude with: Hail, Holy Queen and the Trinitarian Formula