Rosary Con't

The question was raised "why do we need to ask Mary to intercede for us when we can go straight to Jesus as our intercessor?"  I am no expert in the history of the rosary or the Catholic Faith but this is what I do know:

The Rosary is a Gospel prayer, to the glory of God the Father, Son, and Holy Sprit.  Our attention is on God from the very begining with the Apostles Creed, which states the beliefs of all Christians. We begin each decade, or mystery,with the Our Father, the prayer that Jesus himself taught his disciples to pray. We end each decade with the Glory Be, which is focusing on the Holy Trinity.

I like to think that in between, we pray 10 Hail Marys to invite the Blessed Mother of Jesus to pray with us and for us. She is our prayer partner as we meditate on the life of her Son.

More on this later...

I never did get back to this until a friend asked me where I got the above info.  I found this great website listed below that speaks to the history of the rosary, why we pray it and how many conversions have come about because of praying the rosary.  I believe the above statement is the most concise way to explain the reason why we pray the rosary.  These sites also discuss the tradition that the rosary was first given to St. Dominic from the Blessed Mother in 1208.  It's humbling to think that the rosary I pray today, has been prayed for over 800 years!

http://www.magnificatrosaries.com/_wsn/page8.html

http://www.catholic-pages.com/prayers/rosary_dominic.asp
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