Catholics are often seen praying with rosary beads, which helps them keep track of the prayers they are to recite during the process. | istockphoto.com
The Archdiocese of Detroit invites the faithful to participate in a live-stream Rosary at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
“We remember Christ with Mary, in the #Rosary, we learn about Christ from Mary, we’re conformed to Christ with Mary, we pray to Christ with Mary, we proclaim Christ with Mary,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron was quoted as saying, in a Facebook post by the archdiocese.
Bishop Robert Fisher will lead the Glorious Mysteries from Blessed Sacrament Cathedral during the ceremony.
“Gather your family and friends together, and take a moment to draw near to Christ, through Mary with us,” the archdiocese said in its post.
The Rosary is a series of prayers recited with the help of a string of rosary beads, according to Britannica. The rosary consists of five decades, or sets of 10 beads, representing 50 Hail Mary prayers. The decades are separated by larger beads, which represent Our Father prayers.
Christians can choose to meditate upon a particular set of mysteries from the life of Jesus Christ while praying: the joyous, sorrowful, glorious, or luminous mysteries, Britannica added.
The Vatican detailed the five Glorious Mysteries. The first is Jesus' resurrection from the dead; the second is Jesus' Ascension into Heaven; the third is the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' disciples at Pentecost; the fourth is the Assumption of Mary into Heaven; the fifth is the crowning of Our Lady Queen of Heaven.
Fisher is the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, serving in that post since January 2017, the archdiocese's biography of him said. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1992 and has served as Director of Priestly Vocations for the Archdiocese and as rector of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak.