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Learn to Pray with Mary, the Mother of Jesus
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| The Hail Mary Prayer
and the Rosary
The Hail Mary words are taken from the Bible. When we say these words we are talking to Mary, just like the angel Gabriel and her cousin Elizabeth did. Then we ask Mary to pray for us.
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Here are two websites
from the Passionist Missionaries about the Hail Mary
Children Learn to Pray--Hail Mary Children Pray: a Scriptural Rosary
Telling Grown-Ups About These Links The Passionist Missionaries have created a marvelous site to teach children to pray the Hail Mary and how to pray and meditate on the Rosary. There is a page telling how to pray the rosary, an introduction to each set of mysteries, and a page for each mystery. The pages use classical art depictions of the mysteries. The font size is also just right for the younger primary grades. |
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How to Use Those “Mysteries” Rosary Beads
Do you like to do things by looking at pictures? The site from “My Friend” gives you all the diagrams, pictures of the Rosary, and the mysteries. There are prayers and coloring pages, too.
My Friend Magazine--How to Pray the Rosary (by Pauline Books & Media)
Telling Grown-Ups About this Site
Pauline Books & Media by the Daughters of St. Paul do marvelous things for children. They produce the Catholic magazine, My Friend, many books for children, and also have printable games. Be sure to look for their coloring book, “I Pray the Rosary,” and the Rosary posters by Margart Rose Scarfi with illustrations by Virginia Helen Richards, FSP. You’ll find these at their online store at http://www.pauline.org/store/index.html |
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Take a virtual tour and see beautiful Rosary mosaics
There is a Rosary chapel at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, USA. The basilica has amazing mosaics showing the mysteries of the rosary. Click on The Great Upper Church picture at the bottom of this link to find the rosary mystery and the prayers. The mysteries are not always in sequence! See if you can find the right mystery. http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=107985# |