Bead rosary using the cloisonne method, strung on cord and chain in silver-plated brass, the centrepiece of the rosary which is also in silver-plated brass bears an effigy of the Madonna and Child on the front and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on t
The rosary prayer is a vocal prayer favouring contemplation. Jean-Paul II underlined its importance in his apostolic letter "Rosarium Virginis Mariae": "The Rosary is one of the traditional paths of Christian prayer directed to the contemplation of Christ's face... We might call it Mary's way..." It is the way of the example of the Virgin of Nazareth, a woman of faith, of silence, of attentive listening. It is also the way of a Marian devotion inspired by knowledge of the inseparable bond between Christ and his Blessed Mother".