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People have been praying the Rosary for over 500 years. The Rosary consists of praying the Our Father and Hail Mary while meditating on the mysteries of the life of Jesus Christ. The fifteen mysteries of the Rosary are divided into three groups of five mysteries: Sorrowful, Joyful, and Glorious. The Rosary is both a verbal and mental prayer. The verbal prayer consists of praying the Our Father and Hail Mary. The mental prayer is done by meditating on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the humbleness and fidelity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Resources in This Category

• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Rosary

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13184b.htm
  History of this devotion--you may be surprised. Also considers the Orthodox and Eastern-Rite Catholic practice.

• Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklets

  http://www.webhart.net/csrb/
  Six editions (Douay, NAB, and RSV) with classic or modern prayers, in PDF, suitable for printing out.

• Laetitiae Sanctae

  http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_le13ls.htm
  Pope Leo XIII says that meditation on each set of mysteries of the rosary remedies a specific danger in modern society. Encyclical promulgated 8 September, 1893.

• Magnae Dei Matris

  http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13ro2.htm
  Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, 8 September 1892. Commends the Rosary for its power to increase love for Christ, and to inspire a virtuous life.

• Ranger Rosary Project

  http://www.rangerrosary.com/
  Help and resources for individuals and groups interested in making rosaries for servicemen and women overseas.

• Rosarium Virginis Mariae

  http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae_en.html
  Pope John Paul's apostolic letter on the Rosary, announcing a "Year of the Rosary" and proposing five new mysteries: the "Luminous Mysteries". Signed by Pope John Paul on October 16, 2002.

• Rosary Army

  http://www.rosaryarmy.com/
  Dedicated to making, praying and giving away knotted twine rosaries.

• Rosary Making Tools

  http://sites.google.com/site/xl4qrz13/
  Tools for making cord rosaries. Making a cord rosary is faster and easier with these tools. These tools can be made inexpensively at home.

• Scriptural Rosary for those who love Mary!

  http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/rosary/home.html
  Especially for those with worn rosary beads...a fresh approach to the rosary with living scripture!

• Supremi Apostolatus Officio

  http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_le13so.htm
  Encyclical of Leo XIII, promulgated September 1, 1883. Testifies to the rosary's venerability and power, and exhorts the faithful to its frequent use.

• The Catholic Rosary WebRing

  http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=rosaryring
  Dedicated to sites about the Rosary, also those sites which offer rosaries or chaplets, for sale or for free.

• The Family Rosary

  http://www.familyrosary.org/
  Focuses on strengthening family prayer. Includes Scripture reflections, essays, and resources to increase family prayer.

• The Most AMYable Roman Catholic Lending Library, Inc. Rosary Decade Group

  http://www.rc.net/omaha/amyablerosary/
  The goal is to explain and unite people in prayer through the Rosary.

• The Perpetual Web Rosary

  http://cul.detmich.com/rosary.html
  A web-based, perpetual Rosary. All the Rosary prayers are provided.

• The Rosary

  http://members.shaw.ca/claude-leduc/
  An overview which attempts to correlate the traditional Mysteries of the Rosary with the Mass. Some pages are too wide for smaller monitors.

• The Rosary Army

  http://rosaryarmy.tripod.com/index.htm
  Dedicated to increasing devotion to the Rosary. Praying for the conversion of sinners.

• The Rosary Confraternity

  http://www.rosary-center.org/nroscon.htm
  Join the Rosary Prayer Movement entrusted to the Dominican Order by the Pope over 500 years ago. Learn about the Rosary and the Fatima message.

• The Rosary: My Daily Prayer

  http://www.cin.org/kc84-1.html
  Essay on the history and benefits of reciting the Rosary and how the Rosary helps us draw closer to Jesus.

• Virtual Rosary Software

  http://www.virtualrosary.org/
  Free Rosary software for Win 3.x, Win 9x/NT, or Mac. With Scripture verses, illustrations. Keeps track of bead and decade. English, Spanish, or Latin, your choice.

• World Wide Rosary

  http://www.savior.org/wwrc/
  Rosary crusade to pray for peace. Includes instructions on praying the Rosary and participating in the crusade.

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