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'''The Rosary''' (Latin: rosarium, "rose garden", Spanish:Rosario), is a traditional devotion in the [[Catholic]] Church.
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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.
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[http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq07.html Pray the Rosary]
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'''Mysteries of the Rosary'''
The Joyful Mysteries
Said on Mondays and Saturdays.
*The Annunciation (Humility) Luke 1:26-38
*The Angel Gabriel appears to Mary, announcing she is to be the Mother of God
*The Visitation (Charity) Luke 1:39-56
*Elizabeth greets Mary: "Blessed art Thou amoung women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!"
*The Nativity (Poverty) Luke 2:1-20
*The Virgin Mary gives birth to the Redeemer of the World.
*The Presentation (Obedience) Luke 2:22-39
*The Blessed Mother presents the Child Jesus in the Temple
*Finding in the Temple (Piety) Luke 2:42-52
*The Blessed Mother finds Jesus in the Temple.
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[http://www.scborromeo.org/prayers/rosary.htm#mary Prayers / Rosary]
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== References ==
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