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1 Rosary Meditations forParents and Children ~from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary ~Rita RingShepherds of Christ Box 627 Madison, Indiana 47250 This book is published by Shepherds of Christ Publications, a subsidiary ofShepherds of Christ Ministries, a tax exempt religious public charitable associationorganized to foster devotion to the Two Hearts, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and theImmaculate Heart of additional copies, contact us: Shepherds of Christ Ministries Box 193 Morrow, OH 45152-0193(toll free number) 1-888-211-3041(phone) 1-513-932-4451(fax) 1-513-932-6791 Obstat:Rev.

2 Daniel J. Mahan, LiborumArchdiocese of IndianapolisImprimatur:Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, of IndianapolisArchdiocese of IndianapolisCopyright 1998 Shepherds of Christ MinistriesPermission for non-commercial reproduction granted but with no retyping or edit-ing. For information contact Shepherds of Christ and layout by Cathy Ring. Artwork and photography by Harold thanks goes to Joan Royce for her expert proofing Printing: September, 1997 Second Printing: April, 1999 DedicationI dedicate this book to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and to Fr.

3 Edward Most grateful thanks to our President, John Weickert, our Editor,Cathy Ring, and our Apostle Telephone Coordinator, Melanie author acknowledges the use of excerpts from the following materials:Scripture texts used in this work are taken from The New Jerusalem Bible,New York: Doubleday & Company, Edward J. Carter, S. J., The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje,Madison, Indiana: Shepherds of Christ Publication, Lady of Fatima s Peace Plan from Heaven,TAN Books and Publishers,Inc., Rockford, of ContentsTO THE READER.

4 IxSPECIAL THANKS .. xiPART ONE (taken from The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje).. 1 ABOUT THE Rosary .. 20 Rosary MEDITATIONSSHORT Meditations FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN1. December 25, 1994, Joyful Mysteries on Christmas .. 252. Unknown Date, Joyful Mysteries .. 283. Unknown Date, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 304. Unknown Date, Glorious Mysteries .. 32 Rosary MEDITATIONSFROM JUNIOR SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST ASSOCIATE MEETINGS1. November 2, 1995, Sorrowful 362. November 19, 1995, Glorious 413. November 30, 1995, Joyful 454.

5 December 7, 1995, Joyful Mysteries .. 495. December 28, 1995, Joyful 526. January 11, 1996, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 567. January 18, 1996, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 598. January 25, 1996, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 639. February 1, 1996, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 6610. February 8, 1996, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 7111. February 15, 1996, Glorious Mysteries .. 7312. Unknown Date, Glorious Mysteries .. 7613. February 24, 1996, Sorrowful 7814. February 29, 1996, Joyful Mysteries .. 8115. March 14, 1996, Sorrowful 8416. March 28, 1996, Joyful Mysteries.

6 86viROSARY MEDITATIONSADVANCED Meditations WITH GREATER CONTENT1. February 1, 1995, Joyful 902. January 26, 1995, Sorrowful Mysteries .. 953. February 22, 1995, Glorious Mysteries .. 101 Rosary MEDITATIONSINSTRUCTIONS FOR Children AND PARENTS1. April 26, 1995, Glorious 1072. July 15, 1995, Glorious Mysteries .. 1103. April 25, 1996, Glorious 1164. March 20, 1997, Joyful Mysteries .. 120 Rosary CHAPEL WINDOWS .. 127 THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY .. 143 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS .. 146 SONGS .. 153 NOTES .. 172 HANDBOOK PRAYERS.

7 175 OTHER PRAYERS .. 183 PRAYERS FOR YOUNG Children .. 189 PRAYERS FOR YOUNG 190 Table of ContentsviiixTo the ReaderMary appeared at Fatima. She told us that we are offending God. Shetold us what we must do. This is Mary s peace plan:1. Until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts tothe Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the Mary has requested all to pray the daily We must observe the First Saturday devotion: Communion, confession (within 8 days before or after theSaturday), recital of the Rosary , and meditating for 15 minuteson the mysteries of the Rosary .

8 All this is to be done in a spirit We must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We are disobeying our Mother s requests at book is to help the reader grow in their love of the Rosary . It is tohelp them to grow in their love of the Eucharist. May they go more andmore deeply into the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. May they obey Mary speace plan given at Fatima so there will be peace in the world. I love you, RitaxiSpecial Thanks to:Fr. Edward J. CarterJohn WeickertCathy Ring and John LippsMelanie NoeEllen SartoriEmily LehrterMarian MackeyChris FinkboneHarold KellnerDebby KellnerAndrew WeberRosella RobinsonJoe LeeTom and Mike ArlinghausThe youth of Junior Shepherds of Christ AssociatesMary Rettig (our School Rosary Coordinator)The following ninteen pages are an excerpt fromthe book written by Fr.

9 Edward J. Carter entitledThe Spirituality of Fatima and the RosaryBackgroundThe word Rosary comes from the Latin word rosarius which meanscrown of roses. It is a form of prayer to give love and praise to God whilemeditating on the lives of Jesus and complete Rosary consists of a series of 150 beads divided into 15groups or decades of ten beads each. Decades are usually separated by onelarger bead connected on a string or chain. Extending from this string arefive other beads, two large and three small, and a crucifix.

10 Most rosariesconsist of five decades. Some rosaries may consist of all fifteen prayers are said at each bead of a Rosary , a Hail Mary on eachsmall bead, an Our Father on each large bead, and a Glory Be and O MyJesus prayer following each decade. The 15 decades are divided into threesets of five. Each set tells about the mysteries in the lives of Jesus and are the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the GloriousMysteries. While praying the Hail Marys,we meditate on the in this book are Meditations that are read during the a meditation before each Hail Mary, helps us to concentrate andkeep our minds focused.