Every time you pray the Rosary, you greet the Virgin Mary and send her roses, the grandmothers and the catechists repeated. The rosary, summarizes Desde la Fe, “is a pious prayer that summarizes the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.”

When we pray a Hail Mary, we give the Virgin a rose. A full rosary forms a crown for him, he says as an invitation to prayer

Through the Rosary “his intercession is requested for us from his Son and God the Father.”

For Pope Francis, quoted in AciPrensa, the rosary is “the most beautiful prayer we can offer to the Virgin Mary” and “a weapon that protects us from evil and temptation.”

“It contains the compendium of the whole history of our salvation,” he remarked of this prayer.

What is the denarius

The denarius, also called decenario or decade, “is a kind of bracelet that presents 10 consecutive bills; it can be made with materials such as wood, plastic, metal, glass, pearls or others, and sometimes even with religious images of the Virgin Mary, Jesus or a saint.”

That’s how the site The Liturgy of the Hours describes it, adding that “it’s like a rosary but smaller, that can be worn as a bracelet anywhere.”

Smart rosary to encourage young people to pray.

How to Pray the Rosary

Praying the rosary means “meditating at least five ‘mysteries’ every day and praying an Our Father, ten Hail Marys and a Glory to the Father in each,” explains Desde la Fe.

Find a quiet place to start the meditation when you are at home.

Steps to follow:

1. Start by making the Sign of the Cross.

2. Do an act of repentance (contrition).

3. Announce every Mystery.

Take a moment to meditate on it. Relate it to what you are experiencing and talk to Maria about it, either to thank her or to make a request.

These are the mysteries to meditate on:

Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesday and Friday)

Glorious Mysteries (Wednesday and Sunday)

Luminous Mysteries (Thursday)

4. In each Mystery, pray an Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory be, and you can add any of these ejaculations:

5. At the end of the rosary you can pray the ointment, the litany and end with this prayer:

We beseech thee, Lord God, our Father, to enjoy perpetual health of soul and body, and through the glorious intercession of the blessed ever-Virgin Mary, deliver us from the sorrows of the present life and the joys of the eternal achieve life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

6. Pray an Our Father and a Hail Mary for the Pope’s intentions.

This is how the denarius is prayed

According to The Liturgy of the Hours, “There are two ways to pray the denarius, the first is to pray an ejaculation (phrase to the Virgin Mary) for each bead, instead of a Hail Mary.

The second option is to meditate on a mystery, saying an Our Father and a Hail Mary for every two beads of the denarius.”

For a more specific prayer, they invite you to follow these steps:

Make the Sign of the Cross and pray both the Creed and an Our Father.

1- Pray a Hail Mary.

2- Jaculatory: “Mary, Mother of Grace, Mother of Mercy, defend us from our enemies and protect us now and at the hour of our death. Amen”.

3- Ave Maria.

4- Fatima Prayer: “Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are most in need of your mercy.”

5- Ave Maria.

6- “Mary, my mother, virgin Mary, help me, blessed are you, my mother. Mary, Mother of Grace, Mother of Mercy, defend us from our enemies and protect us now and at the hour of our death. Amen”.

7- ave maria

8- “My Lord, my God. Thy will be done. Mary, Mother of Grace, Mother of Mercy, defend us from our enemies and protect us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

9- ave maria

10- “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing.”

Glory.

Hail.

Rosary of five decades

This rosary consists of five decades, each composed of an Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and a Glory Be.

To perform it, respect this sequence, proposed in El Tiempo:

1- Recite the opening prayer (optional).

2- Pray the Our Father.

3- Pray a Hail Mary.

4- Recite the Apostles’ Creed (I believe in God the Father…)

5- Recite the Eternal Father

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the body and blood, soul and divinity of Thy Most Beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

6- Do ten times For His Sorrowful Passion on the Hail Mary.

7- Repeat for four decades and say “Eternal Father” on the large bead “Our Father and for his sorrowful passion” on the small Hail Mary.

8- At the end of the five decades, recite the doxology three times in the medallion (Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world).

9- Recite the closing prayer (optional).