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The prayer of the Rosary is a memorial of the life of Jesus. Each mystery of the Rosary is a mystery of remembrance of what God has done for His people. Pondering the life of Jesus Christ helps to renew our minds and hearts by drawing us closer to what is true, good and beautiful. Essentially, the Rosary is a compendium of the Gospel.
The Rosary is a Scripture-based prayer. It begins with the Apostles' Creed, which summarizes the great mysteries of the Catholic faith. The Our Father, which introduces each mystery, is from the Gospels. The first part of the Hail Mary is the angel's words announcing Christ's birth and Elizabeth's greeting to Mary. St. Pius V officially added the second part of the Hail Mary. The Mysteries of the Rosary center on the events of Christ's life. There are four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and––added by Pope John Paul II in 2002––the Luminous.
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Though I'm interested and learning, I really don't have much understanding, especially about the Rosary. The messages in TLIG say a great deal about how important it is, from now to, and especially in, the end.
I've said things like that to those in my world who are church going, fairly religious people and there is almost hostility to "a bunch of beads" and none are even slightly interested.
Mother Mary gets a similar treatment...except at Christmas, of course.
Being a lo-info, late to the party kind of Christian seems to have the advantage of my having avoided much of the prejudice, hostility and aversion others seem to be caught up in and I can't help but be worried about many of my brothers and sisters of the same Holy Father.
Thank you for helping my understanding!