{"id":512,"date":"2025-10-13T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:18:51","slug":"something-about-mary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/something-about-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Something About Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover hide-for-medium\" id=\"banner-1758540162\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1010568619\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container sabt-mary-title\" ><h1 class=\"section-title section-title-bold-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(150, 67, 32);\">SOMETHING ABOUT MARY<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1118680710\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4 class=\"uppercase\">&#8220;I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN<b><br \/><\/b>AND BETWEEN YOUR OFFSPRING AND HERS;<\/span><br \/>HE WILL STRIKE YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>GENESIS 3:15<\/h4>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1118680710 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n#text-1118680710 > * {\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1010568619 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1010568619 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\t<div class=\"img has-hover sabt-mary x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50\" id=\"image_1586121958\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/somethingaboutmary.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/somethingaboutmary.png 618w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/somethingaboutmary-296x400.png 296w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/somethingaboutmary-591x800.png 591w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/somethingaboutmary-510x690.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1586121958 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1758540162 {\n  padding-top: 58vh;\n  background-color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover show-for-medium hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-227798560\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover tablet-sabt-mary x50 md-x0 lg-x50 y50 md-y0 lg-y50\" id=\"image_255392882\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tabletsomethingaboutmary.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tabletsomethingaboutmary.png 424w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tabletsomethingaboutmary-176x400.png 176w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tabletsomethingaboutmary-351x800.png 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_255392882 {\n  width: 31%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #image_255392882 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n   <div id=\"text-box-885468917\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-1357489564\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>SOMETHING<br \/>\nABOUT<br \/>\nMARY<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1357489564 {\n  font-size: 3.45rem;\n  line-height: 1.2;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n#text-1357489564 > * {\n  color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3861859128\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4 class=\"uppercase\">&#8220;I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN<br \/>YOU AND THE WOMAN<br \/>AND BETWEEN YOUR OFFSPRING AND HERS;<br \/>HE WILL STRIKE YOUR HEAD,<br \/>AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>GENESIS 3:15<\/h4>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3861859128 {\n  font-size: 0.8rem;\n  line-height: 0.75;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n#text-3861859128 > * {\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-3861859128 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-885468917 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-885468917 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-885468917 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n  #text-box-885468917 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-227798560 {\n  padding-top: 58vh;\n  background-color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover mobile-sabt-mary-ban1 show-for-small\" id=\"banner-1968179143\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover mobile-sabt-mary x25 md-x0 lg-x50 y100 md-y0 lg-y50\" id=\"image_1196430156\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mobile-somethingaboutmary.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mobile-somethingaboutmary.png 380w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mobile-somethingaboutmary-344x400.png 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1196430156 {\n  width: 48%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #image_1196430156 {\n    width: 31%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #image_1196430156 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1944760611\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y15 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-3508051351\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>SOMETHING<br \/>\nABOUT MARY<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3508051351 {\n  font-size: 2.2rem;\n  line-height: 1.2;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n#text-3508051351 > * {\n  color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3508051351 {\n    font-size: 3.45rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3367298403\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">&#8220;I WILL PUT ENMITY <br \/>BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN,<br \/>AND BETWEEN YOUR<br \/>OFFSPRING AND HERS;<br \/>HE WILL STRIKE YOUR<br \/>HEAD, AND YOU WILL<br \/>STRIKE HIS HEEL.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">GENESIS 3:15<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3367298403 {\n  font-size: 0.75rem;\n  line-height: 0.75;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n#text-3367298403 > * {\n  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3367298403 {\n    font-size: 0.8rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-3367298403 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1944760611 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1944760611 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1944760611 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1944760611 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n  #text-box-1944760611 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1968179143 {\n  padding-top: 90vh;\n  background-color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1968179143 {\n    padding-top: 58vh;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover sabt-mary-ban2 hide-for-medium\" id=\"banner-1355377973\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-173515019\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:90vw\" id=\"row-390925703\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1347257727\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-title-col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-637650804\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>IS IT BIBLICAL?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-637650804 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-637650804 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1347257727 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1727300260\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-grp-col medium-11 small-12 large-11\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-text-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:100vw\" id=\"row-1104260990\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1391946310\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2106092937\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>The Rosary is a scripture-based meditation and prayer that centres on the life of Our Lord Jesus, and Mary His mother who was the most faithful witness of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>These are the main parts in the Rosary:<br \/>Apostles Creed<br \/>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<br \/>The Hail Mary<br \/>Glory Be<br \/>Fatima Prayer<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>The Apostles\u2019 Creed<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cSymbol of faith\u201d, expresses the the teachings of the Apostles, with its earliest form dating to A.D 125 up to today\u2019s development of other foundational statements of faith: More on the Apostles Creed<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2106092937 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2106092937 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-73817731\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3946743882\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h4>\n<p>The Our Father prayer which Jesus Himself taught His disciples to pray.<br \/>(Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4)<\/p>\n<h4>The Hail Mary<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Luke 1:28, the word \u201cfull of grace\u201d used here with reference to Mary is kecharit\u014dm\u00e9n\u0113 &#8211; its root word is the Greek verb \u201cto give grace\u201d (charit\u00f3\u014d) in past perfect tense, which means the action of grace has already happened and accomplished &#8211; a completed state of grace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cBlessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke 1:42 when Mary visits Elizabeth who exclaimed: \u201cBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cHoly Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3946743882 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3946743882 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-179912621\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1633164558\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>This last part is a petition included in the Council of Trent, 1566 &#8211; it\u2019s a recognition of most heavenly gifts and grace bestowed on the most holy Virgin Mary, just as she took care of our Lord on earth, we too implore her help and assistance on the journey to heaven.<\/p>\n<h4>Glory Be (Doxology)<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Doxology&#8221; in Greek is an expression of glory and praise. This too acts as a reminder in our hearts that the glory of God in the Blessed Trinity is the purpose and end of all our prayers and actions. You can see a similar closing in prayer with praise by St. Paul in his epistles.<\/p>\n<h4>Fatima Prayer<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cO my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.\u201d<\/em><br \/>This is a collection of prayers that came from the Marian apparitions at F\u00e1tima, Portugal in 1917 to the three children as a call for forgiveness and mercy.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1633164558 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1633164558 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-173515019 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-173515019 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1355377973 {\n  background-color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover tablet-sabt-mary-ban2 show-for-medium hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-491488223\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1074212652\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-1567496770\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>IS IT BIBLICAL?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1567496770 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-1567496770 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-1567496770 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1005575478\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>What forms the Rosary?<\/h4>\n<p>The Rosary is a scripture-based meditation and prayer that centres on the life of Our Lord Jesus, and Mary His mother who was the most faithful witness of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>These are the main parts in the Rosary:<br \/>Apostles Creed<br \/>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<br \/>The Hail Mary<br \/>Glory Be<br \/>Fatima Prayer<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>The Apostles\u2019 Creed<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cSymbol of faith\u201d, expresses the the teachings of the Apostles, with its earliest form dating to A.D 125 up to today\u2019s development of other foundational statements of faith: More on the Apostles Creed<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1005575478 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1005575478 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-957526545\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h4>\n<p>The Our Father prayer which Jesus Himself taught His disciples to pray.<br \/>(Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4)<\/p>\n<h4>The Hail Mary<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Luke 1:28, the word \u201cfull of grace\u201d used here with reference to Mary is kecharit\u014dm\u00e9n\u0113 &#8211; its root word is the Greek verb \u201cto give grace\u201d (charit\u00f3\u014d) in past perfect tense, which means the action of grace has already happened and accomplished &#8211; a completed state of grace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cBlessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke 1:42 when Mary visits Elizabeth who exclaimed: \u201cBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cHoly Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-957526545 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-957526545 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3793916029\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>This last part is a petition included in the Council of Trent, 1566 &#8211; it\u2019s a recognition of most heavenly gifts and grace bestowed on the most holy Virgin Mary, just as she took care of our Lord on earth, we too implore her help and assistance on the journey to heaven.<\/p>\n<h4>Glory Be (Doxology)<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Doxology&#8221; in Greek is an expression of glory and praise. This too acts as a reminder in our hearts that the glory of God in the Blessed Trinity is the purpose and end of all our prayers and actions. You can see a similar closing in prayer with praise by St. Paul in his epistles.<\/p>\n<h4>Fatima Prayer<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cO my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.\u201d<\/em><br \/>This is a collection of prayers that came from the Marian apparitions at F\u00e1tima, Portugal in 1917 to the three children as a call for forgiveness and mercy.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3793916029 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3793916029 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1074212652 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1074212652 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 128%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1074212652 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-491488223 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n  background-color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover mobile-sabt-mary-ban2 show-for-small\" id=\"banner-1745559410\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1865094953\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-630145966\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>IS IT<br \/>BIBLICAL?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-630145966 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-630145966 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-630145966 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2419972068\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>What forms the Rosary?<\/h4>\n<p>The Rosary is a scripture-based meditation and prayer that centres on the life of Our Lord Jesus, and Mary His mother who was the most faithful witness of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>These are the main parts in the Rosary:<br \/>Apostles Creed<br \/>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<br \/>The Hail Mary<br \/>Glory Be<br \/>Fatima Prayer<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>The Apostles\u2019 Creed<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cSymbol of faith\u201d, expresses the the teachings of the Apostles, with its earliest form dating to A.D 125 up to today\u2019s development of other foundational statements of faith: More on the Apostles Creed<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2419972068 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2419972068 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1006149806\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>The Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h4>\n<p>The Our Father prayer which Jesus Himself taught His disciples to pray.<br \/>(Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4)<\/p>\n<h4>The Hail Mary<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Luke 1:28, the word \u201cfull of grace\u201d used here with reference to Mary is kecharit\u014dm\u00e9n\u0113 &#8211; its root word is the Greek verb \u201cto give grace\u201d (charit\u00f3\u014d) in past perfect tense, which means the action of grace has already happened and accomplished &#8211; a completed state of grace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cBlessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke 1:42 when Mary visits Elizabeth who exclaimed: \u201cBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cHoly Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1006149806 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1006149806 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3170317818\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>This last part is a petition included in the Council of Trent, 1566 &#8211; it\u2019s a recognition of most heavenly gifts and grace bestowed on the most holy Virgin Mary, just as she took care of our Lord on earth, we too implore her help and assistance on the journey to heaven.<\/p>\n<h4>Glory Be (Doxology)<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Doxology&#8221; in Greek is an expression of glory and praise. This too acts as a reminder in our hearts that the glory of God in the Blessed Trinity is the purpose and end of all our prayers and actions. You can see a similar closing in prayer with praise by St. Paul in his epistles.<\/p>\n<h4>Fatima Prayer<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cO my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.\u201d<\/em><br \/>This is a collection of prayers that came from the Marian apparitions at F\u00e1tima, Portugal in 1917 to the three children as a call for forgiveness and mercy.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3170317818 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3170317818 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1865094953 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1865094953 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 128%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1865094953 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1745559410 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n  background-color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover sabt-mary-ban2 hide-for-medium\" id=\"banner-651080734\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-2095968335\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:90vw\" id=\"row-367845357\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-64244974\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-title-col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1632385454\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>FIRST CHRISTIANS<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1632385454 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-1632385454 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-64244974 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-485873967\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-grp-col medium-11 small-12 large-11\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-text-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:100vw\" id=\"row-1934784550\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-610471383\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4188765626\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>If we look to the earliest historical Christians especially in times of persecution, we find the oldest known prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was the Sub tuum pr\u00e6sidium \u2018under your protection\u2019 from the fragment of Egyptian Papyrus:<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4188765626 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-4188765626 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-1709191784\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1891681431\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1747647\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1574\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png 1044w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-265x400.png 265w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-531x800.png 531w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-768x1158.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-1019x1536.png 1019w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-510x769.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1747647 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-929330086\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1596228631\" class=\"text sabt-mary-img-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cBeneath thy compassion,We take refuge, O Theotokos [God-bearer]:do not despise our petitions in time of trouble:but rescue us from dangers,only pure one, only blessed one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A request to Mary as the Mother of God to intercede for our us. We also see inscriptions in the catacombs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1614308862\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4290252874\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>There is also other historical artifacts that show the first Christians seeking for intercession from the Saints and those who have gone before them.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4290252874 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-4290252874 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-224162430\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1902687222\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_620371427\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1956\" height=\"1242\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti.png 1956w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti-630x400.png 630w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti-1260x800.png 1260w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti-1536x975.png 1536w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/catacombgraffiti-510x324.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1956px) 100vw, 1956px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_620371427 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_890731657\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1610\" height=\"1566\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco.png 1610w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco-411x400.png 411w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco-822x800.png 822w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco-768x747.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco-1536x1494.png 1536w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fresco-510x496.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_890731657 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1061649354\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-445188354\" class=\"text sabt-mary-img-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The phrase &#8220;Peter and Paul come to rescue Primus the sinner!&#8221; is an example of ancient Christian graffiti found in the Roman catacombs, dating to around 250 AD.\u00a0It is a prayer asking the apostles Saints Peter and Paul to intervene for a person named Primus, who is referred to as a &#8220;sinner&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-206767307\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4272733339\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>The Early Church Fathers<\/h4>\n<p>Origen<br \/>\u201cBut not the high priest [Christ] alone prays for<br \/>those who pray sincerely, but also the angels . . . as also the souls of the saints who have already fallen asleep\u201d (Prayer\u00a011 [A.D. 233]).<br \/><br \/>Cyprian of Carthage<br \/>\u201cLet us remember one another in concord and unanimity. Let us on both sides [of death] always pray for one another. Let us relieve burdens and afflictions by mutual love, that if one of us, by the swiftness of divine condescension, shall go hence first, our love may continue in the presence of the Lord, and our prayers for our brethren and sisters not cease in the presence of the Father\u2019s mercy\u201d (Letters\u00a056[60]:5 [A.D. 253]).<br \/><br \/>Hermas<br \/>\u201cBut you, [Hermas,] having been strengthened by the holy angel [you saw], and having obtained from him such intercession, and not being slothful, why do not you ask of the Lord understanding, and receive it from him?\u2019\u201d (The Shepherd\u00a03:5:4 [1st-2nd century]).<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4272733339 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-4272733339 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-2095968335 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-2095968335 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-651080734 {\n  background-color: rgb(187, 98, 73);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover tablet-sabt-mary-ban3 show-for-medium hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-1620458078\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1725467663\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-159805823\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>FIRST CHRISTIANS<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-159805823 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-159805823 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-159805823 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-766071959\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>If we look to the earliest historical Christians especially in times of persecution, we find the oldest known prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was the Sub tuum pr\u00e6sidium \u2018under your protection\u2019 from the fragment of Egyptian Papyrus:<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-766071959 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-766071959 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-498039145\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1195849035\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1248634271\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1574\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png 1044w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-265x400.png 265w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-531x800.png 531w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-768x1158.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-1019x1536.png 1019w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-510x769.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1248634271 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-927812385\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2052179871\" class=\"text sabt-mary-img-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cBeneath thy compassion,We take refuge, O Theotokos [God-bearer]:do not despise our petitions in time of trouble:but rescue us from dangers,only pure one, only blessed one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A request to Mary as the Mother of God to intercede for our us. We also see inscriptions in the catacombs.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2052179871 {\n  font-size: 1.65rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_918647456\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"1376\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco.png 1298w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-377x400.png 377w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-755x800.png 755w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-768x814.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-510x541.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_918647456 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3027951203\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Mary breastfeeding the Christ Child &#8211; the earliest known Madonna and Child image in Christian art. A male figure interpreted as the Prophet Balaam pointing toward a star above (Numbers 24:17: \u201cA star shall come forth out of Jacob\u201d) or the Prophet Isaiah foretelling the Virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14).<\/p>\n<p>There is also other historical artifacts that show the first Christians seeking for intercession from the Saints and those who have gone before them.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3027951203 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3027951203 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_223365980\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1283\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti.png 1283w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-563x400.png 563w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-1125x800.png 1125w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-510x363.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1283px) 100vw, 1283px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_223365980 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1904183150\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>The phrase &#8220;Peter and Paul come to rescue Primus the sinner!&#8221;\u00a0is\u00a0an example of ancient Christian graffiti found in the Roman catacombs, dating to around 250 AD.\u00a0It is a prayer asking the apostles Saints Peter and Paul to intervene for a person named Primus, who is referred to as a &#8220;sinner&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The Early Church Fathers<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Origen<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBut not the high priest [Christ] alone prays for<br \/>those who pray sincerely, but also the angels . . . as also the souls of the saints who have already fallen asleep\u201d (Prayer\u00a011 [A.D. 233]).<br \/><br \/><strong>Cyprian of Carthage<\/strong><br \/>\u201cLet us remember one another in concord and unanimity. Let us on both sides [of death] always pray for one another. Let us relieve burdens and afflictions by mutual love, that if one of us, by the swiftness of divine condescension, shall go hence first, our love may continue in the presence of the Lord, and our prayers for our brethren and sisters not cease in the presence of the Father\u2019s mercy\u201d (Letters\u00a056[60]:5 [A.D. 253]).<br \/><br \/><strong>Hermas<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBut you, [Hermas,] having been strengthened by the holy angel [you saw], and having obtained from him such intercession, and not being slothful, why do not you ask of the Lord understanding, and receive it from him?\u2019\u201d (The Shepherd\u00a03:5:4 [1st-2nd century]).<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1904183150 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1904183150 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1725467663 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1725467663 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 128%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1725467663 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1620458078 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n  background-color: rgb(187, 98, 73);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover mobile-sabt-mary-ban3 show-for-small\" id=\"banner-1444446806\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1916789753\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-3329520581\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>FIRST CHRISTIANS<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3329520581 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-3329520581 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3329520581 {\n    text-align: left;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-3329520581 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-278308908\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>If we look to the earliest historical Christians especially in times of persecution, we find the oldest known prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was the Sub tuum pr\u00e6sidium \u2018under your protection\u2019 from the fragment of Egyptian Papyrus:<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-278308908 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-278308908 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-1366258004\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-108712262\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_168550322\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1574\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus.png 1044w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-265x400.png 265w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-531x800.png 531w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-768x1158.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-1019x1536.png 1019w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/papyrus-510x769.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_168550322 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-270266785\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-756990947\" class=\"text sabt-mary-img-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cBeneath thy compassion,We take refuge, O Theotokos [God-bearer]:do not despise our petitions in time of trouble:but rescue us from dangers,only pure one, only blessed one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A request to Mary as the Mother of God to intercede for our us. We also see inscriptions in the catacombs.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-756990947 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-756990947 {\n    font-size: 1.65rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1913872477\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"1376\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco.png 1298w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-377x400.png 377w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-755x800.png 755w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-768x814.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-fresco-510x541.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1913872477 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3711039002\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Mary breastfeeding the Christ Child &#8211; the earliest known Madonna and Child image in Christian art. A male figure interpreted as the Prophet Balaam pointing toward a star above (Numbers 24:17: \u201cA star shall come forth out of Jacob\u201d) or the Prophet Isaiah foretelling the Virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14).<\/p>\n<p>There is also other historical artifacts that show the first Christians seeking for intercession from the Saints and those who have gone before them.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3711039002 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3711039002 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_449431592\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1283\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti.png 1283w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-563x400.png 563w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-1125x800.png 1125w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/restorebeing.me\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tablet-catacombgraffiti-510x363.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1283px) 100vw, 1283px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_449431592 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2369479420\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>The phrase &#8220;Peter and Paul come to rescue Primus the sinner!&#8221;\u00a0is\u00a0an example of ancient Christian graffiti found in the Roman catacombs, dating to around 250 AD.\u00a0It is a prayer asking the apostles Saints Peter and Paul to intervene for a person named Primus, who is referred to as a &#8220;sinner&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The Early Church Fathers<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Origen<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBut not the high priest [Christ] alone prays for<br \/>those who pray sincerely, but also the angels . . . as also the souls of the saints who have already fallen asleep\u201d (Prayer\u00a011 [A.D. 233]).<br \/><br \/><strong>Cyprian of Carthage<\/strong><br \/>\u201cLet us remember one another in concord and unanimity. Let us on both sides [of death] always pray for one another. Let us relieve burdens and afflictions by mutual love, that if one of us, by the swiftness of divine condescension, shall go hence first, our love may continue in the presence of the Lord, and our prayers for our brethren and sisters not cease in the presence of the Father\u2019s mercy\u201d (Letters\u00a056[60]:5 [A.D. 253]).<br \/><br \/><strong>Hermas<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBut you, [Hermas,] having been strengthened by the holy angel [you saw], and having obtained from him such intercession, and not being slothful, why do not you ask of the Lord understanding, and receive it from him?\u2019\u201d (The Shepherd\u00a03:5:4 [1st-2nd century]).<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2369479420 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2369479420 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1916789753 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1916789753 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 128%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1916789753 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1444446806 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n  background-color: rgb(187, 98, 73);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover sabt-mary-ban2 hide-for-medium\" id=\"banner-1926030113\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-301992595\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:90vw\" id=\"row-1020758473\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-247610941\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-title-col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2010406686\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>ROSARY ORIGIN<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2010406686 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-2010406686 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-247610941 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2069362666\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-grp-col medium-11 small-12 large-11\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row sabt-mary-text-ban2-row\" style=\"max-width:100vw\" id=\"row-1045290819\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1988518954\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1788113527\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>From the Desert Caves: The First Prayer Cords<\/h4>\n<p>Long before the word \u201crosary\u201d was spoken, the early Christian hermits of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine \u2014 known as the Desert Fathers \u2014 sought ways to keep their minds fixed on God amid solitude.\u2028 They used knotted cords and strings of beads to count their repeated prayers, often short invocations like \u201cLord, have mercy.\u201d These humble cords, simple tools of devotion, are the spiritual ancestors of today\u2019s rosary.<\/p>\n<h4>A Psalter for the People<\/h4>\n<p>As centuries passed, monastic communities prayed all 150 Psalms daily \u2014 a devotion most laypeople could not follow since few could read. In response, a new practice emerged: ordinary Christians began to recite 150 Our Fathers, and later 150 Hail Marys, as a \u201cPsalter for the laity.\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1788113527 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1788113527 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1492420479\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2683610563\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>This became known as the \u201cPsalter of the Blessed Virgin\u201d or the \u201cAngelic Psalter.\u201d It allowed anyone, rich or poor, literate or not, to join the rhythm of the Church\u2019s prayer life.\u2028<\/p>\n<h4>St. Dominic and the Rosary<\/h4>\n<p>In the 13th century, tradition says the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, and gave him the rosary as a prayer to lead people back to God and fight false teachings.\u2028 Although historians cannot confirm the vision, its message of prayer and reflection on Christ\u2019s life became central to Dominican spirituality. The Dominicans helped spread the rosary throughout Europe, teaching its power for conversion and peace.<\/p>\n<h4>Meditation and Structure: The Work of Dominic of Prussia<\/h4>\n<p>Two centuries later, the devotion continued to evolve. Around the mid-1400s, a Carthusian monk&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2683610563 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2683610563 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1493136257\" class=\"col sabt-mary-text-ban2-col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3824306783\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>&#8230;named Dominic of Prussia began adding short meditations on the life of Jesus and Mary to each Hail Mary.\u2028 Instead of merely repeating words, he invited the faithful to contemplate Christ\u2019s mysteries \u2014 His birth, passion, and resurrection \u2014 while praying. This innovation transformed the rosary into the meditative prayer we recognize today.<\/p>\n<h4>Modern Additions: The Luminous Mysteries<\/h4>\n<p>Over the centuries, the rosary became the prayer of homes, parishes, and saints \u2014 from St. Louis de Montfort to the children of Fatima.\u2028 Then, in 2002, Pope John Paul II renewed its meaning for a modern world by adding a new set of reflections: the Luminous Mysteries, which focus on Christ\u2019s public ministry \u2014 His Baptism, miracles, and institution of the Eucharist.\u2028 He wrote in Rosarium Virginis Mariae: \u201cThe rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3824306783 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3824306783 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-301992595 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-301992595 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1926030113 {\n  background-color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover tablet-sabt-mary-ban4 show-for-medium hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-1730376696\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-187990926\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2480918634\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>ROSARY ORIGIN<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2480918634 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-2480918634 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-2480918634 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4021548416\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>From the Desert Caves: The First Prayer Cords<\/h4>\n<p>Long before the word \u201crosary\u201d was spoken, the early Christian hermits of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine \u2014 known as the Desert Fathers \u2014 sought ways to keep their minds fixed on God amid solitude.\u2028 They used knotted cords and strings of beads to count their repeated prayers, often short invocations like \u201cLord, have mercy.\u201d These humble cords, simple tools of devotion, are the spiritual ancestors of today\u2019s rosary.<\/p>\n<h4>A Psalter for the People<\/h4>\n<p>As centuries passed, monastic communities prayed all 150 Psalms daily \u2014 a devotion most laypeople could not follow since few could read. In response, a new practice emerged: ordinary Christians began to recite 150 Our Fathers, and later 150 Hail Marys, as a \u201cPsalter for the laity.\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>This became known as the \u201cPsalter of the Blessed Virgin\u201d or the \u201cAngelic Psalter.\u201d It allowed anyone, rich or poor, literate or not, to join the rhythm of the Church\u2019s prayer life.\u2028<\/p>\n<h4>St. Dominic and the Rosary<\/h4>\n<p>In the 13th century, tradition says the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, and gave him the rosary as a prayer to lead people back to God and fight false teachings.\u2028 Although historians cannot confirm the vision, its message of prayer and reflection on Christ\u2019s life became central to Dominican spirituality. The Dominicans helped spread the rosary throughout Europe, teaching its power for conversion and peace.<\/p>\n<h4>Meditation and Structure: The Work of Dominic of Prussia<\/h4>\n<p>Two centuries later, the devotion continued to evolve. Around the mid-1400s, a Carthusian monk named Dominic of Prussia began adding short meditations on the life of Jesus and Mary to each Hail Mary.\u2028 Instead of merely repeating words, he invited the faithful to contemplate Christ\u2019s mysteries \u2014 His birth, passion, and resurrection \u2014 while praying. This innovation transformed the rosary into the meditative prayer we recognize today.<\/p>\n<h4>Modern Additions: The Luminous Mysteries<\/h4>\n<p>Over the centuries, the rosary became the prayer of homes, parishes, and saints \u2014 from St. Louis de Montfort to the children of Fatima.\u2028 Then, in 2002, Pope John Paul II renewed its meaning for a modern world by adding a new set of reflections: the Luminous Mysteries, which focus on Christ\u2019s public ministry \u2014 His Baptism, miracles, and institution of the Eucharist.\u2028 He wrote in Rosarium Virginis Mariae: \u201cThe rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4021548416 {\n  text-align: left;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-4021548416 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-187990926 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-187990926 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 128%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-187990926 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1730376696 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n  background-color: rgb(150, 67, 32);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover mobile-sabt-mary-ban4 show-for-small\" id=\"banner-1356184241\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1760032785\" class=\"text-box banner-layer tablet-sabt-mary-ban2-textbox x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-420250044\" class=\"text tablet-sabt-mary-text-ban2-title\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>ROSARY ORIGIN<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-420250044 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n#text-420250044 > * {\n  color: rgb(235, 229, 215);\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-420250044 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2885997603\" class=\"text sabt-mary-text-ban\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>From the Desert Caves: The First Prayer Cords<\/h4>\n<p>Long before the word \u201crosary\u201d was spoken, the early Christian hermits of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine \u2014 known as the Desert Fathers \u2014 sought ways to keep their minds fixed on God amid solitude.\u2028 They used knotted cords and strings of beads to count their repeated prayers, often short invocations like \u201cLord, have mercy.\u201d These humble cords, simple tools of devotion, are the spiritual ancestors of today\u2019s rosary.<\/p>\n<h4>A Psalter for the People<\/h4>\n<p>As centuries passed, monastic communities prayed all 150 Psalms daily \u2014 a devotion most laypeople could not follow since few could read. In response, a new practice emerged: ordinary Christians began to recite 150 Our Fathers, and later 150 Hail Marys, as a \u201cPsalter for the laity.\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>This became known as the \u201cPsalter of the Blessed Virgin\u201d or the \u201cAngelic Psalter.\u201d It allowed anyone, rich or poor, literate or not, to join the rhythm of the Church\u2019s prayer life.\u2028<\/p>\n<h4>St. Dominic and the Rosary<\/h4>\n<p>In the 13th century, tradition says the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, and gave him the rosary as a prayer to lead people back to God and fight false teachings.\u2028 Although historians cannot confirm the vision, its message of prayer and reflection on Christ\u2019s life became central to Dominican spirituality. 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