How to Pray The Rosary
Catholics dedicate October to the Rosary. Including the Feast of the Lady of the Rosary on October 7th. As World War I was raging, on October 13, 1917, Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal . In this apparition Mary identified herself as the Lady of the Rosary. What is the Rosary? The word Rosary means “crown of roses.” Every Hail Mary we say gives Mary a beautiful white rose, and each completed Rosary, makes her a crown of Roses ! A Rosary is 3 sets of 5 decades, resulting in praying a total of 150 Hail Marys . Each decade is comprised of 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Marys. Each Hail Mary is a white rose and each Our Father is a Red Rose. Mysteries or Rosary Meditations Catholics and other Christians believe that Jesus sacrificed himself for the forgiveness of our sins (our salvation). The act of praying a Rosary is literally devoting our time and minds to meditating on the life, death and glory of Jesus and Mary (aka the mysteries). There are 15 mysteri
