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The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, "Crown of Roses"), is a traditional popular devotion in the Roman Catholic Church. The Rosary combines vocal (or silent) prayer and meditation centered around sequences of reciting the Lord's Prayer (Oratio Dominicae) followed by ten recitations of the "Hail Mary" (Salutatio Angelica) prayer and a single recitation of "Glory Be to the Father" (Doxologia Minor); each of these sequences is known as a decade (each containing 10 beads, with an additional large bead before each decade). A set of Rosary beads can contain 50, 100 or 150 beads.
What distinguishes the Rosary from other forms of prayer is that it includes a series of meditations. Each decade of the Rosary is said while meditating on one of the three "Mysteries" of redemption (the Joyful; the Sorrowful; and the Glorious).
1. Signum Crucis
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
2. Symbolum Apostolorum
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae; et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum; qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine; passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus; descendit ad infernos; tertia die resurrexit a mortuis; ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis; inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum; Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam; Sanctorum communionem; remissionem peccatorum; carnis resurrectionem; vitam aeternam. Amen.
3. Oratio Dominicae (Pater noster)
Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur Nomen Tuum. Adveniat regnum Tuum, fiat voluntas Tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
4. Salutatio Angelica (Ave Maria)
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
5. Doxologia Minor (Gloria Patri)
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc et'semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
