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Learning Rosary -  Catechism

Intention:
By praying this Rosary, 

may we come to a deeper understanding 

of the Doctrines of the Catholic Church.

Let us begin by learning 

some of the basic prayers:

With the Crucifix
make the Sign of the Cross:

Using your right hand,
you should touch your forehead at the mention of the Father;
the lower middle of your chest at the mention of the Son;
and the left shoulder on the word "Holy"
and the right shoulder on the word "Spirit."
Simultaneously saying:

In the name of the Father,
and the Son
and the Holy Spirit,
Amen.

and still on the Crucifix
pray the Apostle's Creed:

I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son Our Lord,
Who was conceived
 by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
 suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell;
the third day
He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God,
the Father almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge
the living and the dead.
 I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
 the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and life everlasting.
Amen.

On the first big bead
pray the Our Father:

Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

On the next three beads
pray three Hail Mary's:

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.

On the next big bead
 pray the Glory Be:

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

And on the same bead,
make an Act of Contrition:

O my God,
I am heartily sorry for
having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell;
but most of all because
they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and
deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve,
with the help of Thy grace,
to confess my sins,
to do penance,
and to amend my life.
Amen.

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The Profession of Faith

Those who belong to Christ 
through faith and Baptism 
must confess 
their baptismal faith before men.
We call this profession
the Creed.

Stay on that bead 

and we will begin

to pray and to study 

the First Pillar, Our Profession of Faith :

still on the big bead:

When  we make our profession of faith
we express our faith and belief in God 

and all which He has done for us.

We believe in God.
We believe that God
created the whole world
and everything in it.
God is the maker of men and the angels.
He is the beginning and the End.
God is the Great I Am,
which means that He is all being.
More importantly,
we believe that He exists
and that He loves us because He is love.

Now pray the Our Father:

On the Hail Mary beads,
announce your meditation
and pray a Hail Mary:

First lesson:
The Holy Trinity
 is one God in Three Persons.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Father loves us
and has created all things for us.
He created the angels and people, too.



Second:
The Son is God,
the Second Person of the Trinity.
All things were made THROUGH Him.
He was sent by the Father
 to be born of the Virgin Mary
and to die for our sins
 and rise again for our salvation.
He now sits at the right hand of the Father,
And will return at the end of time
to judge all men's sins.
His Kingdom is forever.



Third:
The Holy Spirit is God.
He is the love
which binds the Father and the Son.
And He dwells in the soul
of all the Baptized.
In the Old Testament,
The Holy Spirit spoke through the Prophets.
He now speaks through the Church.



Fourth:
The Holy Spirit gives life
and grace through the Sacraments.
The Sacraments are the fountains of grace
established by Jesus Christ.



Fifth:
The Catholic Church
was established by Jesus Christ
upon the foundation of the Apostles.
Through the Catholic Church,
we receive the Sacraments of life in Christ.



Sixth:
The Catholic Church is one Body of Christ
which Christ established for the salvation of all people
founded upon the Apostles.



Seventh:
We believe in the Communion of Saints.
That means that we live in a new dispensation,
when we are baptized and washed of our sins,
we become children of God and live in Mount Zion
with the souls of men made perfect, the Saints.



Eighth:
We believe in the Forgiveness of Sins.
Christ established the Sacraments
in order that we could be forgiven of our sins.
But we are only forgiven of our sins
to the extent that we forgive others.
Through the Sacraments,
Christ washes our souls clean of all sin
and we are made just in the eyes of God.



Ninth:
We believe in the resurrection
of the dead on the Last Day.
The wicked, those who do their own will,
shall rise again to the Second Death.
And they will be punished for eternity.

While those who have done the Father's will
by keeping the Commandments
will rise to new life and live in the company
of God and His Saints, for eternity.



Tenth:
We believe in life everlasting.
We believe that if we do the Father's will,
we will be saved in accordance with His mercy.
This is our faith and our hope.

On the next big bead

Review:

When we proclaim the Creed

in Church, we publicly express our faith

in God and our trust in His love.

We also express our gratitude for all

which He has done for our salvation.

and to be happy with him forever in the next.

Now pray the Glory Be:

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Celebration of the Christian Mystery

The second pillar of our Catechism

explains how God

makes Himself present in the world

through the Liturgy and the Sacraments:

Stay on that bead 

and we will begin

to pray and to study 

the Second Pillar, the Liturgy and the Sacraments :

Summary of the second pillar, 

still on the big bead:

The Liturgy is the Mass.
And it is in the Mass that we receive
the Sacraments of our faith.
Jesus Christ is present
in the Mass
in the Reading of Scripture
and in the Eucharist.

Now pray the Our Father:

On the Hail Mary beads,
announce your meditation
and pray a Hail Mary:

First lesson:
The Mass is the Christian Assembly,
it is the Christian Passover.
In the Mass, we worship God and
remember all which He has done for us.

Second:
The Mass is divided in two parts.
The Liturgy of the Word,
which is the reading and explaining
 of Sacred Scripture.
And the Liturgy of the Eucharist
which is the Communion
of the Body and Blood of Christ.



Third:
The Sacraments are the mighty works of God
through which He gives us a share in His life.
It is this mystery of Christ
that the Church proclaims
and celebrates in her liturgy
so that the faithful may live from it
and bear witness to it in the world:



Fourth:
Baptism - The washing of regeneration
through which God washes our souls of sin
and makes us his childrren.



Fifth:
Confirmation - the seal of the Holy Spirit,
by which we are given the power to proclaim our faith.



Sixth:
Reconciliation - if we sin after baptism,
me may turn to God, repenting,
and be forgiven of our sins.



Seventh:
Eucharist - the source and summit of our faith.
The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Lord.
By participation in this Sacrament,
we are united to God
and granted eternal life.



Eighth:
Matrimony - man and woman
are joined together in the presence of God
and made one flesh.  The word, literally,
means"office of mother" or "motherhood".



Ninth:
Holy Orders - a man separates himself from the world
and offers himself as a servant of God's people
and a minister of God.



Tenth:
Anointing of the Sick:
By the power of the Holy Spirit,
Christ heals the sick body
and more importantly,  the soul.

On the next big bead

Review:

By the Sacraments and the Liturgy,
God makes Himself present in the world.  When
we participate in the Liturgy,
we worship God and remember
all which He has done for us.
When we receive the Sacraments,
God unites Himself to us
and pours His sanctifying grace
into our souls.


pray the Glory Be:

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Life in Christ

The third pillar is the life of those
who have faith in Christ.
A life which should lead to
our union with Him, in this life
and in the next.
God made us to know him,
to love him, and to serve him in this world
and to be happy with him forever, in the next.

Stay on that bead 

and we will begin

to pray and to study 

the Third Pillar, Life in Christ:

Summary of the third pillar, still on the big bead:

Those who have faith in Christ
Should live according to His will.
To that end, they must keep the Commandments.
The Commandments are summarized in one word, Love.
Love God with all your heart and soul.
Love your neighbor as yourself.

Now pray the Our Father:

On the Hail Mary beads,
announce your meditation
and pray a Hail Mary:

First Commandment:
Love God with all your heart
and soul.  Those who love God,
keep His Commandments.

Second:
Because we love God,
we do not take the Lord's name in vain.
God is thrice holy
and should be given the highest
respect and adoration.



Third:
Because we love God,
we keep the Sabbath Day.
Sunday is the new Sabbath Day.
Sabbath means oath.
And on our Sabbath day, in the Mass,
when we profess our faith,
we make a solemn oath to
love God and to
do God's will for the rest of our lives.



Fourth:
Love your father and mother
that you may live long.
God wants us
to love our fathers and mothers
because they are
a reflection of His Fatherhood.
Our fathers and mother are our
very first and closest neighbors.




Fifth:
Love life.
You will respect life and hold
the lives of men as sacred, because
we are all made in the image of God.
Therefore, do not mistreat people.  Do not murder.



Sixth:
Love your husband and your wife.
Christ loves the Church and died for her.
We must have that same kind of love
for our spouses and our family.
Therefore, do not commit adultery.



Seventh:
Because we love our neighbors,
we don't take from them
what they have worked to obtain,
what they cherish, and is legally theirs.
We wouldn't want them to take anything
from us.  Therefore, do not steal.



Eighth:
God is truth.  If we are His children
we always tell the truth.  Therefore,
do not lie.



Ninth:
Respect your neighbor's husband or wife
and do not lust after them.
Do not covet your neighbor's wife.



Tenth:
Be satisfied with that which is yours.
Do not envy your neighbor his good fortune,
his house or his property.  Do not covet your
neighbor's goods.

On the next big bead

Review:

Those who love Christ, obey His Commandments.


pray the Glory Be:

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Christian Prayer

The fourth pillar of the Catechism
the importance of prayer in the lives
for those who love God.

the Fourth Pillar, Prayer in the Christian life :

Summary of the fourth pillar, still on the big bead:

Prayer is communication with God and His Saints.
Prayer is a request for God's intervention in our lives.
When we pray, we show that we recognize
our weakness and God's power.

Now pray the Our Father:

On the Hail Mary beads,
announce your meditation
and pray a Hail Mary:

First lesson:
Offer to God prayers of praise and thanksgiving.
Show God gratitude for all the good things
He has done for you.

Second:
When you are in need,
turn to God with prayers of petition.
He is the only one who can help you.



Third:
Remember that the prayer of a
just man is very effective.  Therefore,
when in need, ask for intercession of the Saints
and of your fellow man.
God also wills that we make intercessions
for all men.



Fourth:
When we pray the Our Father,
we call out "Abba, Father"
because we are children of God.



Fifth:
We say, "Who art in heaven":
 Because heaven is God's throne.



Sixth:
"hallowed be thy name"
Because we recognize God is holy.




Seventh:
"Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done.
On earth as it is in heaven."
Because when we do the will of God,
He makes His home in our soul.



Eighth:
"Give us this day our daily bread"
Because we recognize that we need God
for all our daily needs.  And we also recognize
that Jesus Christ gave us the Bread which
is His Body for the life of the world.



Ninth:
"And forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespasses against us."




Tenth:
"And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil"

On the next big bead

Review:

Prayer is the posture of the Christian.  It is recognition
that we are the "Anawim", the poor in spirit, who need
God and put our faith in God for all that we need.
It is also a posture of gratitude and praise to the glory of God.


pray the Glory Be:

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Summary and Review:

The plan of this catechism 

is inspired by the great tradition of catechisms 

which build catechesis on four pillars: 

the baptismal profession of faith (the Creed), 

the sacraments of faith, 

the life of faith (the Commandments), 

and the prayer of the believer (the Lord's Prayer).

Now pray the Our Father:

On the Hail Mary beads,
announce your meditation
and pray a Hail Mary:

First lesson:
Those who belong to Christ 
through faith and Baptism 
must confess 
their baptismal faith before men.

Second:
The profession of faith summarizes
 the gifts that God gives man: 
as the Author of all that is good; 
as Redeemer; and as Sanctifier.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.



Third:
God's salvation, is accomplished once for all 
through Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, 
and made present in the sacred actions
 of the Church's liturgy 
and in the seven sacraments.



Fourth:
In the Liturgy, we remember
the life of Christ and His Sacrifice upon the Cross.



Fifth:
In the Sacraments,
we receive the life (Sanctifying grace) of Christ,
which He poured out to us
from the Cross.



Sixth:
Those who love God, do His will.



Seventh:
It is God's will, that we love one another.
The Commandments are God's written expression
of His will.  Those who love God, keep the Commandments.



Eighth:
The Mass is the highest form of prayer.



Ninth:
Prayer is the disposition of those who have faith in God.



Tenth:
When we pray,
we show our relationship to God
our Father.
We express our love and faith
in He who loves us
and sent His only begotten Son
to sacrifice Himself for our salvation.

On the next big bead

Review:

All the doctrines of the Church can be summarized in one word:

Love.  Because God is love.

pray the Glory Be:

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After the Chaplet, 
still on the Glory bead:

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope!
To thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve;
 to thee do we send up our sighs,
 mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us,
 and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
 O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy
 of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.
 O GOD, whose only begotten Son,
 by His life, death, and resurrection,
 has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life,
grant, we beseech Thee,
that meditating upon these mysteries
of the Most Holy Rosary
 of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain
and obtain what they promise,
through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

then, on the three small beads:

Act of faith:
O my God, I firmly believe
that you are one God
in three Divine Persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
I believe that your Divine Son
 became man, and died for our sins,
and that He will come
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe these
and all the truths
the Holy Catholic Church teaches
because You have revealed them,
who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
Amen.

Act of Hope:

O my God,
relying on Your almighty power
and infinite mercy
and promises,
I hope to obtain pardon of my sins,
the help of Your grace,
and life everlasting,
through the merits of Jesus Christ,
my Lord and Redeemer.
Amen.

Act of Love

O my God,
I love you above all things,
with my whole heart and soul,
because you are all-good
and worthy of all love.
I love my neighbor as myself
for the love of you.
 I forgive all who have injured me,
and I ask pardon of all
whom I have injured.
Amen.

On the final big bead, say:

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of Your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of Your love
V: Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created
R: And You shall renew the face of the earth

Let us Pray:
O God,
Who instructed the hearts of the faithful
by the light of the Holy Spirit,
Grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise
and ever rejoice in His consolation.
Through Christ, our Lord. Amen

On the Crucifix,
end with  the Sign of the Cross:

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