Even today, foreigners in a strange land struggling to understand a different language, can take comfort in saying the Catholic rosary or another bead-prayer method in their faith and native language.

Rosary beads close rosaryA string of beads used as a method of prayer or meditation, for example by Buddhists and Roman Catholic Christians. are an aid to worship that focus on a set order of prayers.

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