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Santo Rosario / Terço, Letra Grande is in large-print Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, with public-domain prayer texts. This page is an English guide. A free Spanish and Portuguese rosary is also on this site at /rezar/.

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How to pray the rosary

Q: Which mysteries are prayed on which day?

According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ page “How to Pray the Rosary,” consulted on 12 November 2026: the Joyful mysteries are traditionally prayed on Mondays, Saturdays, and during Advent on Sundays; the Sorrowful on Tuesdays, Fridays, and during Lent on Sundays; the Glorious on Wednesdays and, outside Advent and Lent, on Sundays; the Luminous on Thursdays.

The order below is the customary one. The weekday assignment of the mysteries is the one published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The prayer texts are the long-established English forms, which are in the public domain. This is a guide, not a liturgical law, and it is not an official imprimatur.

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The order

The USCCB’s page “How to Pray the Rosary,” consulted on 12 November 2026, describes the familiar opening: the Sign of the Cross; the Apostles’ Creed on the crucifix; an Our Father on the first bead; a Hail Mary on each of the next three beads; a Glory Be; then five decades, each with a mystery, an Our Father, ten Hail Marys and a Glory Be. That is the structure written here in our own words. Many people also say the short Fatima prayer after each decade, and close with the Hail Holy Queen. The Android app follows that traditional order, in Spanish and in Portuguese, in large type.

Make the Sign of the Cross.
On the crucifix, say the Apostles’ Creed.
On the first large bead, an Our Father.
On the next three beads, a Hail Mary each (often for faith, hope and charity).
A Glory Be.
For each of five decades: announce the mystery; an Our Father; ten Hail Marys; a Glory Be; and, where it is the custom, the Fatima prayer.
After the fifth decade, the Hail Holy Queen, and often the collect that begins “O God, whose only-begotten Son…” End with the Sign of the Cross.

Which mysteries, on which day

There are four sets. The Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries, and their traditional names, have been used for centuries. The Luminous mysteries were added by Saint John Paul II in 2002; they are named here only as Gospel events, without commentary from any still-copyrighted text. The USCCB page cited above, read on 12 November 2026, gives this traditional weekly assignment:

Set	When, according to the USCCB page	The five mysteries (traditional names)
Joyful	Mondays, Saturdays, and during Advent on Sundays	The Annunciation; the Visitation; the Nativity; the Presentation; the Finding in the Temple
Sorrowful	Tuesdays, Fridays, and during Lent on Sundays	The Agony in the Garden; the Scourging at the Pillar; the Crowning with Thorns; the Carrying of the Cross; the Crucifixion
Glorious	Wednesdays, and outside Advent and Lent on Sundays	The Resurrection; the Ascension; the Descent of the Holy Spirit; the Assumption; the Coronation
Luminous	Thursdays	The Baptism in the Jordan; the wedding at Cana; the proclamation of the Kingdom; the Transfiguration; the Institution of the Eucharist

Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “How to Pray the Rosary,” usccb.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary, consulted 12 November 2026. We do not reproduce the Conference’s scripture quotations (those are from a copyrighted translation). Parish custom may differ; follow your own community if it does.

The prayers, in the customary English

These are the long-established English forms, in the public domain. They are not a new translation.

The Sign of the Cross

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

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, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come 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.

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.

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.

The Glory Be

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.

The Fatima prayer (where it is the custom)

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy.

This short invocation has been in popular use in the rosary since the first half of the twentieth century. The wording is the customary popular English form, not a quotation from a still-copyrighted memoir. The Android app uses the customary Spanish and Portuguese forms of the same prayer.

The Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)

Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

The large-print app, in Spanish and Portuguese

This English page is a guide. The Santo Rosario / Terço, Letra Grande Android app, and the free web rosary at /rezar/, are in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, in large type, with public-domain prayer texts (and Reina-Valera 1909 and Almeida 1911 verses). All the prayers are free (US$ 0 / KSh 0). Optional one-time “Para siempre” (forever) is about US$ 4.99 (about KSh 648; KSh at 129.91 = US$ 1, Central Bank of Kenya, 6 November 2026, illustrative; Google Play sets the charged price) and removes ads and can set a daily local reminder. Prayer text is never locked behind a purchase. Google Play: coming soon.

Questions

Which mysteries are prayed on which day?

See the table above, from the USCCB page consulted on 12 November 2026. Joyful on Mondays and Saturdays (and Advent Sundays); Sorrowful on Tuesdays and Fridays (and Lent Sundays); Glorious on Wednesdays (and Sundays outside Advent and Lent); Luminous on Thursdays.

Is this an official Catholic publication?

No. We cite the USCCB for the weekday assignment and describe the traditional order. We do not claim an imprimatur.

Can I pray it in Spanish or Portuguese here?

Yes. Rezar el rosario is free, US$ 0 / KSh 0, in both languages.