Rosary

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The Rosary is a traditional Catholic devotional prayer that meditates on key events in the lives of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary using a sequence of set prayers counted on beads.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic devotional practice
Marian devotion
bead-based prayer
form of prayer
meditative prayer
alsoUsedIn Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglicanism

Lutheranism
some Eastern Catholic Churches
associatedWith Marian apparitions at Fatima
centralPrayer Hail Mary
closingElement Queen of Heaven
surface form: Hail Holy Queen

final prayer or litany
composedOf Apostles’ Creed
Glory Be prayers
Queen of Heaven
surface form: Hail Holy Queen

Our Father prayers
decades of Hail Marys
optional Fatima Prayer
decadeDefinition one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, one Glory Be
devotionalType Marian prayer
documentMention Rosarium Virginis Mariae
languageOfPrayer Latin
various vernacular languages
meditatesOn events in the life of the Virgin Mary
mysteries of the life of Christ
mysterySet Glorious Mysteries
Joyful Mysteries
Rosarium Virginis Mariae
surface form: Luminous Mysteries

Sorrowful Mysteries
openingElement Apostles’ Creed
Glory Be
Lord’s Prayer
surface form: Our Father

Sign of the Cross
three Hail Marys
physicalForm rosary beads
primaryFocus Jesus Christ
promotedBy Pope John Paul II
Pope Leo XIII
purpose growth in holiness
intercession of the Virgin Mary
meditation on Gospel mysteries
recommendedPractice daily prayer
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
secondaryFocus Virgin Mary
structureElement five decades
symbol Catholic identity
traditionalDayAssociation Glorious Mysteries on Wednesday and Sunday
Joyful Mysteries on Monday and Saturday
Luminous Mysteries on Thursday
Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesday and Friday
uses crucifix
string of beads

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Virgin Mary centralThemeIn Rosary
Sorrowful Mysteries partOf Rosary
Rosarium Virginis Mariae EnglishTitle Rosary
this entity surface form: The Rosary of the Virgin Mary
Saint Mary devotion Rosary
Irish Catholics typicalDevotions Rosary
this entity surface form: the Rosary
Mysteria Gaudiosa partOf Rosary
Glory Be usedInDevotion Rosary
Hail Mary usedIn Rosary
Hail Mary componentOf Rosary
this entity surface form: Rosary decades
Scourging at the Pillar liturgicalUse Rosary
this entity surface form: Scriptural Rosary
Marian devotions hasForm Rosary
this entity surface form: Marian rosary
Marian devotions hasForm Rosary
Supremi Apostolatus Officio teaches Rosary
this entity surface form: the Rosary is effective against moral and social evils
Adiutricem Populi subject Rosary
Mysteria Lucis partOf Rosary
Coronation of Mary relatedDevotion Rosary
this entity surface form: Marian Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary linkedToPrayerForm Rosary
this entity surface form: Dominican Rosary
Hail Holy Queen isUsedIn Rosary
Salve Regina usedIn Rosary
this entity surface form: Rosary devotion