Praying the Rosary, recounting Jesus’ life through repeated Hail Marys, invites reflection and quiet space, embracing the silence between words and personal adaptation.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him . . . and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Mt 3: 13, 17). In ...

nos. 18, 31)." The meditations that follow are from Holy Rosary, written in 1931 by St. Josemaría Escrivá. A meditation on the Luminous Mysteries did not appear in Holy Rosary, but throughout ...

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 ...

Prayer is the best weapon we have, it is the key that opens the heart of God’ is a beautiful quote by St Padre Pio. Every ...

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 ...

"The rosary itself is a simple circle of beads ... An additional set of mysteries, the "Luminous" mysteries, were added in 2000 by St. John Paul II and revolves around Jesus' public ministry.

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 ...

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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 ...

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