TheSorrowful Mysteries of the New Rosary with Scripturefocus on the biblical accounts of the arrest, persecution, torture, and crucifixion of Christ. The Sorrowful Mysteries are generally prayed on Tuesdays & Fridays; although they can be prayed on any day in accordance with one’s private devotion.
Sorrowful Mysteries
(Tuesdays & Fridays)
Prayer Video – New Rosary with Scripture: Sorrowful Mysteries
1st Sorrowful Mystery – The Agony in the Garden
1. Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” [Mark 14:32]
2. He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed. [Mark 14:33]
3. Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch.” [Mark 14:34]
4. He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass by him; he said, “Abba, Father,* all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.” [Mark 14:35-36]
5. When he returned he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” [Mark 14:37-38]
6. Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did not know what to answer him. [Mark 14:39-40]
7. He returned a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at hand.” [Mark 41-42]
8. Then, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. [Mark 14:43]
9. His betrayer had arranged a signal with them, saying, “The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him and lead him away securely.” He came and immediately went over to him and said, “Rabbi.” And he kissed him. At this they laid hands on him and arrested him. [Mark 14:44-45]
10. They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. [Mark 14:53]
2nd Sorrowful Mystery – The Scourging at the Pillar
1. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they found none. Many gave false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. [Mark 14:55-56]
2. The high priest rose before the assembly and questioned Jesus, saying, “Have you no answer? What are these men testifying against you?” But he was silent and answered nothing. [Mark 14:60-61a]
3. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Messiah, the son of the Blessed One?” Then Jesus answered, “I am; and ‘you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’” [Mark 14:61a-62]
4. At that the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die. [Mark 14:63-64]
5. Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and struck him and said to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards greeted him with blows. [Mark 14:65]
6. Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring [against] this man?” [John 18:28-29]
7. They answered and said to him, “If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.” At this, Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews answered him, “We do not have the right to execute anyone,” in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die. [John 18:30-32]
8. So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants [would] be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.”[John 18:33-36]
9. So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover.” [John 18:37-39a]
10. “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” They cried out again, “Not this one but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. [John 18:39b-40] [John 19:1]
3rd Sorrowful Mystery – The Crowning With Thorns
1. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, [John 19:2]
2. And they came to him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him repeatedly. [John 19:3]
3. Once more Pilate went out and said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, “Behold, the man!” [John 19:4-5]
4. When the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him.”The Jews answered,“We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.” [John 19:6-7]
5. Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more afraid, and went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” Jesus did not answer him. So Pilate said to him, “Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?” [John 19:8-10]
6. Jesus answered [him], “You would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.” [John 19:11]
7. Consequently, Pilate tried to release him; but the Jews cried out, “If you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” [John 19:12]
8. When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated him on the judge’s bench in the place called Stone Pavement, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!” [John 19:13-14]
9. They cried out, “Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” [John 19:15]
10. Pilate then handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. [John 19:16]
4th Sorrowful Mystery – The Carrying of the Cross
1. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. [Mark 15:20]
2. As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; [Luke 23:26a]
3. And after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus. [Luke 23:26b]
4. A large crowd of people followed Jesus [Luke 23:27a]
5. Including many women who mourned and lamented him. [Luke 23:27b]
6. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; [Luke 23:28a]
7. “Weep instead for yourselves and for your children,” [Luke 23:28b]
8. “…for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ [Luke 23:29]
9. At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ …for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?” [Luke 23:30-31]
10. Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed. [Luke 23:32]
5th Sorrowful Mystery – The Crucifixion of Jesus
1. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull), they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. [Matthew 27:33-34]
2. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. [John 19:18]
3. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.” Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” [John 19:19-22]
4. When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down. So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled [that says]: “They divided my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots.” This is what the soldiers did. [John 19:23-24]
5. The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said,“ He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God.” Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer himwine they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save yourself.” [Luke 23:35-37]
6. Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.” The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” [Luke 23:39-43]
7. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. [John 19-25-27]
8. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” [John 19:28-30a]
9. It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. [Luke 23:44-45]
10. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last. [Luke 23:46]
