Prayers in the rosary
Read the prayer texts used in the rosary, with background and variants.
- Sign of the CrossThe opening and closing of Christian prayer in English, according to Holy Mass.
- O God, come to my assistanceTraditional opening to the Rosary from Psalm 70:2, as on the Holy See's Rosary page.
- Apostles' CreedThe Apostles' Creed in the English text used in Holy Mass (ICEL).
- Nicene CreedThe Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in the English Western form with Filioque, as recited in Holy Mass (ICEL).
- Our FatherThe Lord's Prayer as recited in Holy Mass (ICEL), without the concluding doxology.
- Hail MaryThe main prayer of the Rosary in traditional English form, as commonly recited in Rosary devotion.
- Glory BeThe lesser doxology in English, which closes each decade and the opening of the Rosary.
- Fatima PrayerThe Fatima prayer in English, added after the apparition at Fatima in 1917.
- Hail Holy QueenThe Rosary's traditional closing prayer to the Virgin Mary in the traditional English translation of Salve Regina.
- Closing collectTraditional collect after Salve Regina, from the feast of the Holy Rosary.
- Litany of LoretoThe official Litany of Loreto to the Blessed Virgin Mary, including the three invocations added by Pope Francis in 2020.
- MemorareThe Memorare in English, traditionally attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux.
- Sub tuum praesidiumOne of the oldest known prayers to the Mother of God, often recited in connection with the Rosary.
- Prayer to St MichaelPope Leo XIII's short prayer to St Michael the Archangel, used after the Rosary.