Did you know?
The rosary is an incredibly rich practice of prayer that developed slowly, evolving over the centuries. The first recorded use of the word “rosary” did not appear until 1597. But the roots of the rosary are found far earlier. The rosary has roots in several early Christian prayer traditions. They share similar formats to the rosary with repetitive structures and prayers.
Third-century Christian hermits and monks in Egypt (known as Desert Fathers) used stones and later prayer ropes to keep track when praying the 150 Psalms.
Various forms of “the Jesus Prayer” (such as “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.”) became popular and was said over and over again in a type of mantra while counting beads.
The Our Father was also prayed 150 times, using a string of beads with five decades referred to as a Paternoster (Latin for “Our Father”)
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Join us in prayer, bring your intentions to God through the rosary today at noon.
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