Traditional Catholic prayer
Rosary Closing Prayer
Living the mysteries of Christ and attaining eternal life.
Source: The Golden Manual: Being a Guide to Catholic Devotion, Public and Private (1850), Compiled from approved sources; Burns and Lambert, pages 153-154.
Let us pray. O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, hath laid open to us the rewards of everlasting life; grant, we beseech Thee, that pondering in our hearts these Mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they set forth, and obtain what they promise; through the same our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
The Golden Manual: Being a Guide to Catholic Devotion, Public and Private (1850), Compiled from approved sources; Burns and Lambert, pages 153-154.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This Rosary closing prayer asks God for help to imitate the mysteries we have contemplated and attain what they promise. The English form comes from The Golden Manual (1850), pages 153-154.
- Prayer intention
- Living the mysteries of Christ and attaining eternal life.
- When to pray
- It may be prayed during the day, in the evening and at any time.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- The Golden Manual: Being a Guide to Catholic Devotion, Public and Private (1850), Compiled from approved sources; Burns and Lambert, pages 153-154. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Rosary Closing Prayer
Source: The Golden Manual: Being a Guide to Catholic Devotion, Public and Private (1850), Compiled from approved sources; Burns and Lambert, pages 153-154.
Let us pray. O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, hath laid open to us the rewards of everlasting life; grant, we beseech Thee, that pondering in our hearts these Mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they set forth, and obtain what they promise; through the same our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.