1. Make the Sign of the Cross

Pray the Introductory Prayer

My God, I offer You this Rosary for Your glory, so I can honor your Holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin, so I can share and meditate upon her suffering.

I humbly beg you to give
me true repentance for all my sins. Give me wisdom and humility, so that I may receive all the indulgences contained in this prayer.

Pray the Act of Contrition

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend You, my God, You Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.

2. Pray the Hail Mary three times & Most Merciful Mother…

Beloved Mother Mary, whose Heart suffered beyond bearing because of us, teach us to suffer with you and with love, and to accept all the suffering God deems it necessary to send our way.

Let us suffer, and may our suffering be known to God only, like yours and that of Jesus.

Do not let us show our suffering to the world, so it will matter more and be
used to atone for the sins of the world. You, Mother, who suffered with the Savior of the world, we offer you our suffering, and the suffering of the world, because we are your children.

Join those sorrows to your own and to those of the Lord Jesus Christ, then offer
them to God the Father.

You are a Mother greater than all.

3. The 1st Sorrow: The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:22-35)

Pray the Our Father

Most Merciful Mother, remind us always about the Sorrows of your Son, Jesus.
Pray the Hail Mary seven times & Most Merciful Mother…