The Rosary.

 Okay, I've been asked to do a post on the Rosary by Robert. I'm honoured!

Firstly, let me say that the Rosary has nothing to do with where you keep or can buy roses. I thought of Geon when I made up that joke!

Okay, let's be serious, we're talking about these.

Rosary Beads.

1) Make the Sign of the Cross.
2) Say the Apostles' Creed.
3) On the first bead, say an Our Father.
4) Say one Hail Mary on each of the next three beads.
5) Meditate on the mysteries of Jesus' life while praying five decades of Hail Marys.
6) End with the Glory Be.

Gosh, I didn't know that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit or that He spent some time in Hell. See how I always use a capital (eg. He) when one part of God is mentioned. That's thoroughness for you!

Good that Mary gets a mention too. Though the first part reads like the Father is the number one god.

"I believe in God, the Father almighty. Creator of Heaven and Earth. Oh, and there are those other two, Jesus and the Holy Spirit."

Okay, onto the first Our Father. I had a vulgar friend who used to say, "Our Farther who farts in Heaven." I'm sure that you can all say the Our Father properly without being vulgar. I certainly hope so.

Then you simply follow around the beads. You end with a Glory Be. By the way, it's also known as the Doxology.

Glory be to the Father,

And to the Son,

And to the Holy Spirit,

As it was in the beginning,

Is now,

And ever shall be,

World without end.

Amen.

Yes, it looks like the Father certainly is the boss of the other two parts of himself. Why didn't they just have three gods? With the Father god in charge, of course. God the Father could have said, "Look guys, if we do this thing with three gods, it'll make things easier for those humans I'm making to understand. I might leave loading them all up with Original Sin too. Son, that would save you having to die on that cross, and you wouldn't have to visit Hell. It really is a hell of a place to spend time in! In fact, I'm thinking of getting rid of Hell, but I'll keep Purgatory for the time being. Come on, they're just humans. We can sort them out."

"The Holy Rosary - The powerful prayer to Our Lady.

The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because within it lies the awesome story of our salvation. With the Rosary, in fact, we meditate the mysteries of joy, of sorrow, of glory and of light of Jesus and Mary."

I know that when Robert says the Rosary, he's praying to the Virgin Mary, mother of one of the three parts of God. Jesus Christ was solely His name before it became a swear word. Geon likes to disguise that swear word as, "Sheesh!"

So, it looks like the Rosary gives you a pretty direct link through to Mary. I suppose that, whether she listens or not, is up to her.

"Bloody Rosary prayers! Come on guys,
give me a break, I'm trying to cook tea for
God's second part, my son who I conceived 
with the Holy Spirit!"