 The rosary is a body without a soul. Now, what happens when your soul leaves your body? Death. You got it. So we don't want this to be an empty prayer when we pray the rosary. We want to be focusing in with our hearts and minds on certain things. And what are those things? These are the mysteries. This is what the body of the rosary is, the prayers that we recite with our lips. They are Father, the Hail Mary, the Glory Be.