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The Rosary is actually very simple to pray- just keep it simple and allow it to lead you. Sometimes, you will find your focus is on the words—sometimes the mystery—and sometimes just moving your fingers over the beads, arriving at the end of a decade without being able to remember saying any the prayers along the way. If you are praying the Rosary with a child, then just saying each of the three prayers once is a good idea for short ,focussed praying The Rosary can be prayed on your own or in a group. If you are praying in a group, one person will lead the first half of each of the prayers and everyone else will say the second half. This gives a dialogue feel to the prayer—and helps to keep you focussed. One beauty of the Rosary is that it is portable so it is also possible to pray it outside either alone or with a group.
The words of the main Prayers for the Rosary are:
The Lord’s Prayer The prayer that Jesus himself taught his disciples and which continues to be the prayer of the Christian family.
Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
The Hail Mary The first part is based on the words the Angel Gabriel and Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth used to Mary. The second part is a later addition and can be replace by a sentence or phrase from the passage that is associated with the Mystery you are praying.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen
The Glory be… This is prayed at the end of each decade as a concluding prayer in praise of God.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
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The Month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Pope Francis is asking Catholics to pray the Rosary for peace each day in May.
“We will recite the rosary praying particularly for peace in Syria and the whole world,” the Pope said. “I invite you to spiritually join me and to prolong for the whole month of May praying the rosary for peace.”
The Mini Vinnies have taken up the challenge and will be praying a decade of the Rosary each Friday in the Garden.
Everyone is welcome to join them in the garden at 12.50 every day, at the end of the lunch break.
-Jess and Kian
The Mini Vinnies have been making rosary beads to sell during the Month of May. They will be available from the School office for 50p.
The beads represent one decade of the Rosary, with a coloured bead next to the cross for the “Our Father”, 10 beads of the same colour for the “Hail Mary’s” and a bead at the end for the “Glory Be”. Each decade will be in its own pouch along with a copy of the prayers.
All money raised will be donated to charity so please come along and buy one!
