The Perpetual Rosary at Saints

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This is a thread for an ongoing Rosary. Post each prayer as you say them. When it comes to the mysteries, any meditations that can help the others are also welcomed. You can be brief, with just one prayer or you can take time and say more of the prayers. The next poster will pick up where you leave off.
The order of the Mysteries will be as follows:
1:The Joyful Mysteries
2: The Sorrowful Mysteries
3: The Glorious Mysteries
May the Lord be with us and protect us.
and may Our Lady smile on us and
 accept our Perpetual Crowns of Roses  


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The Sign of the Cross.

 In the name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
 Amen

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The Apostles' Creed.

I believe in God
 the Father Almighty,
 Creator of heaven and earth;
 and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
 born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
He was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
 On the third day He arose again from the dead;
 He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. 
 He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
 the communion of saints,
 the forgiveness of sins,
 the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.

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The Our Father:
 Our Father, who art in heaven,
 hallowed be Thy name:
Thy kingdom come:
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
 Give us this day our daily bread:
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation:
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

 

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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Glory Be to the Father:

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
 is now and ever shall be,
world without end.
 Amen.

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The Fatima Prayer:

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
 save us from the fires of hell,
and lead all souls to Heaven,
 especially those in most need of Your Mercy.

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The First  Joyful Mystery:

Announcement of the Birth of Jesus.

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary
And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?”
And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
for nothing will be impossible for God.”
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

LK 1:26-38

The Annunciation.

Let us meditate on this mystery.  

"This day (the Annunciation) is the beginning of our salvation. On this day the Son of God, who was anterior to all time, becomes the Son of Man. This day is the beginning of the restoration of human nature, and of the blotting out of the sin of creation. On this day our nature has been sanctified by the indwelling in it of its Creator. On this day it has been raised to the dignity of holding dominion over archangels. On this day the time predicted by the prophets is fully come. This is the day which saints have desired to see. On this day Adam has built a temple for his Creator in one of his own daughters, in which He might deign to dwell concealed, and thus become our Redeemer. This temple is Mary, the virgin; precious, blessed, and holy, the pure and stainless offshoot of Adam's nature, the Queen of the whole family of men. So pure that none can be found purer in the whole human race; so holy that none among all intelligent creatures shall ever surpass her in holiness. She is the glory of the people of Israel, and the light of the house of David. This is she, the Beauty whose purity the Heavenly King desired, sending to her His ministering spirit Gabriel to salute her with a salutation of great joy, and to acquaint her that she has been chosen by her Creator, saying, "Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women!"'
St. John Damascene

    "What greater mercy could there be toward the miserable than that which pulled the Creator down from heaven and clothed the Founder of the earth in an earthly body!
    "This made the One Who abides equal in eternity to the Father, equal to us in mortality, imposing the form of a servant on the Lord of the world; so that Bread itself would be hungry, Fullness would be thirsty, Strength would become weak, Health would be wounded, and Life would die!"
Saint Augustine

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The Our Father:
 Our Father, who art in heaven,
 hallowed be Thy name:
Thy kingdom come:
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
 Give us this day our daily bread:
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation:
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

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The Hail Mary:

 Hail Mary, full of grace,
 the Lord is with thee:
 blessed art thou among women,
 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
 now and at the hour of our death.
Amen