Meinssen Handmade Rosaries Library, Pray the 5 Decade Rosary

Welcome to the stack of rosary prayer guides!

This index organizes the how-to information concerning prayer on the

five decade Dominican rosary. Also included are links to different devotions

that may be prayed on the five decades to make more use of your beads.

The Mysteries Explored

The heart of rosary prayer is thoughtful recall of

the mysteries as the progression of beads are prayed.

The Gospel tableaux and accompanying virtues are discussed here with

quotations from St. Louis de Montfort's The Secret of the Rosary.

Also included is the seven day calendar of rosary prayer.

MHR's photographic guide to the order of prayers of a five decade rosary.

The prayers are generally very well known, so only their titles are

given in this section. To find the prayers written out for you in full,

please see the Standard Rosary Prayers page.

Given here are the full text of prayers commonly

used in the five decade rosary, including the Apostle's Creed

and the Fatima prayer.

Also included are a selection of closing prayers.

Devotions on the 5-Decade Rosary

Your 5 decade rosary may be used for different, and beautiful, devotions.

Please click on the chaplet titles below to view.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet

Chaplet of St. Gertrude the Great (souls in Purgatory)

Chaplet for All Souls

Reparation for Blasphemy (Praise of the Virgin Mary)

The Jesus Prayer Rosary

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees

and make straight paths for your feet so that what is lame

may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

[Hebrews 12:12-13]