Prayer
Traditional (Rosary collect) · c. 1600
“O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life…”
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Let us pray.
O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life,
grant, we beseech Thee,
that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary
of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain
and obtain what they promise,
through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
After the Hail, Holy Queen, many Rosary guides conclude with this collect asking that meditation on the mysteries bear fruit in Christian life. Pope John Paul II also noted that the Rosary is often ended with a prayer for the Pope’s intentions.
Marian. The collect follows Marian praise and asks that contemplating Mary’s mysteries through the Rosary shape the soul toward Christ.
Trust & surrender. It entrusts the fruit of prayer to God, asking that we obtain what the mysteries promise.
Part of the Rosary — a meditation on the life of Christ through the eyes of His Mother.
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