Rosary questions

[MarianD]

Hello again!

I have one more question about the Rosary. Do I have to name the mystery after every Hail Marry? Or can I do that just after the first Hail Marry? It kind of disturbes my meditation.

thank you.

While praying the rosary alone and with others in my church (who seem to be 80-year-old cradle Catholics), I/we always announce a mystery before the Our Father bead in the decade, then say the Our Father, then 10 Hail Marys, then 1 Glory Be, then 1 Jesus Decade Prayer. Then, we say the next mystery, then the Our Father, etc.

 

[sungirl]

Praying with EWTN or an audio file really helped me when I was first starting, because it helped me experience a standard method and helped me get comfortable with the basics. Rosary Army has very helpful mp3s available through iTunes or their site for free, for both scriptural and regular versions.