Hello Rosary Lovers! In this post I will explain why I converted to the Catholic Church. My early experiences of faith and doubt My journey to the Catholic Church was a long one. I was baptised Anglican when I was 3 and spent the early years of my life in an independent Pentecostal fellowship. Throughout…
A Catholic Guide to Confession
Hello Rosary Lovers! I offer in this post a Catholic guide to Confession. I hope you find it useful. A Daunting Sacrament Many of us are scared of Confession. Especially those of us who weren’t brought up as Catholics. The idea of Confession was a rather terrifying thing for me. I dreaded my first Confession,…
What is a Catholic?
Hello there Rosary Lovers! In this post we will be looking at the question: What is a Catholic? Along the way, we will answer lots of other related questions. I hope you find this article useful. Are Catholics Christians? We get asked this a lot. YES, Catholics are Christians! This is almost a laughable question,…
How to Become a Saint
Hello my dear Rosary Lovers! We are about to focus on the most important consideration of human life: how to become a saint. Why become a saint? It’s been said: ‘If you live your life and don’t become a saint, you have flunked life.’ It’s like failing a really, really important exam. We should all…
Why do Catholics Worship Mary?
Hello Rosary Lovers! In this post we will ask: Why do Catholics worship Mary? Definition of ‘Worship’ We first need to define what the word ‘worship’ means. Worship means to show reverence or love for a deity. You might say it also means to show worth to something, to ‘worth-ship’ it. Now in Catholic Christianity,…
How to Read the Bible
Welcome all Rosary Lovers! Here at rosarylovers.com, we aren’t just about the Rosary. We are about ALL that the Catholic faith offers, and that obviously includes the Bible. In this post we will look at how to read the Bible. I shall share some of my own (many!) experiences reading and studying Scripture over the…
What is the Rosary About?
Hello there Rosary Lovers! It seems a lot of people on the internet are asking: What is the Rosary about? We’ve all seen rosaries in shops, in cars, around necks and so forth. But why is the Rosary such a big deal? The Rosary is a series of meditations on Christ The first thing to…
What is Lectio Divina Prayer?
Hello Rosary Lovers! In this post we will ask: What is Lectio Divina, and what is Lectio Divina prayer? What is Lectio Divina? Lectio Divina is often translated into English as ‘Divine Reading’. It means that someone approaches the Catholic Holy Scriptures with the intent of reading in a spiritual manner, to derive spiritual benefit from it.…
How to Get to Know Mary
Hello Rosary Lovers! Here, we are all about Mary and the Rosary. Sure we write about all sorts of Catholic stuff, but primarily it’s Mary and her Psalter (the Rosary). In this post we will discuss how to get to know Mary. Getting to know Mary is the most important thing in anyone’s life The…
The Pope, Francis, and his Legacy
Hello Rosary Lovers! In this post, I want to speak about the Pope, Francis, the current reigning Pontiff (2013 -). We will look briefly at some of the unique ways he has led the Church forward to her heavenly home. ‘Mother Earth’ The thing Pope Francis will probably be most remembered for is his amazing Encyclical ‘Laudato…