Praying in the Digital Age: The iRosary App

by John Clem

The prayer of the Holy Rosary was inspired by an apparition of Mother Mary to Saint Dominic in the year 1214. She has appeared to many other saints over history, for example to the children of Fatima in 1917 to emphasize the importance of this prayer. It was Blessed Pope John Paul II’s favorite prayer, and it was he who added the wonderful Luminous Mysteries  in 2002.

I would like to recommend a great app to say the Rosary and to help give deeper meaning to this prayer. This is a wonderfully programmed app that offers the prayers of the Rosary with inspiring artwork which was recently updated for high definition of the iPad and retina display of the iPhone. A wonderful teaching tool for both children and adults, and you may like it so much that it will become a regular part of your prayer life.

The creators of iRosary, were inspired to program this app when their 6-year old daughter was diagnosed with the blood cancer–leukemia. Their daughter received 7 months of medical treatments and lots of prayer from family and friends in 2008.  The Brown family believes that through the power of praying the Rosary, their daughter is now free of cancer, and blessed them to make this beautiful prayer of the Rosary for the iPhone, iTouch, and iPad, reasonably priced at $2.99.

iRosary offers all 20 Mysteries of the Rosary, and one has the option to turn the Luminous Mysteries off for those wanting a traditional 15 Mysteries. It offers  many styles of beads and can be operated for left or right hand manipulation of the beads and also offers the user many types of ways to say the Rosary with variations for the Fatima Prayer, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and the Lorreto Litanies.  It will also remember where you left off if you are interrupted during your prayers.

Find the app on their website or in iTunes.