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The Rosary is a beautiful prayer form which in its completeness consists of meditations on 15 mysteries. Usually, the mysteries are only taken 5 at a time. Beads are used used to help with the counting of the individual prayers.
While the prayers are being said, one should try to meditate on the Mysteries of the Rosary or their equivalent thoughts (for examples, humility, patience, charity). The repetition of the prayers alone are not the sole object of saying the Rosary, the important part is having a good intention and desire to think good thoughts.
The Joyful Mysteries are usually said on Monday and Thursday and are: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Birth of Jesus, the Presentation, and The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.
The Sorrowful Mysteries are usually said on Tuesday and Friday and are: the Agony in the Garden, the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning with Thorns, the Carrying of the Cross, the Crucifixion.
The Glorious Mysteries are usually said on Wednesday and Saturday while any of the mysteries may be said on Sunday depending on the season.
There are variations in some of the prayers said during the Rosary. The audio versions of the prayers below are one of the traditional sequences. This website is intended to introduce interested persons to the saying of the Rosary and to remind or reinforce the saying of the Rosary to others who already practice it. A search of other websites may give more on the details on the origin and practice of saying the Rosary. If this site introduces, reminds, or reinforces anyone in the saying of the Rosary, then it will have been a successful venture.
Join in saying the rosary with the recorded prayers of Brother James A. Petrait, O.S.F.S. Press the PLAY button beneath the prayer in the following sequence (Begin and end with the SIGN OF THE CROSS):
......CREED..................OUR FATHER..............HAIL MARY
GLORY BE TO THE FATHER.....HAIL HOLY QUEEN.........