Rosary for the dying

Pray for us, now and at the time of our death.

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Every Avemaria we pray ends up asking Mary to pray for us "at the time of our death." That is why the Rosary is a prayer especially close to those who this very day approach the end of their lives. To pray for the dying is not a bleak gesture, but an act of serene trust: we put in the hands of the Mother those who pass through this life, sure that she awaits and accompanies them towards the embrace of God.

Suggested mysteries: Painful

Spiritual fruit: Peace, confident abandonment and good death

When I pray: At night, or next to who comes to the end

How to pray it

Pray the Holy Rosary as usual - sign of the Cross, Creed, and every mystery with his Father, ten Avemarias and Gloria. Before you start, do the initial prayer; in every ten, you welcome the proposed intention; at the end, the final prayer. If you want to pray it guided step by step, enter into Begin the Rosary.

Opening prayer

Holy Mary, Mother who you watched by your Son's Cross, I come to you at the evening to pray for those who are coming to the end of their lives tonight. Take in your lap the agonizers, those who die alone and those who leave without having known the comfort of faith. He presents Jesus with his last hour and gives them the grace of a death in peace. Teach me also to live every day prepared to meet God, without fear, trusting in his mercy. Amen.

Mysteries and meditations

Sorrowful Mysteries — for this intention:

1st mystery - The prayer of Jesus in the Garden

In the face of near death, Jesus prays with anguish and is abandoned in the Father. Whoever faces his last hour finds here someone who felt that same fear and was not left alone.

Intent of this ten: for which tonight they come to the end of their lives.

2nd mystery - The flogging of the Lord

Jesus, wounded and abandoned by almost all, shares the solitude of those who die without anyone holding hands. For them we pray, that they may feel a company that the world does not see.

Intent of this ten: for those who die alone.

3rd mystery - The coronation of thorns

Coronado with pain, Jesus does not lose his dignity or hope. We ask for those who leave without the sacraments, that the mercy of God may also reach those who could not receive it.

Intent of this ten: for those who die without sacraments.

4th mystery - Jesus with the cross way to Calvary

In his last way, Jesus is comforted by his Mother. Mary comes to meet the agonizers who did not believe or did not know how to believe, so that in their final hour they will discover a face that loves them.

Intent of this ten: for the agonizers who have no faith.

5th mystery - The crucifixion and death of the Lord

"Father, in your hands I entrust my spirit." Jesus teaches us to die by fully trusting. We ask, for ourselves, that serene delivery when the time comes.

Intent of this ten: for a good death for us.

Closing prayer

Our mother, we entrust to you the fruit of this Rosary prayed for the dying. He accompanies those who leave this hour, support their families and obtain for each one a death in peace, embraced to the mercy of God. Teach us not to fear the last step, but to wait for it with the serenity of the children who know they come home. Pray for us, now and at the time of our death. Amen.

"This prayer spiritually accompanies those who suffer and their families, but does not replace the necessary medical, palliative or pastoral care. If a sick person wishes to receive the sacraments, it is appropriate to warn a priest.

When you finish, you can offer this Rosary like a rose to the Virgin in the Rosary Garden.

🌹 Offer this Rosary like a rose

You can also leave an intention or pray for the intentions of others.

To leave an intention Pray for an intention Rosary for the sick Prayer before sleep ← All rosaries for need

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