The Rosary for Children

By William Luberoff and Karen Cavanaugh

Book Overview

The Rosary for Children

The Rosary is a powerful gift for children, blending prayer, story, and rhythm into a lifelong anchor of faith, peace, and moral clarity.

This book by the Catholic Book Publishing Company has many benefits in assisting children to pray the Rosary. First, it teaches prayer as conversation, not performance. Young fingers on beads learn that talking to God and Mary can be simple, repetitive, and intimate--like a heartbeat. Each Hail Mary becomes a breath of love, training attention in an age of distraction. Studies on mindfulness show rhythmic repetition calms the nervous system; for a child, the Rosary is spiritual respiration.

Second, it embeds Scripture in memory. The mysteries--Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous--are biblical scenes in miniature. A five-year-old tracing the Nativity with a decade grasps Incarnation before theology textbooks. By adolescence, these images form an inner cathedral, ready to counter doubt or despair.

Third, it builds resilience through structure. Life's chaos--bullying, failure, loss--meets the Rosary's calm cadence. A child who prays after a bad day learns sorrow can be offered, not suppressed. Saints like Dominic Savio, who died at fourteen clutching his beads, show how early devotion forges courage.

In a world bombarding children with noise and comparison, the Rosary for Children book is silence with purpose, identity with eternity. One bead at a time, it strings their souls to Christ.

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Features of this book:

Large text, easy to read for youngstersBeautiful, colorful artwork throughoutExplanations of each stanza of the prayer for young readersAdditional PrayersFull cover illustrations will help to focus on the prayer. SoftcoverSaddle stitched.Nihil ObstatImprimatur

The Rosary fosters family unity. Praying together--bedside, car, or kitchen table--creates shared sacred time. Parents model vulnerability: siblings learn patience. In divorced or fragmented homes, the Rosary becomes a portable chapel, restoring wholeness. Finally, it plants Marian trust. Children meet Mary not as distant icon but as mother who listens. This relationship softens fear--monsters under beds yield to "Pray for us sinners." Psychologists note secure maternal bonds predict emotional health; the Rosary offers a divine one.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882714562
• ISBN13: 9780882714561
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Regina Press Malhame & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3