1295 Rosary is all the go with the kids in Mongolia
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Rosary is all the go with the kids in Mongolia
DARKHAN: 20th October 2005 -- It's but a small thing
- to hold something while praying, but it works in Darkhan! The
Salesians there have found that the Rosary is a great attraction for
the kids. At one level, it probably works just like prayer beads
in several of the great religions. At another, even its name in
Mongolia, Carnai, is attractive: the rose flower.
Fr James, with his Indian culture to drawn on, has
explained the prayer as a kind of yoga, a relaxation of mind and body,
a way to to treat a mind and body beset with difficulties, pain,
anxiety, illness. But he has been just as quick to explain its
deeper meanings too. In a country that was so devoid of religious
explanation for a long time, a simple theology suffices. A
spiritual rose flower offered to God, through His Son Jesus, through
the intercession of Mary. But, along the lines of Don Bosco
himself, Fr James has begun with short prayers; just little thoughts
like 'Thank you, Jesus'. The Hail Mary comes later.
The nice thing about it, he notes, is that once the
children are taken with the Rosary, the parents are not far behind.
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