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The Most Holy Rosary Beads and
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The Most Holy Rosary is a simple method of Christian prayer. It is deemed
the Most Holy because it was given to us by the Divine Grace of God through
the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Rosary is a powerful means of grace, peace, and
miracles. The Holy Rosary is a very devout way
to pray for peace and family unity.
We believe that God favors those who
humble themselves to pray the Rosary of His Blessed Mother. Jesus and Mary
have repeatedly urged us to devote and entrust ourselves to the Rosary.
The Rosary method engages our minds
and hearts in prayer. Beads are used to keep track of the prayers of the
Rosary. Thus, we free our minds for prayerful meditation. As our fingers
travel along the Rosary Beads we pray aloud the prayers and as we hear them,
we are not distracted by other things. We can visualize the events in the
lives of Jesus and His Blessed Mother.
The Rosary Consists of 4 Sets of
Mysteries. Each of the 4 sets of Mysteries has 5 Mysteries. The Mysteries
are known as decades. The entire Rosary consists of 20 decades. One decade includes the Our Father (large bead), 10
Hail Mary's (small beads) and 1 Glory Be and Fatima Prayer (on the chain before the next large
bead). The thoughts have been arranged so that the story of each Mystery
unfolds.
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Praying the Rosary Mysteries and Prayers |
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Prayers Used In the Rosary
and Steps to Praying the Rosary |
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Make the
Sign of the
Cross. and then Recite the
Apostles
Creed.
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On the first large bead
recite the Our
Father.
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On the three small beads
recite the Hail Mary 3 times once each for faith, hope and charity
and then recite the
Glory Be.
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On the large bead recall the first Mystery and
pray the Our Father
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On each of the adjacent
ten small beads (also referred to as a decade) recite a
Hail Mary while
reflecting on the mystery.
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Before the
next large bead,
recite the
Glory Be to the Father, and the
Fatima Prayer.
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On the Large Bead Announce
the Mystery and then pray the
Our Father,
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Then on each of the 10 small beads Pray the
Hail Mary,
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Followed by the
Glory Be, and
Fatima Prayer "O my Jesus"
Repeat Steps 7-9 for all the mysteries.
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After the fifth Mystery
is completed conclude with the
Hail Holy Queen
and end with the
Sign of the
Cross.
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The
whole Rosary is composed of twenty decades. Each set of
mysteries contains 5 decades.
Joyful,
Luminous,
Sorrowful, and
Glorious. Each decade is recited in
honor of a mystery in Our Lord's Life and that of his
Blessed Mother. Usually
recitation is for five decades at a
time which equals one set of mysteries. The
Rosary can be completed after any one of the 4 sets of
mysteries are concluded.
You may
say all the mysteries or say one of the sets of
mysteries over several days. In order to have time to
focus on the mysteries Pope John Paul II proposed
that the Rosary be said over several days. The Mysteries
and the
recommended days are listed in the
table above.
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15 Promises of Mary
to Christians Who Pray The Rosary |
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Whoever shall
faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive
signal graces. |
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I promise my
special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite
the Rosary. |
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The Rosary
shall be a powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, decrease
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It will cause
virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant
mercy of God; it will withdraw the heart of men from the love of the
world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal
things. Oh, the soul that would sanctify themselves by this means.
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The soul which
recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not
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Whoever shall
recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its
sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not
chastise him in His justice, he shall remain in the grace of God, and
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Whoever shall
have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments
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Those who are
faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their
death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment
of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.
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I shall
deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
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The faithful
children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
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You shall
obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. |
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All those who
propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
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I have
obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall
have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and
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All who recite
the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son,
Jesus Christ. |
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Devotion of my
Rosary is a great sign of predestination. |
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| There are other forms for praying the
Rosary and there many different kinds of rosaries that you can use. The
method described on this web is for a full rosary. Different kinds of
rosary beads include rosary chains, finger rosaries, rosary bracelets,
and rosary cards. |
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