Know the Rosary, Know the Gospel
Margaret DeMatteo, Teaching Catholic Kids • December 16, 2023
The Rosary is one of our most foundational Catholic prayers. It is said that if you know the mysteries of the Rosary, you know the Gospel. As such, it is a great way to teach the foundation of our faith to our families.
With the daily chaos of everyday life, it can be difficult to find time to eat dinner together let alone find time to pray the Rosary. It can be helpful to turn the Rosary on in the car or download a Rosary app for your phone. Our kids sleep with Rosaries under their pillow. We can say a decade before bed and it is a wonderful reminder of God’s presence in their lives.
Consider praying the Joyous Mysteries of the Rosary throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons. You will focus on five events surrounding the coming of Jesus, God made man, a cause for intense joy:
- The Annunciation of the Lord: The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph.... And he came to her and said, “Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” — Luke 1:26-28
- The Visitation: In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah.... And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. — Luke 1:39-41
- The Nativity of the Lord: And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. — Luke 2:7
- The Presentation of the Lord: And when the parents brought in the child Jesus … he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation.” — Luke 2:27-30
- The Finding in the Temple: After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; and all who heard him were amazed. — Luke 2:45-47
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