How many people here call all beads for prayer a Rosary?

Question

A Rosary is the prayers said on the beads and not necessarily the beads themselves. It drives me crazy when people talk about some Pagan Rosary they have or something like that. A Rosary is strictly for praying THE ROSARY, everything else is just beads.

Answer 1

Sorry Midge, but some beads are special. Buddhist prayer beads are not just beads.

Answer 2

Rosary comes from the word "Rosarius" which means a garland of roses. The flower which has always been associated with the Virgin Mary is the rose. This is why Catholics use the word "Rosary" for this series of prayers which has become the most widely used devotion to Our Lady. Thus, it would not make sense to use the word "Rosary" to describe anything pagan. They have stolen the title of something for which they have no understanding.

Answer 3

Praying the rosary well is more important than knowing it's history ... yet knowing the origins of prayer can teach us much about it.

The beginning of the rosary are found in the early Christian practice of reciting the 150 psalms from the bible, either daily or weekly, as a way of prayer. Those unable to recite the psalms began to recite 150 prayers, mainly the "Our Father", 150 times, often using beads to count the prayers. By medieval times the custom of saying "Paternoster" beads (the Latin for Our Father) was common in many countries of Europe. While saying the prayers it was customary to meditate on the mysteries of the life of Jesus, from his birth to his resurrection.

The rosary in its present form arose in late medieval Christianity when Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was seen as a guide to the mysteries of her Son. A decade of prayers call the "Hail Mary" was preceded by the "Our Father". Meditation on the mysteries of Christ remained at the heart of prayer.

Answer 4

i do not have to say any thing ?raven you said it