In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray in their ... seeing him with the Rosary beads between his fingers.

Widespread and popular, this prayer, which is attributable to Mary directly, and thus took on special importance and authority, has not been sanctioned by the Church as far as is known to us. In other ...

If you add to the ninety-nine beads the Cross as separate number you have the equivalent of the Orthodox Rosary and the symbol of the fullness of Creation represented in the number one-hundred. The ...

The Rosary is a centuries-old way ... passage before moving on to vocal prayer. Then proceed to the recitation of the decade. On the large bead say the Our Father. On each of the ten small beads ...

Even today, foreigners in a strange land struggling to understand a different language, can take comfort in saying the Catholic rosary or another bead-prayer method in their faith and native language.

Modern scholars may question St. Dominic’s role in the Rosary, but historical evidence offers a compelling case.

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 prayers.

With a mix of experience, prayer ... become an ordained Catholic priest. The rosary has the power to set souls free because it is, in essence, the Bible on a set of beads. It is mobile and ...

The Catholic publisher ... all the elements of the rosary. In an interview with CNA, Father Ames said he hopes these phases will help to build “the muscle of prayer.” “I think there ...