Rosary: Mysteries, Meditations, and the Telling of the Beads

A comprehensive manual on the skills of Christian meditative prayer, including the history of the Rosary, the history of the devotion, the theology behind it, and its many connections to art, architecture, liturgy, and other forms of prayer.

Includes a chapter on each of the fifteen Mysteries, examining them from archaeological, anthropological, textual, and other viewpoints, and a thorough explanation of the many promises conveyed by apparitions of Mary to St.

Dominic and Bl.

Alan de Rupe, drawn largely from the Fathers of the Church.