Learned about the Rosary

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In my RCIA class we learned how to pray the rosary. What is the background story of the rosary? Where did it come from? Is it anywhere in the Bible? God Bless
 
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In my RCIA class we learned how to pray the rosary. What is the background story of the rosary? Where did it come from? Is it anywhere in the Bible? God Bless
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It is a private devotion that was revealed to Saint Dominic centuries ago. It is simply praying the Gospel of Christ. We contemplate the mysteries of the Gospel as we recite the “Hail, Mary” prayers. The Hail Marys become background music for your active contemplation of each mystery. Yet, you cannot repeat the angel Gabriel’s words “Hail, full of grace” and Elizabeth’s words “Blessed art thou and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb” without internalizing it at some level. Here is a brief history of the devotion. And, not to worry, it is not a “vain repetition”, as it offers all glory to God. Vain repetition serves the self.
 
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In my RCIA class we learned how to pray the rosary. What is the background story of the rosary? Where did it come from? Is it anywhere in the Bible? God Bless
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The History

No, it’s not in the Bible. According to tradition, the rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition by the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1214 in the church of Prouille.
 
The Holy Rosary is a highly suggested prayer recitition by all the Popes especially since Leo XIII foward.

The Hail Mary is Biblical, the Our Father is Biblical, the Hail Holy Queen is the most important antiphon through “Ordinary time” in the Liturgical Calender. The Apostles Creed of course is also very old as is the Glory Be. The Fatima Prayer was added after Fatima as where the 4th set of Mysteries.

Biblically speaking it is the Blessed Mother from Genesis to Revelations which defeats lucifer.

As mentioned the Rosary is a highly recommended daily prayer recitation. The idea is to offer all your suffering up to the Lord for the conversion of sinners and world peace. The Promise’s of the Rosary are real. However you will have to persevere in the daily recitation.

Once one can make this a consistant part of the daily prayer then I would look hard at the Divine Office and the Litanys and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Prayer to St Michael. There are other Chapets also such as St Michael etc.

Grace and Mercy
 
It is a Western Christian evolution of the prayer beads used by the early Desert Fathers to recite the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Orthodox Christians still use prayer beads rather than the Rosary, and Eastern Catholics use both, though some Bishops are trying to suppress the Rosary as part of a policy of De-Latinization.

Both are beautiful devotions, though I prefer the Rosary.
 
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