nd of what do they remind us?
A. Palms are blessed on Palm Sunday. They remind us of Our Lord's
triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the people, wishing to honor Him
and make Him king, strewed palm branches and even their own garments in
His path, singing: Hosanna to the Son of David.

Q. 1079. What is the difference between a cross and a crucifix?
A. A cross has no figure on it and a crucifix has a figure of Our Lord.
The word crucifix means fixed or nailed to the cross.

Q. 1080. What is the Rosary?
A. The Rosary is a form of prayer in which we say a certain number of
Our Fathers and Hail Marys, meditating or thinking for a short time
before each decade; that is, before each Our Father and ten Hail Marys,
on some particular event in the life of Our Lord. These events are
called mysteries of the Rosary. The string of beads on which these
prayers are said is also called a Rosary. The ordinary beads are of five
decades, or one-third of the whole Rosary.

Q. 1081. Who taught the use of the Rosary in its present form?
A. St. Dominic taught the use of the Rosary in its present form. By it
he instructed his hearers in the chief truths of our holy religion and
converted many to the true faith.

Q. 1082. How do we say the Rosary, or beads?
A. To say the Rosary or beads we bless ourselves with the cross, then
say the Apostles' Creed and the Our Father on the first large bead, then
the Hail Mary on each of the three small beads, and then Glory be to the
Father, &c. Then we mention or think of the first mystery we wish to
honor, and say an Our Father on the large bead and a Hail Mary on each
small bead of the ten that follow. At the end of every decade, or ten
Hail Marys, we say "Glory be to the Father;" &c. Then we mention the
next mystery and do as before, and so on to the end.

Q. 1083. How many mysteries of the Rosary are there?
A. There are fifteen mysteries of the Rosary arranged in the order in
which these events occurred in the life of Our Lord, and divided into
five joyful, five sorrowful, and five glorious mysteries.

Q. 1084. Say the five joyful mysteries of the Rosary.
A. The five joyful mysteries of the Rosary are: (1) The
Annunciation--the Angel Gabriel telling the Blessed Virgin that she is
to be the Mother of God; (2) the Visitation--the Blessed Virgin goes to
visit her cousin, St. Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist; (3)
the Nativity, or birth, of Our Lord; (4) the Presentation of the Child
Jesu