St Helen Catholic Church
2085 Tallahassee Avenue
P.O. Box 2927
Vero Beach Florida 32960

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
 

  1. I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange gods
       before me.

  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

  3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's day

  4. Honor your father and your mother.

  5. You shall not kill.

  6. You shall not commit adultery.

  7. You shall not steal.

  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

  10. You shall not covet you neighbor's goods.

THE CHIEF COMMANDMENTS OR LAWS, 
OF THE CHURCH

  1.   To assist at Mass on all Sundays and holy days of obligation.
  2.   To fast and abstain on the days appointed.
  3.   To confess our sins at least once a year.
  4.   To receive Holy Communion during the Easter time.
  5.   To contribute to the support of the Church.
  6.   To observe the laws of the Church concerning marriage.
    7.

 

HOW TO PRAY THE ROSARY

 

"Step-By-Step" Instructions for Praying The Rosary

   Step I.     Beginning with the Rosary's Cross: Begin as with all prayers In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. (making the sign of the Cross while doing that)

   Step II.    On the single bead just above the cross, pray the Apostles Creed. This and all prayers of the rosary are meditative prayers

   Step III.   The next cluster of beads are 3 bead, the "Hail Mary" prayer is said on these three beads.  You pray the 3 Hail Marys while meditating on the three divine virtues of faith, hope, and love/charity.

   Step IV.    On the next bead, which is a single bead, you announce the first divine mystery of contemplation.  For example, if it were a Monday, you would say the first Joyful Mystery is "The Annunciation", at this point you pray the "Our Father" prayer.

   Step V.     Now this will bring you to the first decade, or set of 10 beads of the Rosary.  You will then pray 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the first mystery, example: The Annunciation.

   Step VI.    After the 10th Hail Mary you will have completed the first of 5 decades which make up a Chaplet of the Rosary. You now come to another single bead, at this point, you pray the... Glory be to the Father... then (on the same bead) pray the O My Jesus... then (on the same bead) announce the next or second mystery. For example: if its Monday and your praying the Joyful Mysteries, the second Joyful Mystery is The Visitation.   At this point you pray the Our Father....

   Step VII.   You will now come to the second decade or group of 10 beads, you will now pray the 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the appropriate mystery.

   Step VIII.  You continue to pray the rosary the same way throughout. If your intention is to pray a Chaplet (a single set of mysteries) at the end of the fifth mystery you will come back to the joiner, this is where the decades all join with the lower part of the rosary which contains the cross.  When you come to the joiner, you decide whether or not you wish to say another Chaplet or end.  If you decide to say another Chaplet you simply announce the next mystery and continue. If you wish to end, you simply say the Glory Be To The Father, the O My Jesus, The Our Father and end the rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the Cross.

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