It is a meditation on the lives of both our Lord and the Virgin Mary. "Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in ... the Rosary." "Meditation engages thought ...

Now, we have the mysteries of light ... in thought which fosters meditation. As John Paul II has said, "fruitful nourishment of personal piety, the Rosary is in a certain sense the typical ...

Thousands of faithful have gathered, praying the rosary ... prayers begins with a brief meditation on key events in the lives of Jesus and Mary, categorised as “mysteries”.

For Catholics, the rosary consists of reciting one “Our father” and ten “Hail Mary” prayers, five times over — starting each “decade” with a brief meditation on different mysteries about the life of ...

For Catholics, the rosary consists of reciting one "Our father" and ten "Hail Mary" prayers, five times over — starting each "decade" with a brief meditation on different mysteries about the ...