Praying the Mysteries of the Rosary with St. Josemaria Escriva - Author's Note to Holy Rosary

My friend: I have disclosed to you just a part of my secret. It is up to you, with God's help, to discover the rest. Take courage. Be faithful.

Become little. Our Lord hides Himself from the proud and reveals the treasures of His grace to the humble.

Never fear if, when thinking on your own, daring and childish words and affections escape from you. Jesus wants this. Mary encourages you. If you say the Rosary in this way, you will learn to pray well.

Praying the Mysteries of the Rosary with St. Josemaria Escriva - The Litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Rosary is often concluded with the Litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary

This litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary was composed during the Middle Ages. The place of honor it now holds in the life of the Church is due to its faithful use at the shrine of the Holy House at Loreto. It was definitely approved by Sixtus V in 1587, and all other Marian litanies were suppressed, at least for public use. Its titles and invocations set before us Mary's exalted privileges, her holiness of life, her amiability and power, her motherly spirit and queenly majesty. 

The principle that has been followed in their interpretation is the one enunciated by the same Pius IX: "God enriched her so wonderfully from the treasury of His divinity, far beyond all angels and saints with the abundance of all heavenly gifts, that she . . .should show forth such fullness of innocence and holiness, than which a greater under God is unthinkable and which, beside God, no one can even conceive in thought."
Hence, whatever virtue and holiness is found in angels and saints must be present in Mary in an immeasurably higher degree.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God. have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins,pray for us.

Mother of Christ,pray for us.
Mother of the Church,pray for us.
Mother of divine grace,pray for us.
Mother most pure,pray for us.
Mother most chaste,pray for us.
Mother inviolate,pray for us.
Mother undefiled,pray for us.
Mother most amiable,pray for us.
Mother most admirable,pray for us.
Mother of good counsel,pray for us.
Mother of our Creator,pray for us.
Mother of our Savior,pray for us.

Virgin most prudent,pray for us.
Virgin most venerable,pray for us.
Virgin most renowned,pray for us.
Virgin most powerful,pray for us.
Virgin most merciful,pray for us.
Virgin most faithful,pray for us.

Mirror of justice,pray for us.
Seat of wisdom,pray for us.
Cause of our joy,pray for us.
Spiritual vessel, pray for us.
Vessel of honor,pray for us.
Singular vessel of devotion,pray for us.
Mystical rose,pray for us.
Tower of David,pray for us.
Tower of ivory,pray for us.
House of gold,pray for us.
Ark of the covenant,pray for us.
Gate of heaven,pray for us.
Morning star,pray for us.
Health of the sick,pray for us.
Refuge of sinners,pray for us.
Comforter of the afflicted,pray for us.
Help of Christians,pray for us.

Queen of angels,pray for us.
Queen of partiarchs,pray for us.
Queen of prophets,pray for us.
Queen of apostles,pray for us.
Queen of martyrs,pray for us.
Queen of confessors,pray for us.
Queen of virgins,pray for us.
Queen of all saints,pray for us.
Queen conceived without original sin,pray for us.
Queen assumed into heaven,pray for us.
Queen of the most holy Rosary,pray for us.
Queen of families,pray for us.
Queen of peace,pray for us.

Lamb of God, You take away sins of the world; spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world; graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Your take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beg you, O Lord God, that we your servants may enjoy lasting health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
be delivered from present sorrow and enter into the joy of eternal happiness. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

During Advent

Let us pray.

O God, you willed that, at the message of an angel, your word should take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant to your suppliant people, that we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession with you. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

From Christmas to the Purification

Let us pray.

O God, by the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary, you bestowed upon the human race the rewards of eternal salvation; grant, we beg you, that we may feel the power of her intercession, through whom we have been made worthy to receive the Author of life, our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,
who lives and reigns with you forever and ever.
R. Amen.

During Paschaltime

Let us pray.

O God, who by the Resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world, grant, we beg you, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may attain the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

From Holy Rosary by St. Josemaria Escriva

Now the litany of praise bursts forth in an eternal splendour of new light, renewed colour and meaning.

Invocations to Our Lord, to Christ; petitions to each one of the divine Persons, and to the Holy Trinity; burning words of love to Mary: Mother of Christ, Mother Inviolate, Mother of Good Counsel, Mother of Our Creator, Mother of Our Saviour... Virgin most Prudent... Seat of Wisdom, Mystical Rose, Tower of David, Ark of the Covenant, Morning Star... Refuge of sinners, Comfort of the afflicted, Help of Christians...

And the recognition of her reign —Regina! —Queen!— and of her mediation: Sub tuum praesidium confugimus —We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God... deliver us from all dangers, O ever glorious and blessed Virgin.

Pray for us, Queen of the most Holy Rosary, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Our Lord Jesus Christ.