Rosary vs Novena - What's the difference?
rosary | novena |
A series of prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father'' and ending with a ''Glory Be to the Father , sometimes including other prayers used in Roman Catholicism, and the Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic churches.
A string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in praying or mantras, and particularly in counting the prayers said in a rosary, by members of various religions or denominations other than Roman Catholicism such as Hinduism or the Anglican Church
A series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
* Jeremy Taylor
A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
As nouns the difference between rosary and novena
is that rosary is a series of prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Glory Be to the Father, sometimes including other prayers used in Roman Catholicism, and the Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic churches while novena is a recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.rosary
Noun
(rosaries)- Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night.
See also
* amulet * medallion * talismanDerived terms
* keep your rosaries off my ovariesExternal links
*Information about Rosaries
