Marian Procession of the Rosary by Torchlight

each evening at 9.00pm

Every evening the Rosary is recited and hymns in honour of Our Lady are sung. The procession begins near to the Grotto and makes its way to Rosary Square. You are invited to walk in the procession behind the Nottingham banner.

Pater noster qui es in caelis

Sanctificetur nomen tuum

Adveniat regnum tuum

Fiat voluntas tua

Sicut in caelo et in terra

Panem nostrum quotidianum

Da nobis hodie

Et dimitte nobis debita nostra

Sicut et nos dimittimus

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

Debitoribus nostris Who trespass against us

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem

And lead us not into temptation

Sed libera nos a malo. But deliver us from evil.

Ave Maria, gratia plena

Dominus tecum

Benedicta tu in mulieribus

Et benedictus frustus

Ventris tui, Jesus

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei

Ora pro nobis peccatoribus

Hail Mary, full of grace

The Lord is with thee

Blessed art thou amongst women

And blessed is the fruit

Of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners

Nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae Now, and at the hour of our death. Gloria Patri, et Filio Glory be to the Father, and to the Son

Et Spiritus Sancto And to the Holy Spirit

Sicut erat in principio As it was in the beginning

Et nunc et semper Is now and ever shall be Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen World without end. Amen

Salve Regina, Hail, holy Queen

Mater misericordiae mother of mercy vita dulcedo, hail our life et spes nostra, salve. our sweetness and our hope. Ad te clamamus, To thee do we cry exsules filii Hevae poor, banished children of Eve. Ad te suspiramus, To thee do we send up our sighs gementes et flentes, mourning and weeping in hac lacrimarum vale. in this veil of tears.

Eja ergo Turn then, advocata nostra, most gracious advocate illos tuos misericordes oculos thine eyes of mercy ad nos converte. towards us.

Et Jesum And after this, our exile, benedictum fructum ventris tui, show unto us the blessed fruit nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. of thy womb, Jesus.

O clemens, O clement,

O pia, O loving,

O dulcis Virgo Maria. O sweet Virgin Mary.

At the end of the Rosary the following prayers are prayed:

Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

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 both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Two other prayers which are sometimes prayed after the Rosary are:

The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Michael

Holy Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust down into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Prayer for those in purgatory

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

The Rosary is divided into four sets of five decades each, as below. For each decade a piece of scripture is given, which can be read aloud at the start of the decade, and used as a focus of meditation during the recitation of the following Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and Glory Be.:

The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38)

2. The Visitation (Lk 1:39-56)

3. The Nativity (Lk 2:6-20)

4. The Presentation in the Temple (Lk 2:22-39)

5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Lk 2:41-51)

The Luminous Mysteries

1. The Baptism of Jesus (Mt 3:13-17)

2. The Wedding at Canna (Jn 2:1-12)

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven (Mk 2:3-12)

4. The Transfiguration (Lk 9:28-36)

5. The Institution of the Eucharist (Mt 26:26-29)

The Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the Garden (Mt 26:36-46)

2. The Scourging at the Pillar (Mk 15:15)

3. The Crowning of Thorns (Jn 19:2-3)

4. The Carrying of the Cross (Lk 23:26-32)

5. The Crucifixion (Jn 19:17-37)

The Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection (Mt 28:1-10)

2. The Ascension (Acts 1:6-11)

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-41)

4. The Assumption (Rev 12:1)

5. The Coronation of Our Lady as Queen of Heaven (Judith 13:18; 15:9-10)