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The word "Rosary" means crown of roses. For centuries people have prayed the rosary to contemplate the lives of Jesus and Mary. The idea is that by meditating on their lives you can come closer to understanding the kingdom of God. Some people also add their own intercessions after praying the rosary in hopes that Mary will help their... more »
Praying the rosary is a Catholic tradition focused on a devotion to the Blessed Mother Mary. Catholics believe that she is the mother of God.Mary promises favors to those who devote time and focus on the rosary.The traditional rosary is a string of beads with each row identified with certain prayers. more »
The Rosary has been officially used since 1569, when Pope Pius V approved the devotion. It has been used by Catholics to pray for peace and intervention during turbulent times throughout history. These beads are still used by adults and children alike to recall the mysteries of Jesus's life. more »
Praying the rosary with your child helps connect your child to the Catholic religion and helps him learn the importance of prayer. It is also a great way to connect with your child on a personal level as you take the journey of praying the rosary together. It's important to introduce rosary praying in a child appropriate manner in... more »
Both the Anglican and Roman Catholic rosaries provide a tactile means of counting prayers, freeing the person using the beads to contemplate the prayers' meanings. The rosaries differ in several ways, however, including number of beads, types of prayer and purpose. more »
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Catholics around the world spend time in prayer and meditation using the rosary. This small string of beads, with a crucifix attached at the... more »
To keep track of prayers, Christians used to keep 150 pebbles that they'd move from one bag to the next to remember to pray 150 times to represent... more »
The Rosary is arguably the most well-known devotion in all of Catholicism. The main facet of the Rosary is known as the "Hail Mary," a prayer so... more »
This beautiful prayer is one that should be said each day. All of our needs are placed before God, with Mary, the Mother of God, interceding for... more »
The rosary is the most popular of Catholic devotions. It involves praying certain prayers on a specially-designed string of beads, while... more »
The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, meaning "rose garden") or "garland of roses" is a popular and traditional Roman Catholic devotion. The term denotes both a set of prayer beads and the devotional prayer itself, which combines vocal (or silent) prayer and meditation. The prayers consist of repeated sequences of the Lords Prayer followed by ten prayings of the Hail Mary and a single praying of "Glory Be to the Father"; each of these sequences is known as a decade. The praying of each decade is accompanied by meditation on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, which are events in the lives of Jesus Christ and his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The traditional 15 Mysteries of the Rosary were standardized, based on the long-standing custom, by Pope St. Pius V in the 16th century. The mysteries are grouped into three sets: the joyful mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries, and the glorious mysteries. In 2002, Pope John Paul II announced five new optional mysteries, the luminous mysteries, bringing the total number of mysteries to 20.
The term has come to be used to refer to similar beads in other religions.
Theological relevance
The rosary is part of the Catholic veneration of Mary, which has been promoted by numerous popes, especially Leo XIII, known as "The Rosary Pope", who issued twelve encyclicals and five apostolic letters on the rosary and added the invocation Queen of the most Holy Rosary to the Litany of Loreto. Pope Pius V introduced the rosary into the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrated on October 7. Most recently, on May 3, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI stated that the Rosary is experiencing a new springtime: "It is one of the most eloquent signs of love that the young generation nourish for Jesus and his Mother.""autogenerated5">ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2008/05/15/benedict-xvi-on-the-rosary/ To Benedict XVI, the rosary is a meditation on all important moments of salvation history read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary
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