What Is St. Louis de Montfort’s Method of the Rosary?
Discover St. Louis de Montfort’s Method of Saying the Holy Rosary, also known as the second method. In this method, each decade of the Rosary opens with a specific offering and a set of intentions tied to a mystery of Christ’s life. Below is the offering and intentions for the Sixth Decade, on the Agony of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Olives.
Who Was St. Louis de Montfort?
St. Louis Marie de Montfort (1673–1716) was a French priest and Marian theologian, best known for True Devotion to Mary and for practical methods of praying the Rosary that help the faithful meditate more deeply on each mystery. This “second method” adds a short offering and intention before each decade, turning the Rosary into a more deliberate act of reparation and petition.
Sixth Decade: The Agony of Jesus Christ
Offering: We offer you, Lord Jesus, this sixth decade in honor of Thy mortal Agony in the Garden of Olives, and we ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession of your holy Mother, a perfect contrition for our sins and perfect conformity to your holy will.
- to honor the divine retreats that Jesus Christ did during his life and mainly the Garden of Olives
- humble and fervent prayers for his life and the day before his passion.
- patience and gentleness with which he supported his apostles during his life and especially in the Garden of Olives.
- the trouble of his soul throughout his life and especially in the Garden of Olives.
- Blood streams where the pain drowned.
- the comfort he consented to receive an angel in his agony.
- its conformity to the will of his Father in spite of the repugnance of nature.
- the courage with which he went to meet his executioners and the power of speech with which he felled them and raised.
- His betrayal by Judas and his capture by the Jews.
- abandoning his apostles.
English Version | Original French
Further Resources
- The Holy Rosary according to the Method of St. Louis de Montfort | http://www.philomena.org/rosarydemontford.asp
- Additional ways of the Holy Rosary
- Free Download | The Secret of the Rosary | https://archive.org/details/St.LouisMarieDeMontfortTheSecretOfTheRosary