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→Praying the Rosary: replaced quoted instructions from now dead link with basic instructions found in the Loyola link, which are nearly identical to directions in every other Rosary how-to instruction article
==Praying the Rosary==
==Praying the Rosary==
{{cquote|To pray the rosary you should use a Rosary. A Rosary is a string of beads with a crucifix. A short string of five beads is attached to the crucifix which leads to a large circular strip of beads made of five sets of one large bead and ten smaller beads, called decades. You begin on the crucifix with a [[Sign of the Cross]] and an [[Apostles' Creed]]. Say an [[Our Father]] on the large bead and one [[Hail Mary]] for each of the next three smaller beads. On the next large bead, say a Glory Be to the Father, announce and meditate on the first mystery and say an Our Father. Say a Hail Mary for each of the following smaller beads, and end the decade with the Glory Be. Begin the cycle again with an Our Father, meditate the second mystery according to the same schema and so on for the third, fourth and fifth mysteries. You end with the [[Prayer]] after the Rosary and a Sign of the Cross.<ref>[https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/scripture-and-tradition/devotions/praying-the-rosary?p=1 Praying the Rosary - Loyola Press (loyolapress.com)]</ref>}}
{{cquote|The Rosary is made up of a string of beads and a crucifix. We hold the crucifix in our hands as we pray the Sign of the Cross. Then we pray the Apostles' Creed.
Between the crucifix and the medal of Mary, there is a single bead, followed by a set of three beads and another single bead. We pray the Lord's Prayer as we hold the first single bead and a Hail Mary at each bead in the set of three that follows. Then we pray the Glory Be to the Father. On the next single bead we think about the first mystery and pray the Lord's Prayer.
There are five sets of ten beads; each set is called a decade. We pray a Hail Mary on each bead of a decade as we reflect on a particular mystery in the lives of Jesus and Mary. The Glory Be to the Father is prayed at the end of each set. Between sets is a single bead on which we think about one of the mysteries and pray the Lord's Prayer.
We end by holding the crucifix in our hands as we pray the Sign of the Cross.<ref>[https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/scripture-and-tradition/devotions/praying-the-rosary?p=1 Praying the Rosary - Loyola Press (loyolapress.com)]</ref>}}
===Mysteries of the Rosary===
===Mysteries of the Rosary===