During the twelfth-thirteen centuries, the Hail Mary was added. The next step was the Marian Psalter, i.e. 150 Hail Marys (without the Our Father). In order to avoid empty and mechanical recitation ...

Repetition of the Hail Mary, in the twelfth century, related to the joys of Mary ... not least thanks to the confraternities of the rosary (since 1475). The Rosary Beads The physical "rosary" is not a ...

Modern scholars may question St. Dominic’s role in the Rosary, but historical evidence offers a compelling case.

The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying ... On each of the ten small beads, say a Hail Mary. Then pray the Glory Be. Each decade is a contemplation of the life of our Lord, witnessed ...

Alan led the rosary. The Catholic prayers were ... Bead one, for Alan (our leader) Hail Mary, full of grace …. Bead two, for J.P. (the dumpster diving expert and teacher) Hail Mary, full of ...