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Lesson 3

Mary’s Intercession

Mary is our advocate and intercedes for us in prayer.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Creeds Marian Teaching
Essential Lessons

Day 1 & 2 & 3

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Advocate
    :
    Someone who helps others in need. Mary is an advocate for us and takes our prayers to her son, Jesus, to answer.
  • Intercession/Intercede
    :
    A form of prayer in which we ask for God’s help for others. (2644)
  • Rosary
    :
    The Rosary is a prayer that helps us remember Jesus’ life and honor His mother
  • Apostles' Creed
    :
    A prayer that summarizes the essential beliefs of our Catholic Faith. We pray the Apostles Creed during the Rosary while holding the crucifix.
  • Our Father (Lord's Prayer)
    :
    The prayer given to us by Christ when He taught us to pray in the Gospels. We pray the Our Father during the Rosary on the first bead after the crucifix and before each decade.
  • Hail Mary
    :
    A prayer that repeats the words of the Angel Gabriel’s greeting to Mary at the Annunciation of Jesus’ birth and Elizabeth’s greeting to Mary at the Visitation. The prayer also asks for Mary’s motherly intercession in our lives. We pray the Hail Mary during the Rosary three times at the beginning and ten times during each of the five decades.
  • Glory Be
    :
    A prayer that praises the most Holy Trinity. We pray the Glory Be after each decade of the Rosary.
  • Decade
    :
    A set of ten beads of the Rosary. There are five decades in a Rosary. For each decade, we think about a different Mystery, or story, about the lives of Mary and Jesus.
  • Mysteries of the Rosary
    :
    Important events in the lives of Mary and Jesus that we reflect upon while praying the Rosary. There are four sets of Mysteries: the Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous, and Glorious Mysteries.

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    Lesson 3 Absent Student Handout
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    Lesson 3 Parent Newsletter
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    Hail Mary, Gentle Woman Video

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