According to St. Louis de Montfort
From The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort, these methods draw upon our souls the grace of the mysteries of the Life, Passion, and Glory of Jesus and Mary.
FIRST, say the "Come, Holy Ghost" . . . and then make your OFFERING OF THE ROSARY:
I unite myself with all the Saints in Heaven, and with all the just on earth; I unite myself with Thee, my Jesus, in order to praise Thy Holy Mother worthily and to praise Thee in her and by her. I renounce all the distractions that may come to me while I am saying this Rosary.
Oh, Blessed Virgin Mary, we offer thee this Creed in order to honor the faith that thou didst have upon earth and to ask thee to have us share in the same faith.
Oh Lord; we offer Thee this Our Father so as to adore Thee in Thy oneness and to recognize Thee as the first cause and the last end of all things.
Most Holy Trinity, we offer Thee these three Hail Marys so as to thank Thee for all the graces which Thou hast given to Mary and those which Thou hast given us through her intercession.
We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this first decade in honor of Thine Incarnation and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy most Holy Mother, a profound humility.
One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father . . .
Grace of the mystery of the Incarnation, come down into my soul and make it truly humble.
We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this second decade in honor of the Visitation of Thy Holy Mother to her cousin Saint Elizabeth, and we ask of Thee through this mystery and through Mary's intercession, a perfect charity towards our neighbor.
One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father . . .
Grace of the mystery of the Visitation come down into my soul and make it really charitable.
We offer Thee, O Child Jesus, this third decade in honor of Thy Blessed Nativity, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, detachment from things of this world, love of poverty and love of the poor.
One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father . . .
Grace of the mystery of the Nativity come down into my soul and make me truly poor in spirit.
We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this fourth decade in honor of Thy Presentation in the temple by the hands of Mary, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, the gift of wisdom and purity of heart and body.
One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father . . .
Grace of the mystery of the Presentation come down into my soul and make it truly pure.
We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this fifth decade in honor of the Finding of the Child Jesus in the temple, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, true wisdom.
One Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father . . .
Grace of the mystery of the Finding of the Child Jesus come down into my soul and truly convert me.
In this method, the same prayers are said, but each Hail Mary and mystery is accompanied by a meditation or invocation relating to the mystery being contemplated.
For example, in the Annunciation, one might add to each Hail Mary a phrase such as "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, conceived by the Holy Ghost."
Likewise, for the Visitation: "...Jesus, sanctifying John the Baptist."
For the Nativity: "...Jesus, born in Bethlehem."
For the Presentation: "...Jesus, offered in the temple."
For the Finding in the Temple: "...Jesus, found by Mary and Joseph."
And similarly for the Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries—each Hail Mary containing a phrase that recalls the event of the mystery.
This second method keeps the mind fixed on the life of Our Lord and the Blessed Virgin Mary and prevents distractions, while the lips pray aloud.
Saint Louis de Montfort presented it as a way to combine meditation with vocal prayer, turning the Rosary into a living contemplation of the Gospel.
