A Complete Guide to The Holy Rosary
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The Rosary is an extremely popular traditional Catholic prayer which is in fact a series of individual prayers repeated in a specific sequence. The rosary also refers to an object known as prayer beads.
Rosary prayer beads are used to help pray the rosary and count the series of prayers or meditation.
This book explains how to pray the rosary in easy steps. The words to all of the prayers are included as well as an easy to follow visual guide.
Melissa Russell
Melissa Russell is a website designer and eBook author. She has also trained self publishers on how to get their books published and distributed to major online retailers. Melissa lives in London with her husband and three children.
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A Complete Guide to The Holy Rosary - Melissa Russell
A Complete Guide to
The Holy Rosary
By Melissa Russell
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Copyright 2011 Melissa Russell
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Linda Alchin and Marcus Tidmarsh for their support and guidance which has given me the confidence to compile this book. To Gary, Ryan, Millie and Luke – you are my inspiration.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my mother, Sally Melly – The best catholic ever and the most caring and generous person in the whole world.
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Author Biography
Melissa Russell is a website designer and eBook author. She has a keen interest in English literature and the Roman Catholic faith. Melissa lives in London with her husband and three children.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Pray the Rosary - Steps
List of Mysteries
Days of the Week
Glorious Mysteries
Joyful Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
Luminous Mysteries
The Family Rosary
A Visual Guide to Praying the Rosary
Rosary Prayers
Sign of the Cross
The Our Father
Hail Mary
Apostles Creed
Glory Be
Hail Holy Queen
O My Jesus
Additional Rosary Prayers
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Introduction
The word Rosary comes from the Latin word ‘Rosarium’, meaning Rose Garden
or Garland of Roses
.
It is an extremely popular traditional Catholic prayer which is in fact a series of individual prayers repeated in a specific sequence. The rosary also refers to an object known as prayer beads.
Rosary prayer beads are used to help pray the rosary and count the series of prayers or meditation, they are often arranged to look like a necklace, although they should never be worn as one.
The beads are grouped into five sets of ten individual beads better known as ‘Decades’, a larger bead separates each set. There is also a small medallion displaying the Virgin Mary's picture and a separate smaller string which consists of a single bead, followed by three beads and finally another single bead at the end of the rosary from which a crucifix is suspended.
The Rosary prayer is divided into five decades and completion of the five decades represents a mystery or event in the life of Jesus. There are four groups of Rosary Mysteries and these are known as: Joyful, Glorious, Sorrowful and Luminous. Each group of mysteries contain five individual mysteries which are said on different days of the week or times of the church year.
Until 2002 there were fifteen standard Rosary Mysteries which were set by Pope St. Pius V in the 16th century. The fifteen mysteries were grouped into three sets:
- Joyful
- Sorrowful
- Glorious
Pope John Paul II announced five new mysteries, known as the luminous mysteries in 2002,