The Rosary is properly a devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and as such represents a personal devotion to the Mother of God as intercessor, blessed mother, and heavenly patron and protector of the Faithful. It is usually constructed of wood, since Christ died upon wood, although sometimes the beads are made of plastic, metal or seeds. The Rosary has 59 beads, with 50 of them made into decades or groups of ten - when a full fifteen decade Rosary is prayed it is supposed to mirror the Psalms, of which there are 150. The crucifix is always attached to the end of a Rosary, signifying that the Rosary is prayed as a meditation upon the life, death and resurrection of Christ as seen through the eyes of His mother. Many saints and Churchmen refer to devotion to Mary through her Rosary as a sign of predilection, and indeed, it is often used by converts as a devotion before becoming Catholic.
im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary
im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary
im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary
The Rosary is simply a meditative prayer on the mysteries of our redemption. One can pray alone or in a group. The word rosary means a crown of roses. It is a spiritual bouquet given to Our Lady and she has revealed to a number of people over the centuries that each time they say the Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful spiritual rose. A whole rosary then gives her a crown of roses.
Mysteries to meditate on while praying each decade (group of 10 rosary beads)Joyful Mysteries
The Annunciation: Humility
The Visitation: Charity
The Birth of Our Lord: Poverty, or detachment from the world
The Presentation of Our Lord: Purity of heart, obedience
The Finding of Our Lord in the Temple: Piety
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden: Contrition for our sins
The Scourging at the Pillar: Mortification of our senses
The Crowning with Thorns: Interior mortification
The Carrying of the Cross: Patience under crosses
The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord: That we may die to ourselves
The Five Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection: Conversion of heart
The Ascension: A desire for heaven
The Coming of the Holy Ghost: The Gifts of the Holy Ghost
The Assumption of our Blessed Mother into Heaven: Devotion to Mary
The Coronation of our Blessed Mother: Eternal happiness
The Five Luminous Mysteries
The Baptism in the Jordan
The Wedding at Cana
The Proclamation of the Kingdom
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist
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Catholic AnswerHow to pray the rosary: First of all, one of the most important things that we must do as Christians is to pray, and beginning prayer is meditation. Realize that Christian meditation has absolutely nothing in common with Eastern meditation. That are completely different things and that fact that they are called by the same word is an unfortunate happenstance. Christian meditation is recalling and thinking about the truths of the faith. Meditation using Sacred Scripture (The Bible) is called Lectio Divinia.The rosary is a series of prayers based on the Bible - the Our Father, and the Hail Mary (the Angelic Salutation from the Gospel of Luke). But the vocal prayer is like the background music, if you will, to the meditation of the mysteries of the faith, which is the heart of the rosary.
The rosary meditations are:
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Joyful
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Annunciation of angel Gabriel to Mary
Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth
Nativity of our Blessed Savior
Presentation in the Temple
Finding in the Temple
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Luminous
Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan
Self manifestation of Jesus at the Miracle of Cana
Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration on the Mount
The Institution of the Blessed Eucharist
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Sorrowful
The Agony in the Garden
The Scouring at the Pillar
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion
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Glorious
The Resurrection
The Ascension
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Assumption of the B.V.M.
The Crowning of the B.V.M. as Queen of Heaven and Earth.
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So we are praying by meditating on the mysteries of our Redemption. And this form of prayer was very ancient, but the form that we currently use was given by Our Blessed Mother to St. Dominic (who was founder of the Dominicans). As Catholics, we walk in our Savior's footsteps, and one of the ways in which we imitate Him is in His love and devotion to His mother.
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So the rosary is important to us, as Catholic Christians, as fulfilling our Blessed Lord's command to pray always, as meditation on the events of His life, as a form of prayer that was given to us at the express wish of Our Blessed Mother, and as one of the forms of prayer, above most others that leads many saints to intimate union with God.
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Below is the form that I made up for my students in Sunday school (in the instructions below there is L for leader and R for response, that is if you have two or more people praying the rosary together; obviously, if you are saying it alone, you will be saying all the prayers):
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
CRUCIFIX
L. I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of Heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell. On the third day He rose again.
He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
R. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church,
the Communion of the Saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen
Our Father (for the Pope). Three Hail Mary's (Faith, Hope, Charity) Glory be.
All. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the first of Hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen
For each decade:
L. Our Father, who art in heaven,
BIG BEAD
Hallowed be Thy Name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
On Earth as it is in Heaven
R. 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.
L. Hail Mary, full of grace,
SMALL BEADS - 10 TIMES
The Lord is with thee,
Blessed are thou amongst women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
R. Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
L. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
CHAIN
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
L. O my Jesus...
R. forgive us our sins,
save us from the first of Hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen
Final prayers:
Hail, Holy Queen
, Mother of Mercy! Our life,
our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we
cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do
we send up our sights, mourning and weeping
in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most
gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward
us; and after this our exile show unto us the
blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement,
O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
L. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
All:
O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life,
death, and Resurrection, has purchased for us
the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech
Thee, that meditating on these Mysteries of
the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and
obtain what they promise, through the same
Christ our lord. Amen.
The rosary doesn't so much represent something as it is something. A rosary is a tool for counting or keeping track of a set of prayers. Physically, it is a set of 59 beads with a crucifix at one end. The rosary is also the prayers themselves. The rosary consists of a series of Hail Marys, Our Fathers and Glory Be's. The rosary is a tool for meditation. Many people just recite the prayers, but it can be so much more. The rosary can be a means of entering into a meditative state that increases one's awareness of the Presence of God. Yes, the prayers are primarily directed to Mary, but only as a means of connecting with God.
A different response:
Within the community of Christian Churches, it is the Roman Catholic Church that uses the rosary as a devotional aid to prayer. It is not part of most other Christians' tradition.
The rosary itself is not a symbol of anything. It is a circle of beads that help the believe count prayers as they are offered. More details can be found in Related Links.
Roman Catholic answer:The rosary, as we know it today, was preached by St. Dominic in the 13th century. He used it as his main form of prayer to counter the heretics of his day - very successfully! The rosary is a set of prayers and meditations made up the The Apostles Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Glory be, and some people add the Fatima prayer after each decade. Each decade is a meditation on some event in Jesus' life:The Joyful Mysteries
1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Nativity
4. The Presentation
5. The Finding in the Temple
The Luminous Mysteries
1. The Baptism in the Jordan
2. The Self-Manifestation at the Miracle of Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom
4. The Transfiguration on the Mount
5. The Institution of the Blessed Eucharist
The Sorrowful Mysteries
1. The Agony on the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion
The Glorious Mysteries
1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin
Each bead represents a prayer people use them by saying a prayer each time they run their fingers along each bead.
There really is no symbol of the rosary, usually just a rosary.
No, there is no capitalize when referring to rosary beads. You may choose to capitalize when referring to set of prayers called the Rosary, but not for rosary beads.
In My Rosary was created in 1993.
The Apostles' Creed is prayed in the Rosary. It is the first prayer in the Rosary.
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It symbolise the birth of Jesus
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rickety rosary
depends but in maori it can symbolise death
The verb of symbol is symbolise. As in "to symbolise something".
The verb form of icon is iconize. Which means to treat as an icon.
Rosary Basilica was created in 1899.
Feast of the Rosary was created in 1506.