For the Catholics, October is the Month of the Holy Rosary.
How to pray the rosary?
The use of beads or knotted ropes to count large numbers of prayers
comes from the earliest days of Christianity, but the rosary as we know
it today emerged in the second thousand years of Church history. The
full rosary consists of 150 Hail Marys, divided into three sets of 50, which are further divided into five sets of 10 (a decade).
Traditionally, the rosary is divided into three sets of mysteries: Joyful (recited on Monday and Thursday, and Sunday from Advent until Lent); Sorrowful (Tuesday and Friday, and Sunday during Lent); and Glorious (Wednesday and Saturday, and Sunday from Easter until Advent). Pope John Paul II introduced the optional Luminous Mysteries
in 2002; at the time, he recommended praying the Joyful Mysteries on
Monday and Saturday, and the Glorious Mysteries on Wednesday and Sunday
year-round, leaving Thursday open for meditation on the Luminous
Mysteries. (Source: Catholicism.about.com)
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