October Month of the Holy Rosary

Feast of the Holy Rosary

Mary
Stained Glass
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This month traditionally is given over to the promotion of devotion to the rosary. On 7th October we will celebrate the feast of the rosary. This recalls the Christian victory over the Turks at the battle of Lepanto following the rallying cry to say the rosary by Pope Pius V.

This simple prayer, which many of us have learnt as children, is not simply a devotion to Mary but rather a meditation on the life of Christ in the company of His mother. Why not reconsider this month our use of this prayer? How often do I say the rosary? Do I rush it? Do I pray with my family?

“With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.” John Paul II

In children's liturgy we are looking at each of the Joyful mysteries: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Presentation in the Temple and Jesus in the Temple.

Joyful Mystery: Visitation

For an online opportunity to pray the joyful mystery of the rosary with others. Takes 15 minutes