SVP Catholic Primary School

October, the month of The Rosary

Elsa Quainoo

October is a special month because it is dedicated to the Rosary. The word means a chain of roses and all the roses are the prayers. They are used in the Church to help us to say our prayers. The Rosary is also a way to help us worship with and pray to our mother Mary. How to pray The Rosary?

The Rosary consists of a cross, a medal, an individual bead and consecutive beads. First, on the crucifix or the cross you make the sign of the cross. Next, you pray the Our Father on the next large bead. Afterwards, pray the Hail Mary ten times on the following ten beads. Finally, pray the Glory Be on the last bead, then make the sign of the cross again.

Although a Rosary is an important praying tool, we may not all have one. No need to worry! You don’t need to look any further than your own hands to help with worship. To begin with, make the sign of the cross then pray the Our Father. Once you finish, pray the Hail Mary ten times but use your fingers instead of beads to count. Lastly, pray the Glory be and make the sign of the cross.

The Mysteries of The Rosary

The Mysteries include the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries.

Each Mystery has five different events. The Joyful mysteries contain occurrences from the Annunciation by the Angel Gabriel to Mary up to the finding of Jesus in the Temple. Each Mystery's events are categorised on how blessed or upsetting the events are. This is exactly like the Joyful and Glorious Mysteries, which are ecstatic events and how the Sorrowful Mysteries are saddening events.

Why Our Faith is so important to everyone at our school

The faith of Catholics is so important to my school because it helps us live our lives in the right way and shows us how we should treat others. We treat each other in the way that we would like to be treated. Jesus teaches us to be caring, loving, and kind to others. Both the miracles in the Bible and his parables help show us the right way to behave towards others. He shows unconditional love, mercy and faith to all of those who sin and need God's forgiveness. Our school mission statement teaches all of us to ‘Love one another as I have loved you’. This means that we should all love each other in the same way that Jesus loves us. His character was purely unselfish and sinless; being so merciful he accepted his crucifixion to bring hope to us all. SVP School uses all the readings and teachings of the Bible to show that we should forgive just like Jesus did. We all look up to him in hope and peace as we move forward on our journey back to him and his Father. As we pray the Rosary this October, let us all strive to be more like Jesus and Mary, his mother and ours.