The rose bush represents the third series of Rosary mysteries, the glorious mysteries. These begin with the Resurrection of Christ, and end with the Coronation of Mary. The medallion at the center ...

From the annunciation to the last mystery, the rosary speaks of Christ and his church ... The rosary, as our Holy Father says, is "a devotion directed to the Christological center of Christian faith, ...

"Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in ... the Rosary." "Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is ...