Repetition of the Hail Mary, in the twelfth century, related to the joys of Mary, first five (Annunciation, Nativity, Resurrection, Ascension, Assumption) then seven, later fifteen (reflecting the ...

2 The Rosary has a structure and method designed ... For each mystery is said one "decade" consisting of one Our Father, ten Hail Marys and one Glory Be. Though at first sight this method of ...

After the seven decades, two Hail Marys are added. The Crown concludes with the Our Father and Hail Mary for the intention of the Holy Father and in order to gain indulgence. This is how the rosary ...

In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray in their home by reciting the Rosary: "We need to return to the ...