rosary workshop - a garden of
prayers
SCRIPTURAL ROSARY PRAYER
A SPIRITUAL GARDEN
OF PRAYER
Did you know
that from the time of Benedict - who had a rose garden he called his 'rosary'
- there was a connection between the flower and the prayer?
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During the Renaissance
period, it was again very popular for people to connect the two - the prayer
and a stroll through a spiritual garden with Mary as the guide. Below is
the rosary as it is prayed today with a taste of this gracious old custom.
~THE GARDEN GATE ~
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To enter into the garden path, one must first open the garden gate. The key is in your hand. It is the cross of Jesus' crucifixion. With an open heart make the sign of the cross, kiss it, and the gate will open to the scriptural rosary garden. THE GARDEN PATH
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1st large bead OUR FATHER |
pray for increase in faith, hope & love |
3 small beads HAIL MARY |
between beads GLORY BE |
2nd large bead OUR FATHER |
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Enter into the circlet of 5 decades of beads which represent the garden of roses or the rosarium. Savor the aroma of each rose as Mary shares a verse of Scripture. This treasury tells the story of her son who is the Living Word Made Flesh, Jesus. + CHAPLET OF PRAYERS 1 mystery - 5 meditations. To pray a mystery we will circle the garden 1 time. Each mystery contains five meditations, one for each decade of Ave beads or 50 prayers. + ROSARY OF PRAYERS 3 mysteries - 15 meditations. To pray all three mysteries - the whole rosary - circle the garden 3 times. (usually 1 mystery per day) The root of these 150 prayers comes from the early monks who would pray the 150 Psalms. The laity would say the Pater Noster (Our Father) on each bead as many could not read. It was called the 'poor mans brev' + As you send these roses out to others, let the aroma of each enter deeply into your heart as well - each day the Living Word heals and speaks to the matters of the heart, our life and our soul in a new and different way. |
~THE JOYFL MYSTERIES ~
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1st JOYFUL MYSTERY
+ and respond to theFruit of the Mystery from the garden HUMILITY + then on large bead, pray
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2nd JOYFUL MYSTERY
+ ... and respond to the Fruit of the Mystery from the garden LOVE THY NEIGHBOR + On the next large bead pray
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3rd JOYFUL MYSTERY
+ Fruit of the Mystery from the garden POVERTY + then pray
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4th JOYFUL MYSTERY
+ Fruit of the Mystery from the garden OBEDIENCE + then pray
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5th JOYFUL MYSTERY
+ Fruit of the Mystery from the garden JOY OF FINDING JESUS + then pray
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Now the garden has been circled once.
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SORROWFUL MYSTERIES + To complete the full rosary in meditation and prayer go to the GLORIOUS MYSTERIES + LUMINOUS MYSTERIES + Finish your prayer time by saying the HAIL HOLY QUEEN + Thank Mary for being with you on the walk through her garden or rosarium. + |
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O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation, 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 or Lord. Amen + shared by Sr Frances DeMott, IBVM (MI) |
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~ A GOD THING ~
Most recently,
my husband and I went to a youth meeting at our parish to teach the kids
about the rosary. We gave the kids a rosary and after talking about
the rosary a bit, we prayed one decade with them.
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Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the best supplies available. The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important. |
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