Catholic Prayer, Chant, Scriptural Rosary, Melody & Homily. Each Devotional is unique and spiritually uplifting. Join in the responses or simply listen and meditate.Enjoy! (*Disclaimer-The Talkshoe program causes the paragraphs to run together as one.Sorry for the inconvenience) **http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/rosary/ ***The Holy Rosary probably began as a practice by the laity to imitate the monastic Divine Office (Breviary or Liturgy of the Hours), during the course of which the monks daily prayed the 150 Psalms. The laity, many of whom could not read, substituted 50, or even 150, Ave Marias (Hail Marys) for the Psalms. This prayer, at least the first half of it so directly biblically, seems to date from as early as the 2nd century, as ancient graffiti at Christian sites has suggested. Sometimes a cord with knots on it was used to keep an accurate count of the Aves.***The first clear historical reference to the rosary, however, is from the life of St. Dominic (died in 122
