What does rosary symbolise?

Answer 1

The Rosary is properly a devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and as such represents a personal devotion to the Mother of God as intercessor, blessed mother, and heavenly patron and protector of the Faithful. It is usually constructed of wood, since Christ died upon wood, although sometimes the beads are made of plastic, metal or seeds. The Rosary has 59 beads, with 50 of them made into decades or groups of ten - when a full fifteen decade Rosary is prayed it is supposed to mirror the Psalms, of which there are 150. The crucifix is always attached to the end of a Rosary, signifying that the Rosary is prayed as a meditation upon the life, death and resurrection of Christ as seen through the eyes of His mother. Many saints and Churchmen refer to devotion to Mary through her Rosary as a sign of predilection, and indeed, it is often used by converts as a devotion before becoming Catholic.

Answer 2

im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary

im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary

im quite sure that the rosary reprosents the blessed virgin Mary

Answer 3

The Rosary is simply a meditative prayer on the mysteries of our redemption. One can pray alone or in a group. The word rosary means a crown of roses. It is a spiritual bouquet given to Our Lady and she has revealed to a number of people over the centuries that each time they say the Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful spiritual rose. A whole rosary then gives her a crown of roses.

Mysteries to meditate on while praying each decade (group of 10 rosary beads)

Joyful Mysteries

The Annunciation: Humility

The Visitation: Charity

The Birth of Our Lord: Poverty, or detachment from the world

The Presentation of Our Lord: Purity of heart, obedience

The Finding of Our Lord in the Temple: Piety

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries

The Agony in the Garden: Contrition for our sins

The Scourging at the Pillar: Mortification of our senses

The Crowning with Thorns: Interior mortification

The Carrying of the Cross: Patience under crosses

The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord: That we may die to ourselves

The Five Glorious Mysteries

The Resurrection: Conversion of heart

The Ascension: A desire for heaven

The Coming of the Holy Ghost: The Gifts of the Holy Ghost

The Assumption of our Blessed Mother into Heaven: Devotion to Mary

The Coronation of our Blessed Mother: Eternal happiness

The Five Luminous Mysteries

The Baptism in the Jordan

The Wedding at Cana

The Proclamation of the Kingdom

The Transfiguration

The Institution of the Eucharist

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Catholic AnswerHow to pray the rosary: First of all, one of the most important things that we must do as Christians is to pray, and beginning prayer is meditation. Realize that Christian meditation has absolutely nothing in common with Eastern meditation. That are completely different things and that fact that they are called by the same word is an unfortunate happenstance. Christian meditation is recalling and thinking about the truths of the faith. Meditation using Sacred Scripture (The Bible) is called Lectio Divinia.

The rosary is a series of prayers based on the Bible - the Our Father, and the Hail Mary (the Angelic Salutation from the Gospel of Luke). But the vocal prayer is like the background music, if you will, to the meditation of the mysteries of the faith, which is the heart of the rosary.

The rosary meditations are:

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Joyful

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Annunciation of angel Gabriel to Mary

Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth

Nativity of our Blessed Savior

Presentation in the Temple

Finding in the Temple

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Luminous

Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan

Self manifestation of Jesus at the Miracle of Cana

Proclamation of the Kingdom of God

The Transfiguration on the Mount

The Institution of the Blessed Eucharist

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Sorrowful

The Agony in the Garden

The Scouring at the Pillar

The Crowning with Thorns

The Carrying of the Cross

The Crucifixion

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Glorious

The Resurrection

The Ascension

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Assumption of the B.V.M.

The Crowning of the B.V.M. as Queen of Heaven and Earth.

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So we are praying by meditating on the mysteries of our Redemption. And this form of prayer was very ancient, but the form that we currently use was given by Our Blessed Mother to St. Dominic (who was founder of the Dominicans). As Catholics, we walk in our Savior's footsteps, and one of the ways in which we imitate Him is in His love and devotion to His mother.

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So the rosary is important to us, as Catholic Christians, as fulfilling our Blessed Lord's command to pray always, as meditation on the events of His life, as a form of prayer that was given to us at the express wish of Our Blessed Mother, and as one of the forms of prayer, above most others that leads many saints to intimate union with God.

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Below is the form that I made up for my students in Sunday school (in the instructions below there is L for leader and R for response, that is if you have two or more people praying the rosary together; obviously, if you are saying it alone, you will be saying all the prayers):

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

CRUCIFIX

L. I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of Heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into Hell. On the third day He rose again.

He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

R. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church,

the Communion of the Saints, the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Our Father (for the Pope). Three Hail Mary's (Faith, Hope, Charity) Glory be.

All. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,

save us from the first of Hell.

Lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen

For each decade:

L. Our Father, who art in heaven,

BIG BEAD

Hallowed be Thy Name,

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,

On Earth as it is in Heaven

R. Give us this day, our daily bread,

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us,

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

L. Hail Mary, full of grace,

SMALL BEADS - 10 TIMES

The Lord is with thee,

Blessed are thou amongst women,

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

R. Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

L. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

CHAIN

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

L. O my Jesus...

R. forgive us our sins,

save us from the first of Hell.

Lead all souls to Heaven,

especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen

　

Final prayers:

Hail, Holy Queen

, Mother of Mercy! Our life,

our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we

cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do

we send up our sights, mourning and weeping

in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most

gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward

us; and after this our exile show unto us the

blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement,

O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

L. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,

R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.

All:

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life,

death, and Resurrection, has purchased for us

the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech

Thee, that meditating on these Mysteries of

the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin

Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and

obtain what they promise, through the same

Christ our lord. Amen.

Answer 4

The rosary doesn't so much represent something as it is something. A rosary is a tool for counting or keeping track of a set of prayers. Physically, it is a set of 59 beads with a crucifix at one end. The rosary is also the prayers themselves. The rosary consists of a series of Hail Marys, Our Fathers and Glory Be's. The rosary is a tool for meditation. Many people just recite the prayers, but it can be so much more. The rosary can be a means of entering into a meditative state that increases one's awareness of the Presence of God. Yes, the prayers are primarily directed to Mary, but only as a means of connecting with God.

Answer 5

A different response:

Within the community of Christian Churches, it is the Roman Catholic Church that uses the rosary as a devotional aid to prayer. It is not part of most other Christians' tradition.

The rosary itself is not a symbol of anything. It is a circle of beads that help the believe count prayers as they are offered. More details can be found in Related Links.

Roman Catholic answer:The rosary, as we know it today, was preached by St. Dominic in the 13th century. He used it as his main form of prayer to counter the heretics of his day - very successfully! The rosary is a set of prayers and meditations made up the The Apostles Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Glory be, and some people add the Fatima prayer after each decade. Each decade is a meditation on some event in Jesus' life:

The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation

2. The Visitation

3. The Nativity

4. The Presentation

5. The Finding in the Temple

The Luminous Mysteries

1. The Baptism in the Jordan

2. The Self-Manifestation at the Miracle of Cana

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom

4. The Transfiguration on the Mount

5. The Institution of the Blessed Eucharist

The Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony on the Garden

2. The Scourging at the Pillar

3. The Crowning with Thorns

4. The Carrying of the Cross

5. The Crucifixion

The Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection

2. The Ascension

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit

4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin

Answer 6

Roman Catholic AnswerIf you mean what do rosary beads symbolise? They don't really symbolise anything, they stand for prayers.

Answer 7

Each bead represents a prayer people use them by saying a prayer each time they run their fingers along each bead.

Answer 8

There really is no symbol of the rosary, usually just a rosary.