In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

"Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in ... the Rosary." "Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is ...

The mosaics from Father Rupnik and his art and theology school, the Centro Aletti in Rome, depict the luminous mysteries of the rosary with the Wedding Feast at Cana in the center. Rupnik’s ...

7; ORE, 5 November 1984, p. 11). From this fervent Gospel spirit, from the contemplation of the mysteries of our redemption in this Year of the Rosary (October 2002 - October 2003), a renewed ...

The rosary is actually a form of prayer combined with meditation on mysteries or events from Jesus’ life. The beads are an important part of prayer, but the rosary is not meant to be a talisman or sa ...

While we hear more on that, here's taking a look at the 5 greatest aviation mysteries of all time... Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2 ...

It is for this reason that Jesus states, “Do this in memory of me” following his institution of the Eucharist and the ...

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