The Rosary was for them the appropriate school to learn how to pray well, since bead after bead, it leads us from vocal prayer, to meditation, and eventually to contemplation.

Initially, the rosary prayer contained only 15 mysteries – the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, Fr. Christopher M. Zelonis, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, told ...

You can choose to pray the five decades (including announcing all of the mysteries) in one sitting or do so on different days. Reciting the rosary is intended to lead the faithful into calm ...

The fruits of each glorious mystery are listed as follows: faith, hope, wisdom, devotion to Mary and the grace of a happy death. Slowly but surely, I could see them playing out in my own life.

But you do happen to have your Kindle — so you can still pray that Rosary, following along each “bead” if you download Pray the Rosary Bead by Bead: Formatted to Mimic Rosary Beads by ...

Little children, pray the rosary and meditate the mysteries of the rosary because, in your life, you are also passing through joys and sorrows. In this way, ...

And when we pray the Rosary, as John Paul II says, we learn at the “School of Mary.” And she teaches us the mysteries in the life of Christ.

October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. An interview with Gretchen Crowe, author the book Why the Rosary, Why Now?

This year, the organization has provided meditations on the mysteries of the rosary for children in 24 languages, along with printable coloring pages and a prayer to St. Joseph.