Rosary Resources
From the Dominican Nuns in Marbury, Alabama
With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love.
—Pope St. John Paul II
The Rosary combines simple components into a way of prayer that can reach from the beginnings of the spiritual life all the ways to the depths of contemplation. Our Lady guides us as we gaze on the face of Christ in all His Mysteries, and so enter into union with God.
Rosary 101: Rosary Basics
New to the Rosary?
New to the Rosary? The elements of the Rosary are simple: our fingers count off the Rosary beads as our lips recite the words of the prayers, and our minds ponder the different mysteries of the life of Christ for each decade. Putting these elements together can take practice, like learning how to ride a bicycle, but when we consistently dedicate the time and effort to pray the Rosary, we give Our Lady the chance to lead us gradually closer to her Son and bring our hearts to experience the action of God’s grace. We encourage you: Try it! Pray the Rosary!
Rosary 102: Methods and Meditations
Whether you are just taking up the Rosary or have been praying it for many years, we hope these reflections help you enter more deeply into the rhythm of the Rosary and meditation on the mysteries of Christ. Some posts share special methods of praying the Rosary (such as throughout the day, or in a particularly Eucharistic way); others share meditations on the mysteries of the Rosary, or reflections on its intercessory power or other themes.
These are the fruit of our Hours of Guard, as we pray the Rosary day in and day out over the years. We are happy to share the fruits of our contemplation with you.
Rosary Meditation Booklets
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Dominican Rosary Meditations
Meditations and art from Dominicans saints, writers, and artists, assembled in honor of the Order’s 800th Jubilee. A print version is available.
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Eucharistic Rosary Meditations
Meditations by the nuns in honor of our country’s Eucharistic Revival.
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Scriptural Rosary for Doing God’s Will
Click the button below to download as a PDF.
The Mystical Rosary
Saints have called the Rosary a mystical rose tree which bears the divine fruit of Paradise in our souls. As St. Louis Marie de Montfort says in The Secret of Mary, “Happy, a thousand times happy, is the soul here below to which the Holy Spirit reveals the Secret of Mary in order that it may come to know her; to which He opens the Garden Enclosed that it may enter into it; to which He gives access to that Fountain Sealed that it may draw from it and drink deep draughts of the living waters of grace! . . . But why dwell any longer on this? Only experience can teach the wonders wrought by Mary, wonders so great that neither the proud, nor even many of the devout can believe them.”
Why Join the Rosary Confraternity
Join a community of Catholics united by the sweet chain of the Rosary in striving for holiness through meditating with Mary on the mysteries of Christ. Each member prays 15 decades of the Rosary each week, for the intentions of all members living and deceased. Members are united not only with each other, but also share in the spiritual riches of the entire Dominican Order.
Websites for the Rosary Confraternity are full of helpful information on praying the Rosary, enrolling in the Confraternity in various geographical regions, and finding Dominican preaching on the Rosary.
We encourage you to join us under Our Lady’s mantle by enrolling at one of the Rosary Confraternity websites (find your home state):
