Don’t rush through the decades

In The Rosary of Our Lady, Msgr. Romano Guardini offers the following advice:

“It is not necessary to ramble through the whole Rosary; it is better to say only one or two decades, and to say them right.”

Which mysteries to meditate on?

The Joyful Mysteries (Mondays and Saturdays)

The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38)

The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56)

The Nativity (Luke 2:1-21)

The Presentation (Luke 2:22-38)

The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52)

Tuesdays and Fridays (The Sorrowful Mysteries)

The Agony of Jesus in the Garden (Matthew 26:36-56)

The Scourging at the Pillar (Matthew 27:26)

The Crowning with Thorns (Matthew 27:27-31)

The Carrying of the Cross (Matthew 27:32)

The Crucifixion (Matthew 27:33-56)

Wednesdays and Sundays (The Glorious Mysteries)

The Resurrection (John 20:1-29)

The Ascension (Luke 24:36-53)

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

The Assumption of Mary, the Mother of God, into heaven

The Coronation of Mary in heaven

Thursdays (Luminous Mysteries)

The Baptism in the River Jordan (Matthew 3:13-16)

The Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2:1-11)

The Preaching of the coming of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:14-15)

The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8)

The Institution of the Holy Eucharist (Matthew 26)