16 Facts About Rosary

Prayers that compose the Rosary are arranged in sets of ten Hail Marys, called "decades".

Each decade provides an opportunity to meditate on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, which recall events in the lives of Jesus Christ and his mother Mary.

Structure of the Rosary prayer, recited using the rosary beads, is as follows:.

Common pious additions to the Rosary are sometimes inserted after each decade and after recitation of the Salve Regina.

Mysteries of the Rosary are meditations on episodes in the life and death of Jesus from the Annunciation to the Ascension and beyond.

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Traditionally the full Rosary consisted of praying all 15 traditional mysteries together.

References to the Rosary have been part of various reported Marian Apparitions spanning two centuries.

When Penal Laws in Ireland restricted or banned the Mass, the Rosary became a substitute prayer ritual within private homes.

Leo XIII explained the importance of the Rosary as the one road to God from the faithful to the mother and from her to Christ, and through Christ to the Father, and that the Rosary was a vital means to participate with the life of Mary and to find the way to Christ.

Rosary beads provide a physical method of keeping count of the number of Hail Marys said as the mysteries are contemplated.

Our Lady's Rosary Makers produce some 7 million rosaries annually that are distributed to those deemed to be in economic and spiritual need.

Rosary bracelet is one with ten beads and often a cross or medal.

Audio recordings of the Rosary help with aspects of prayer such as pacing, memorization, and by providing inspirational meditations in the form of commentary.

The Rosary is sometimes prayed by other Christians, especially in Lutheranism, the Anglican Communion, and the Old Catholic Church.

Use of the Catholic Rosary is fairly common among Anglicans of Anglo-Catholic churchmanship.

Anglicans who pray the Catholic Rosary tend not to use the Luminous Mysteries or the Fatima decade prayer.