Fr. Mark-Mary and Brother Malachy invite you to pray the Rosary with them. Previously they spoke of the power and importance of this prayer, and how to pray it well: The Rosary in a Year: • The...

The rosary is a Catholic devotion in which we ask for the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God, in drawing closer to her divine Son, Jesus. When praying the rosary, you use a string of beads to keep track of your progress through the prayers.

The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the Rosary. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary.

How to Recite the Rosary. On the 5 decades (sets of 10 beads) of a rosary, we pray and meditate on the corresponding set of 5 Mysteries from the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries, or the Luminous Mysteries.

Pope Saint John Paul II suggested the recitation of the Rosary as follows: the JOYFUL mysteries Monday and Saturday, the LUMINOUS on Thursday, the SORROWFUL on Tuesday and Friday, and the GLORIOUS on Wednesday and Sunday (with this exception; Sundays of Advent and Christmas – the JOYFUL; Sundays of Lent – the SORROWFUL). Here is a chart:

Familiarize yourself and/or your group with the prayers of the rosary. Make the Sign of the Cross. Holding the Crucifix, say the Apostles' Creed. On the first bead, say an Our Father. Say one Hail Mary on each of the next three beads.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. HAIL MARY, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is …

Using the rosary, Catholics pray traditional prayers while contemplating sacred Mysteries of our faith. Each time we pray a Hail Mary as part of the rosary, we add a beautiful flower to a crown of roses for Mary.

For reciting the Holy Rosary, you need to know some general Catholic Prayers. The Prayers are in order as follows. The Sign of the Cross; The Apostles’ Creed; The Lord’s Prayer; The Hail Mary; Glory be to the Father; O My Jesus; Hail Holy Queen; O God, whose only begotten Son

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