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Gold plated Solid sterling silver with black cloisonne beads (BLACK)
Item # SPG110BLK/26/460
$110.00 
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Item is shown 2x to show details Gold plated Solid sterling silver with black cloisonne beads (BLACK) Item # SPG110BLK/26/460 $110.00
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Catholic Prayer RosaryThere are many people who know little
about the prayers said on rosary beads, including a large number of modern Catholics.
Although there have been various ways that Catholics have prayed the rosary throughout
its history, one way is universal today: meditating on fifteen mysteries while
reciting a series of Hail Mary's broken into groups of ten by Our Father's and
Glory Be's. The rosary prayer begins, as does all Catholic prayer, with the sign
of the cross, and continues with the recitation of the Apostles' Creed on the
rosary's crucifix. Then an Our Father is said on the closest large bead, followed
by Hail Mary's on the next three smaller beads. The prayer continues with the
Little Doxology or Glory Be on the next large bead. Here the pendant part of the
rosary that carries the crucifix, (a uniquely Catholic symbol), is attached to
the circle of beads upon which the meditations begin. Catholics start each decade
with An Our Father on the large bead and then say a Hail Mary on each of the ten
small beads. Although there is no bead for it, it is customary to say the Little
Doxology after each meditation. The prayer continues in this manner to the end
of the rosary's circle of beads. The complete rosary prayer has fifteen decades
although most rosary beads have only five sets of ten beads. It is perfectly acceptable
to stop the prayer after each group of five decades as the Catholic rosary is
broken up into three sets of five meditations. The meditations are all on episodes
in the lives of Jesus and Mary in accordance with the Gospels and the teachings
of the Catholic Church. The first set of meditations, or mysteries as they are
customarily called, has been named the Joyful Mysteries. It contains the Annunciation,
the Visitation, the Nativity, the Presentation in the Temple, and the Finding
of the Child Jesus in the Temple. The second set is called the Sorrowful Mysteries
and includes the Agony in the Garden, the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning
with Thorns, the Carrying of the Cross and the Crucifixion. The third set of meditations,
called the Glorious Mysteries begins with the Resurrection, followed by the Ascension,
the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and the Crowning
of Mary as Queen of Heaven. In 2003, proclaiming that year the Year of the Rosary,
the Roman Catholic Pope, John Paul II added a fourth set of mysteries known as
the Luminous Mysteries. These are the Baptism of Jesus, the Wedding at Cana, the
Proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfiguration and the Institution of the Eucharist.
Meditating while vocalizing prayers is a very old practice in the Catholic Church
and, in fact, is a method of prayer for many religions. Science has shown that
there are physiological benefits to saying the rosary, as well as spiritual ones;
meditating as you pray the rosary, can lower your blood pressure and heart rate.
The rate of breathing is reduced and brain activity resembles that of those in
a state of deep relaxation. So, praying the rosary is beneficial for your soul
and body, good reasons to dust off those old rosary beads, and turn your heart
to the rosary prayer. |