Use This Basic Rosary Guide
This basic Rosary guide will help the beginner in saying the Rosary by teaching step by step how to do the rosary prayer. The Catholic Rosary prayers make up the body while the Rosary Mysteries compose the soul of the Roman Catholic Rosary.Learning how to pray the Rosary, Roman Catholic, using the Catholic church basic Rosary guide is easy!
Roman Catholic Rosary Instructions
This how to pray the Rosary guide is understood better if you are clear on what is the meaning of the rosary beads and how do you use them. Catholic Rosary beads are made up of a cross or crucifix, a medal, large beads and small beads.
To pray the Catholic Rosary using rosary beads, you start by holding the cross as you say the first prayer. Then you move your fingers to the large bead above the cross and say another prayer. Next you move on to the three small beads then the medal and continue around the loop until you have said a prayer on each bead contained on the string of rosary beads. More details in the Rosary diagram below
Basic Rosary Guide
How To Use Rosary Beads
How To Say The Rosary Diagram
- At the crucifix, begin with the Sign of the Cross and say the Apostles Creed.
- On the first large bead say the Our Father prayer
- Followed by three Hail Mary prayers. It is customary to say “I offer these three Hail Marys for the increase in the virtues of faith, hope and charity.”
- Faith – pray to increase your faith in God
- Hope – pray for a deeper desire and hope for heaven
- Charity – pray to have a deeper love for your neighbors for the sake of your love for God
- Then say one Glory Be prayer
- Then begin the decade with one Our Father all the while keeping hold of the medal.
- On the ten small beads that follow pray ten Hail Marys.
- Followed by one Glory Be Prayer.
- Then the Fatima Prayer.
- When you come to the large bead, announce the second respective mystery, look at a meditation aid then pray one Our Father.
- On the ten small beads pray another set of ten Hail Marys followed by one Glory Be and the Fatima Prayer called a decade, as before.
- Continue this pattern of announcing the mystery and praying a decade. Do this for the third, fourth and fifth mystery consecutively followed by one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be and the Fatima Prayer.
- After the fifth and final decade has been prayed, after the Fatima Prayer, pray the Hail Holy Queen prayer.
- It is customary to finish the Rosary prayers with the “Let us Pray” prayer from the Breviary followed by the Saint Michael Prayer.
- Now just as you began, end with the Sign of the Cross.
