Catholic people please or anyone familiar with it!!??

Question

Why is it that you carry a Rosary around with you?? What is it for?? Is it like other Christians have a cross for respect?? And is it true that you pray through Mother Mary to get to God?? You know, like we pray through Jesus to get to God!!

Thanks in advance!!

And also, what is Catechism??

Answer 1

The rosary is a set of prayers, not fixed in form, varying across time and place and having multiple forms at any moment, first mentioned in the early 200's and even then mentioned as ancient and believed to be from the apostles.

It is a way to meditate on the life of Christ and pray. The form varies, but basically, one takes the mysteries of Christianity and sees Jesus through the eyes of His mother. She is the only person in scripture, James possible excepted, who knew him both before and after His death. She saw his entire life. What would the story look like through a loving mother's eyes? What was the experience of having Him go missing when He was 13? What was the crucifixion like? The nativity?

It is carried because it is a useful thing to say to fill your time when you could be wasting it. You never know when God will call you to prayer.

The catechism is like a faq on the internet. It is the questions that people have wondered about put into a simple form.

It is and it is not true that Catholics pray to Mary to get to God. It is true in the sense that we trust the saints are praying for us to God as the book of Revelations says. It is not true we are using her as a mediator like Christ. She is somewhat unique among the saints, but she isn't God.

She holds a place of special honor for two reasons. First, the Gospel says all generations will call her blessed so we do call her blessed. Second, the commandment in the Old Testament, 'Honor thy father and mother," is better translated into English as "glorify your father and mother." The word "honor," is similar to the word honor when speaking of a judge as "his honor." It does not mean simply to listen to your father and mother respectfully.

Jesus as a dutiful son would have honored the commandment. Imitation of Christ is a path to holiness, maybe THE path to holiness. All we are doing is imitating God the Son.

Answer 2

A Rosary is a set of prayer beads, used to count prayers offered in memory of Jesus' journey carring the cross up to His crucifiction. It is a prayer to Mary and is also called the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Physically, a Rosary has a cross, a group of 5 beads, a small medal where the loop begins, and 5 groups of 10 beads separated by a single bead in between. Each bead signifies a prayer to be recited.

There are 3 main prayers recited in groups during the praying of the Rosary: the Glory Be, the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary. There are also four special prayers ('mysteries') which are recited on different days as the overall 'theme' of the Rosary for a particular day.

The Rosary can be prayed any day, but it carries special meaning during Holy Week (Holy Thursday/Last Supper, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter.)


The catechism is the basic dogma (teachings) of the Church, written for lay people (non-clergy), particularly children and young adults.

Answer 3

First of all, a Catechism is a synthesis of what the Church believes, and why, explained in a language that is familiar to each age.
The Rosary is a complex prayer, originated in the 12-th century and made universal (i.e. permitted for use throughout the Church) in 1579.
This might come as a surprise to you, but in praying the Rosary we do not focus on Mary. It is a meditative and Biblical prayer. During the recitation of the Rosary, we meditate on a set of "mysteries" from the life and teaching of Jesus, as recorded in the Gospels. If you recite without meditating, you're not a praying person, but a chatterbox.
Praying to Mary and the saints is just like asking you or anybody else to pray for us. Only they are in glory with God and free from all earthly constraints and as such, their prayer is more effective.
Catholics venerate Mary and the saints as faithful servants of God but they are NOT mariolaters or hagiolaters, i.e. they do not WORSHIP Mary or the saints. Worship or adoration is something we may give only to God.

Answer 4

I use a Rosary to pray, but I almost pray straight to God (or Jesus), not through Mother Mary

Answer 5

The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, "crown of roses"), is an important and traditional sacramental devotion of the Roman Catholic Church consisting of a set of prayer beads and a system of set prayers. The Rosary combines prayer and meditation centered around sequences of reciting the Lord's Prayer followed by ten recitations of the "Hail Mary" prayer; one such sequence is known as a decade. A complete Rosary involves the completion of all decades, as well as other prefatory and final prayers.

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary has the liturgical rank of universal memorial. It is associated with Our Lady of Victory and is celebrated on October 7th on the Catholic liturgical calendar in commemoration of the "Victory of Our Lady" at the Battle of LePanto.

The rosary is also sometimes used by some adherents of other Christian denominations, particularly in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church, and the Lutheran Church.

John Paul II, in his Apostolic Letter of October 16, 2002 Rosarium Virginis Mariae [1], recommended a new set of five decades in addition to the traditional fifteen. As a result, some say a rosary of twenty decades
And NO, we do not pray to Mary to get to God, we say prayers to Mary and we also have prayers to God, but ultimately God, the father is who we believe holds all power.

Answer 6

Many Catholics won't admit it, but the rosary is a great way to meditate. You say certain prayers at certain intervals (that's why they're spaced 10 ... 1 ... 10). Actually, when my Mom was passing, her lungs were filling with fluid and she had the most awful cough, my Dad got the family around her and started praying the rosary. Her lips moved as she tried to say it with us, but was unable; then her cough stopped. She didn't cough the entire time we were praying (meditating). Go figure. Must mean somethin'!

It's not actually "praying through". It's asking for Mary to intercede on our behalf.

Answer 7

The Eastern Orthodox do not utilize rosaries.

Cathecism is a set of beliefs. For the Orthodox, the Nicene Creed and the Lord's Prayer form a majority of the cathecism.

The Eastern Orthodox believe in the Resurrection without dealing with any mysteries and the like.

Answer 8

seems many already had gave you answers, mine won't matter anymore. true, rosaries are good for meditating. we recite the mysteries because we give respect to christ, his life thru the rosary. true, we pray to mary to intercede on our behalf to the lord for graces... like seeking help or aide for permissions. we carry rosary for preparation if ever something would occur so immediate and solace would be needed.

but i'd like to advise on someone here who commented "catholics have no brains". for his info, we don't need brains... we have heart to give compassion to those who maligned and brand us as such....

Catechism is the study of Catholic religion.

Answer 9

it's curious because when you consider the masculine and feminine, Catholicism addresses the balance without actually broadcasting the balance.
But you did find a secret.
i was raised catholic, but am a Christian kabbalist for 18 years now, and haven't been able to shape that issue before until the way you put it.
Balance. The answer is hidden balance.

Answer 10

The Rosary is a system of prayer given to Saint Dominic to teach and preach the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This teaching method was given to Christians at a time when most people never learn to read.

We believe that Jesus Christ conquered death and rose from the dead. We believe that after His Resurrection the Body of Christ includes Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thus, when we pray we include the entire Body of Christ (community). Those on earth, those in the process of getting to heaven, and those Saints and Angels in heaven.

All are members of the Body of Christ. As Christians we are told to pray for each other...we ask Mary to pray for us, Saints to pray for us, Angels to pray for us, All to pray for us.

Each set of ten beads represents a specific part of Jesus' life story. These individual beads are further broken down and meditated on each aspect of His life.

The Mysteries of the Rosary include:

Joyful Mysteries

1. The Angel Gabriel message to Mary about the Birth of Jesus
2. The Visitation of Mary to her Aunt Elizabeth for her miraculous conception of John the Baptist.
3. The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ at Bethlehem in the common stable
4. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the prophesy of Simeon and the older women about Jesus and Mary.
5. The Finding of the Child Jesus lost, left behind in the Temple in Jerusalem. Jesus was teaching the leaders at age 12.

Illuminous Mysteries
1. The Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan River
2. The Miracle of the water into wine at His mother's request at the Wedding Feast of Cana. He respected His earthly mother a great deal
3. The Proclamation of the Gospel by His followers
4. The Transfiguration of Jesus in front of Peter James and John
5. The Institution of the Eucharist Body Blood Soul and Divinity of Christ as sacrifice for All time and as Spiritual Food for Christians.

Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. His sweating Blood at the vision of all sin in the human world.
2. The Scourging of Jesus by the Roman Guards
3. The Crowning of Thorns and mockery by the Roman Guards
4. The Carrying of the Cross to Gogoltha by Jesus
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ on the Cross for our sinfulness.

Glorious Mysteries
1. The Resurrection from the Dead of Jesus
2. The Ascencion of Jesus to Heaven in view of His followers
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a prophecy to each of us at Jesus return to earth if we remain faithful.
5. The Crowning of Mary Queen of Heaven, to give respect to His earthly mother for all time in fulfillment of ancient prophecy. Think King David and his mother sitting at his right hand on the throne.