The joyful mysteries of the rosary guide us along a journey of prayer through Jesus’ conception, birth and early life. We see God not only in his human form, but in the most vulnerable phases of ...
Praying the Rosary, recounting Jesus’ life through repeated Hail Marys, invites reflection and quiet space, embracing the silence between words and personal adaptation.
Don't forget, my friend, that we are children. The Lady of the sweet name, Mary, is absorbed in prayer. You, in that house, can be whatever you wish: a friend, a servant, an onlooker, a neighbor ...
"Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in ... the Rosary." "Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is ...
Jacob Sprenger founded around 1475 an even more famous one in Cologne. Alain's rosary consisted of 150 Aves reflecting the Psalter, and was subdivided in three groups of fifty each, following the ...
As I reflect on the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, I find myself drawn to the depths of human emotion they encapsulate. The pain of the Passion, the weight of betrayal and the struggle of ...
Rosary beads close rosaryA string of beads used as a method of prayer or meditation, for example by Buddhists and Roman Catholic Christians. are an aid to worship that focus on a set order of ...
"The rosary itself is a simple circle of beads ... Traditionally, Kirby said, there were three sets of mysteries – "Joyful," about the birth and early years of Christ; "Sorrowful," about the ...