The Rosary

The rosary is a powerful weapon in our quest to become saints, to become holy. Our discussions at SPY were just a tiny fraction of what you can learn about the Rosary. I want to share with you some resources that can help you pray the Rosary, or pray it better.

A fantastic resource for praying the rosary is also a fanstatic resource for many other things "Catholic". The app is called Laudate, and it is available for both iPhone and Android phones. The Laudate app has an interative rosary that you can pray without a rosary in your hand, showing you the prayers and mysteries and the appropriate time. It also has many pod casts of others saying the rosary that you can follow along with or just listen to as you're getting ready for the day. For Android phones: Laudate. For iPhones: Laudate. I can't recommend this app enough. 

A very simple guide to the rosary can be found here. It's a PDF file that has all the prayers of the rosary and a visual guide to show you exactly where on the rosary to be praying the prayers. It has the mysteries of the rosary, including the scripture verse reference, just not the words to the scripture verse.

The site How to Pray the Rosary Everyday has lots of resources and information. It has a number of "pocket guides" or "pocket booklets". These are single sheet PDF files that you can print and then fold and make a single partial cut to make a booklet that will fit in a pocket, a wallet or a purse. There is booklet on the basic prayers of the rosary. And there is a booklet for each of the mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous. These booklets contain a picture to help you meditate on each mystery, as well as the scripture verses for the mystery.

If you want a really unique rosary, you can go to the site Our Lady's Rosaries. On there you can find the rosary that Deacon Harold showed us DCYC - the Bullet Rosary. It looks like a pretty nice rosary, but it is very expensive.

 

As always, if you have any questions about the rosary or any other topic, you can always reach out to me or the other adult leaders of SPY. To reach me, just respond to a Remind message. I'll get back to you as fast as I can.

Striving for holiness,
and wanting to help you be holy,
DavidE