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• The bead above the crucifix is called the Our Father bead.
• Hold the bead and pray the Our Father Prayer.

• After the Our Father bead there are three beads, hold the first of these beads and say a Hail Mary.
• Move up one more bead and say the second Hail Mary.
• Move up one more bead and say a third Hail Mary.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, 
Full of Grace, 
The Lord is with thee. 
Blessed art thou among women, 
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus. 
Holy Mary, 
Mother of God, 
pray for us sinners now, 
and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

• Hold the links after the Hail Mary bead and pray a Glory Be.

• Hold the Our Father bead and announce the first mystery. Think about the first mystery, let it sink in and then pray an Our Father.
• For Example: “The First Joyful Mystery, the Annunciation. Our Father, Who art....”

• Move to the first decade of beads found to the right of the centerpiece. On each of the ten beads that follow, pray a Hail Mary while reflecting upon the mystery assigned to this decade (for the Joyful Mysteries, the first decade is a reflection on the Annunciation).

• Hold the link after the Hail Mary bead and pray a Glory Be.

• Then say the Fatima Prayer.

• For each of the remaining four decades you are going to repeat the steps for the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and the Fatima prayers as you work your way to the end of the rosary.

• Completing the 5th decade, hold the medal (or centerpiece) and pray the Hail, Holy Queen.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.