Rosary for the unborn and pregnant mothers

We pray with Mary, Mother of Life.

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Every life that begins is a gift that God regards with tenderness, even while it still beats hidden in its mother's womb. The Rosary invites us to accompany with prayer the unborn children and the women who await them, sometimes with joy and sometimes with fear. Praying it slowly, together with Mary who carried Jesus in her womb, we entrust every pregnancy to God's care and ask that life always be welcomed and defended.

Suggested mysteries: Joyful

Spiritual fruit: Respect and defence of life, hope and comfort

When I pray: For a pregnancy, waiting for a child or asking for life

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 of Life, who you carried in your bosom to Jesus and ran to serve your cousin Elizabeth, I come to you to entrust you to the children who are not yet born and to the mothers who are waiting for them. Take under your cloak every life that begins, hold on to the women who carry a child in their bosom and comfort those who suffer. Teach us to look at all life with respect and tenderness with which God looks at it. Amen.

Mysteries and meditations

Joyful Mysteries — for this intention:

1st mystery - The Annunciation of the Angel to Mary

Mary says "yes," and from that moment, Jesus begins to live within her. Here we learn that all life, from its first hidden heartbeat, is welcomed by God and worthy of being received.

Intent of this ten: for children who are not yet born.

2nd mystery - The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth

Two mothers meet, and in their wombs, John leaps for joy at the sight of Jesus. We pray for that same serene joy for women expecting a child and for the homes awaiting their arrival.

Intent of this ten: by pregnant mothers.

3rd mystery - The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem

The Son of God comes into the world in simplicity and poverty, welcomed with love. We entrust difficult or high-risk pregnancies to Mary, so that every wait, however hard, may find refuge and hope.

Intent of this ten: because of difficult or risky pregnancies.

4th mystery - The Presentation of the Child in the Temple

Mary and Joseph offer Jesus to the Father, and Simeon announces that a sword will pierce the Mother's heart. With tenderness and hope, we pray for women who have lost a child, that the Lord may wipe away their tears.

Intent of this ten: for mothers who have suffered a loss.

5th mystery - The Child Jesus lost and found in the temple

Mary seeks and finds her Son again, trusting in God in the face of uncertainty. We pray for all who defend and cherish life, that they may never tire of seeking out and protecting the most vulnerable.

Intent of this ten: for those who defend and welcome life.

Closing prayer

Our mother, we entrust to you the fruit of this Rosary, prayed for the life that begins. Take care of children who are not yet born, support the mothers who are waiting for them and comfort those who cry for a child who is no longer with them. It gives strength to those who welcome and defend life, and make life in every home received as the gift that comes from God. Amen.

"These meditations touch delicate realities - loss, difficult pregnancies, you expect uncertain." They want to accompany with respect and hope, never add guilt or weight; in the face of pain or risk, they also seek the medical, psychological and pastoral support you need.

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 Prayer for a pregnant mother For the children ← All rosaries for need

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