Rosary-based prayers
These prayers recite specific word sequences on the beads that make up the different sections.
Attached between one pair of decades is a short string of five beads: three of them closely spaced, two others separated by a larger distance.
This short string may attach to the main loop by a centrepiece in the form of a medallion bearing the image of a saint, a Sacred Heart, or some other symbol.
Small rosaries may comprise a single decade on the loop while retaining five beads and a cross on the pendant.
An example of the Bridgettine rosary may be seen depicted on the statue of the Crowned Virgin in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
[3][4] There are fifty such phrases commended by Dominic and it acquired its alternative name as these cover the life of Jesus more completely than other rosaries.
[7][8] The main focus of this prayer is to implore God the Father's mercy for the person praying and for the whole world, through the merits of the Passion of Christ.
In 1233, seven members of a Florentine Confraternity devoted to the Mother of God founded the Servite Order.
According to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared to the young men and exhorted them to devote themselves to her service.
During the 18th century, a set of introductory prayers for the Servite Rosary was written by Alphonsus Liguori in his book The Glories of Mary.
This rosary prayer goes back several centuries and there are differing views among experts on its exact history.
[18] In 1263, Bonaventure, Minister General of the Order, encouraged liturgical devotion honoring the mystery of the Visitation.
In addition to developing this Marian devotion, the Franciscans are credited with adding the final words to the Hail Mary: "Jesus.
This rosary specifically meditates on the wounds of Jesus Christ as an Act of Reparation for the sins of the world.
From an early date, the Trinitarians have used a form of prayer based on the Trisagion (sometimes Trisagium or Triagion, from the Greek 'thrice' + 'holy').
A special prayer is recited on each of the nine beads: "To you be praise, glory, and thanksgiving for ever, blessed Trinity.
Reciting a certain number of prayers does not necessarily imply the presence of beads—prayers can be counted on one's fingers, by moving a peg from one hole to another, and so forth.
Christian monastics, in addition to clergymen, "recited or chanted the 150 Psalms as a major source of hourly worship.
In some houses, lay brothers who did not understand Latin or who were illiterate were required to say the Lord's Prayer (also referred to the "Our Father") a certain number of times each day while meditating on the Mysteries of the Incarnation of Christ.
[25] In the eighth century the penitentials, or rule books pertaining to penitents, prescribed various penances of 20, 50, or more, paters.
[26] The Ecumenical Miracle Rosary has gained a favourable response from Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians and is prayed by members of these denominations.
The prayer rope is not as fixed in form as the Western rosary (it may have 10, 33, 50, 100, or 500 knots on it), and it normally makes use of beads only as dividers between sections.
