Why praying the rosary is important

October is the month devoted to the Holy Rosary. This is the perfect time for us to reflect upon the meaning of the Rosary and its significance in our walk of faith. When referring to the prayer, the word Rosary is usually capitalized and when talking about the beads, the lower-case form is used.

According to pious tradition, the idea of the Rosary was given to Saint Dominic when the Virgin Mary appeared to him in an apparition in the year This Marian apparition is given the title of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Devotion to the Rosary is one of the most distinguishable features of popular Catholic spirituality. The Rosary inspires us to meditate on the mysteries of the lives of Jesus and Mary.

Meditation is an important of our lives as Catholics. This mobilization of faculties is necessary in order to deepen our convictions of faith, prompt the conversion of our heart and strengthen our will to follow Christ. The Rosary is a devotion in honor of the Virgin Mary. It is made up of a set number of prayers.

Today, the total number of mysteries is twenty. All throughout the history of the Catholic Church, many popes and saints have encouraged praying the Rosary. As we begin to understand and appreciate the Rosary and pray it more frequently, we come to see the true meaning of its meditations. We begin to appreciate how its prayers are reminders not only of Mary the Mother of God but of Christ himself. Through Mary, we are led to a closer relationship with her son, Jesus.

The Rosary is an invitation for us to present our needs to God and to love Him more. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun. Gretchen R. It was one of those days you never forget. Sitting on the beach one summer evening last year, my husband and I decided to pray the rosary. Close by on a blanket was our son, only 8 weeks old. As we started praying out loud, our son began to coo along with every word.

See a related video. Over the centuries, many Catholics of all walks of life have underscored the familial nature of praying the rosary. Notable among these include two great 20th-century rosary devotees, Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II. Surely we know there is no better prayer suited to family life than the rosary — but why? Here are five reasons. The short, repetitive prayers of the rosary make it a perfect devotion for families.

It can be prayed by anyone, anywhere. And she is there, on the other end of the Rosary, always. And so, pick up those beads often and know that she is always there, on the other end, loving you with the entirety of her Immaculate Heart.

Or maybe you do remember to pray for them, but end up offering little more than a momentary mental prayer for the cause? How often have you been confronted by people or situations that need real prayers, and you want to pray for them, but you feel like you have little to offer due to a lacking prayer life? When you set aside time for a daily Rosary, you create for yourself a real opportunity to help those in need of prayers and a dedicated habit of offering those prayers.

And so, pick up those beads each and every day and bring the needs of all you know and place them in the loving hands of Our Blessed Mother. Whether it be for peace between world powers, peace in our families, peace in our communities and schools, peace in our relationships, or even peace within ourselves, the peace of God is something we must constantly ask for.

Since God saw it fitting to allow all grace to flow through the loving hands of Our Blessed Mother, she is the one we need to beg for this peace. When we feel that dull ache of loneliness, despair, or anxiety it can be difficult to know what to even pray for. For times like this, the Rosary is an especially powerful gift. Clutch the beads and say those familiar prayers that, for many of us, hearken back to our childhood, when our faith was natural and free from doubt.

Fall into the rhythm of those words and allow St. Elizabeth at the Visitation, and the archangel, Gabriel, at the Annunciation speak for you. Allow the Rosary to lead you back to Our Blessed Mother. She is waiting to take care of you as only a mother can. Because the Rosary is such a powerful prayer, I really encourage you to enrich the way you pray the Rosary. The more we know about Jesus and His Mother, the more we read about the different mysteries of the Rosary, the better our meditation can be while we pray the Holy Rosary.

To help you do this, I have put together a little book of Rosary Prayers and Reflections. The book is designed to help the faithful meditate even more deeply on the beautiful mysteries of the Rosary. If you are just beginning to fall in love with the Rosary this book includes general instructions for praying the Rosary, the text of all the prayers of the Rosary, as well as an overview of Contemplation. From there, the Rosary Book offers lots of beautiful materials for each decade of the Rosary to help you dive deeper into prayer.

The Rosary Book includes original art for each Mystery created by Annie of Paper Monastery , Bible verses, a virtue, prayer, and beautiful reflection for each of the 20 decades of the Rosary. Your email address will not be published. I am indeed happy that the Rosary Prayer is being inculcated to be prayed by every Catholic. The focus of it is Jesus and His Mother. The mysteries of the Rosary are based on the Life of Jesus.

Every bit of the Rosary Prayer has its basis in the Bible and in the tradition of the Catholic Faithful. The Saints had a special love for the Rosary Prayer. Lovely i really like the way all things are explained. Thank you and may the good Lord bless you abundantly for sharing such information. I would love to have a Rosary book for 8 dollars. I say the 7 joys rosary which ends up being 70 Hail Marys and 2 extra for her age when she was raised body and soul into Heaven.

My father Nicholas Misiti has advancing dementia and I nor my sisters or brother could care for him in our homes. With his advanced decline of mental capabilites he held his rosary close to him and would often ask for me, Rose, his first daughter to find his rosary for him……….

I have made a cognitive and spiritual connection to the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, where my mother is buried.