The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church

A living tradition of Christian liberalism and ecumenism

The Order of Ave Maria

The Holy Rosary.

In the Liberal Catholic Church we recite the Our Lady’s Rosary of the Seven Rays, it is based on the Franciscan Crown Rosary, also called the ’Rosary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary.’  It has seven decades each one corresponding to the “Seven Joyous Mysteries” of Mary.

Members are free to pray all of the traditional additions to the Rosary (e.g. the Fatima Prayer) or to pray a derived form of the Rosary based on Gnostic or Orthodox traditions. All members are expected to include in their private prayers, the recitation of the Rosary, and their prayers at Mass, a prayer for the spreading of devotion to our Blessed Mother and for the well-being in body, mind, and soul of all order members. As is traditional, members who keep the Liturgy of Hours are expected to pray the Magnificat as part of the Ordinary of Vespers.

The Third Joyous Mystery THE NATIVITY Luke 2:4-20

The Fourth Joyous Mystery THE EPIPHANY Matthew 2:1-12

The Fifth Joyous Mystery THE FINDING OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE  Luke 2:41-52

The Sixth Joyous Mystery THE RESURRECTION Matthew 28:1-10

The Seventh Joyous Mystery THE ASSUMPTION AND CORONATION Proverbs 8:1-36 and Rev. 12:1