the rosary?

Question

Please tell me about the rosary.
What are the beads about?

Answer 1

I have attached a link to a site that briefly explains the Rosary's history.

The beads are used to "keep your place" as you pray a series of prayers. Generally, you say the Our Father on the large beads and a Hail Marry on the Small Beads.

You recite the Apostle's Creed on the Crucifix and you say the Hail Mary Holy Queen on the center piece after you pray your way around the decades (5 groups of 1 Our Father Bead with 10 Hail Mary Beads).

You use the beads to count your prayers so you can meditate on the Mysteries while you pray.

There are traditionally 3 groups of 5 Mysteries (Sorrowful, Joyful, Glorious). Pope John Paul II added the Luminous Mysteries.

Answer 2

The Rosary is divided into five decades. Each decade represents a mystery or event in the life of Jesus. There are four sets of "Mysteries of the Rosary" (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious). These four "Mysteries of the Rosary" therefore contain, a total of twenty mysteries. The Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries are then said on specific days of the week (see each set of mysteries below). During private recitation of the Rosary, each decade requires devout meditation on a specific mystery. Public recitation of the Rosary (two or more people), requires a leader to announce each of the mysteries before the decade, and start each prayer

The Apostle's Creed is said on the Crucifix; the Our Father is said on each of the Large Beads; the Hail Mary is said on each of the Small Beads; the Glory Be after the three Hail Mary's at the beginning of the Rosary, and after each decade of Small Beads. In June 13, 1917, Our Lady asked that an additional prayer be added after each decade of the Rosary It is a prayer of forgiveness to Jesus and is said following the Glory Be after each decade only.

Answer 3

It was apparently a lay adaptation of the monastic practice of reciting all 150 psalms in order orver a period of time. Peasants couldn't read and they had no time to memorize the psalms, so they recited the prayers they knew, especially the Ave Maria, over and over while meditating on one of the events in Jesus or Mary's life, one Pater Noster, ten Aves and one Doxology per event. The repetition was designed to act as a sort of mantra, a set of familiar words to keep the mind from wandering from its meditation. The arrangement of the beads helped to time the meditations so the person praying would know when to move on to the next "mystery". When they reached a blank space, that meditation ended and a new one was to begin. This enabled a lay Christian to practice meditation without a major intellectual investment or too much distraction from the work of the day.

Answer 4

What distinguishes the Rosary from other forms of prayer is that, along with the vocal prayers, it includes a series of meditations. Each decade of the Rosary is said while meditating on one of the "Mysteries" of redemption. These mysteries were finally standardised in the 16th century, and while there has been some disagreement on them (the final mystery is sometimes the Last Judgment) the earliest sets bear a remarkable resemblance to those still used.

A pious custom is to insert a phrase in the middle of each Hail Mary (after "... blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus ... "), which refers to the specific mystery being meditated upon.

The opening prayers are as follows mirroring the opening of the Divine Office:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O Lord, open my lips.
And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Incline your aid to me, O God.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen

Answer 5

The little beads are hail Marys
the big beads are Our Fathers and Glory bes
The cross is for the Apostle's creed

The little medal in the middle is for the Salve regina

The sections of ten are for different 'mysteries' meditations, incidents in the life of Jesus and Mary

There are Joyful(Childhood of christ),Sorrowful(Death of Christ),Glorious (Resurerection to 2nd Coming of jesus/Coronation of mary) and luminous( baptism and miracles of jesus)

Answer 6

it is one of the most powerful weapons against evil spirits

Answer 7

this is not in the bible, and is made up by man.