Rosary

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The Rosary ( Latin : rosarium , in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses", usually in the form of the Dominican Rosary , is a form of prayer used especially in the Catholic Church named for the string of prayer beads used to count the component prayers. When used of the form of prayer, the word is usually capitalized ("the Rosary"), as is customary for other names of prayers, such as "the Lord's Prayer ", "the Hail Mary ", "the Magnificat ". When referring to the beads, it is normally written with a lower-case initial ("a rosary").

The prayers that essentially compose the Rosary are arranged in sets of ten Hail Marys with each set preceded by one Lord's Prayer and followed by one Glory Be . During recitation of each set, known as a decade, thought is given to one of the Mysteries of the Rosary , which recall events in the lives of Jesus and Mary . Normally, five decades are recited in a session. Other prayers are sometimes added after each decade (in particular, the Fátima Prayer ) and before (in particular, the Apostles' Creed ), and after (in particular, the Hail, Holy Queen ) the five decades taken as a whole. The rosary as a material object is an aid towards saying these prayers in the proper sequence.

A standard fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, based on the long-standing custom, was established by Pope Pius V in the 16th century, grouping the mysteries in three sets: the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Glorious Mysteries. In 2002 Pope John Paul II suggested a new optional set of five, called the Luminous Mysteries, bringing the total number of mysteries to twenty.

For over four centuries, the rosary has been promoted by several popes as part of the veneration of Mary in Roman Catholicism . The rosary also represents the Roman Catholic emphasis on "participation in the life of Mary, whose focus was Christ", and the Mariological theme "to Christ through Mary", taught by Saint Louis de Montfort .

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FIFTEEN PROMISES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN TO CHRISTIANS WHO FAITHFULLY PRAY THE ROSARY

  • Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

  • I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

  • The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.

  • It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

  • The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

  • Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.

  • Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.

  • Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.

  • I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

  • The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.

  • You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

  • All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

  • I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.

  • All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.

  • Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

St. Louis de Montfort

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and Confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.[1]

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I assure you that in spite of the gravity of your sins, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory. Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in Hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if and mark well what I say -- if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon of your sins."

Words of Our Lady of Fatima on the Holy Rosary

  • Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war. ...May 13, 1917

  • I wish you to come here on the 13th of next month, to pray the Rosary each day. ...June 13, 1917

  • I want you to come here on the 13th of next month, and to continue praying the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, because only She can help you. ...July 13, 1917

  • I want you to continue praying the Rosary every day. ...August 19, 1917

  • Continue to say the Rosary to obtain the end of the war. ...September 13, 1917

  • I am Our Lady of the Rosary. Continue to say the Rosary every day. ...October 13, 1917

  • You at least try to console Me and announce in My name that I promise to assist at the moment of death, with all the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the First Saturday of five consecutive months shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite ftve decades of the Rosary, and keep Me Company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making Reparation to Me.

  • ... December 10, 1925 to Sister Lucy at Pontevedra

Pope Pius XII

"There is no surer means of calling down God's blessing upon the family than the daily recitation of the Rosary."

Bishop Hugh Boyle

"Those who say the Rosary frequently and fervently will gradually grow in grace and holiness and will enjoy the special protection of Our Lady and the abiding friendship of God."

To help the Holy Souls in Purgatory:

1. Have Masses offered for them.

2. Pray the Rosary and and the Chaplet for the Holy Souls.

3. Pray the Stations of the Cross.

4. Offer up little sacrifices and fast.

5. Spread devotion to them.

6. Attend Eucharistic Adoration and pray for them.

7. Gain all the indulgences you can, and apply them to the Holy Souls.

Visit to a Cemetery

( Coemeterii visitatio )

An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to

the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only

mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the

1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.

Visit to a Church or Oratory on All Souls Day [November 2]

( Visitatio ecclesiae vel oratorii in Commemoratione omnium fidelium defunctorum )

A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the Commemoration of all the faithful departed piously visit a church, a public oratory or ----- for those entitled to use it ----- a semipublic oratory.

The above indulgence can be acquired either on the day designated above or, with the consent of the Ordinary, on the preceding or following Sunday or the Feast of All Saints [November 1].

The above indulgence is contained in the Apostolic Constitution The Doctrine of Indulgences, Norm 15, with account being taken of proposals made to the Sacred Penitentiary in the meantime.

In visiting the church or oratory, it is required, according to Norm 16 of the same Apostolic Constitution, that "one Our Father and the Creed be recited."

Recitation of the Marian Rosary [or Rosary Novena pages]

( Rosarii marialis recitatio )

A plenary indulgence is granted, if the Rosary is recited in a church

or public oratory or in "a family group, a religious Community or

pious Association; [a partial indulgence is granted in other

circumstances].

"Now the Rosary is a certain formula of prayer, which is made up of

fifteen decades of "Hail Marys" with an "Our Father" before each

decade, and in which the recitation of each decade is accompanied by

pious meditation on a particular mystery of our Redemption."

Eternal Rest

( Requiem aeternam )

Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.

( Roman Breviary )

Partial indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory.

May it please you, O Lord

( Retribuere dignare, Domine )

May it please Thee, O Lord, to reward with eternal life all those who do good to us for Thy Name's sake. Amen.

( Roman Breviary )

Partial indulgence.

Merciful Lord

Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them everlasting rest. (Roman Missal)

Partial indulgence.

Always remember that anything we do to help the Holy Souls is an act of charity

and it is one done to those who are the most in need of our assistance

since they can no longer help themselves, and are utterly dependent

on us to help them. If we release a soul from there, it will be

eternally grateful, and will intercede with God for us,

while we yet live on earth and if, we should go there.

When praying the Rosary, reserve, if possible, one decade to pray for these Poor Souls.

If you are able, say an entire Rosary exclusively for their release, at least in November.

Our Lady is the Queen of Heaven and earth, and of the Holy Souls in Purgtaory:

The Communion of Saints consists of:

The Church triumphant in Heaven,

The Church militant on earth,

and the Church suffering in Purgatory.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen .

Dies irae, dies illa

Day of wrath and doom impending,

David's word with Sibyl's blending,

Heaven and earth in ashes ending!

O what fear man's bosom rendeth,

When from Heaven the Judge descendeth,

On whose sentence all dependeth!

Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,

Through earth's sepulchres it ringeth,

All before the throne it bringeth.

Death is struck, and nature quaking,

All creation is awaking,

To its Judge an answer making.

Lo! the book exactly worded,

Wherein all hath been recorded;

Thence shall judgment be awarded.

When the Judge His seat attaineth,

And each hidden deed arraigneth,

Nothing unavenged remaineth.

What shall I, frail man, be pleading?

Who for me be interceding,

When the just are mercy needing?

King of majesty tremendous,

Who dost free salvation send us,

Fount of pity, then befriend us!

Think, kind Jesu! ----- my salvation

Caused Thy wondrous Incarnation;

Leave me not to reprobation.

Faint and weary Thou hast sought me,

On the Cross of suffering bought me;

Shall such grace be vainly brought me?

Righteous Judge! for sin's pollution

Grant Thy gift of absolution,

Ere that day of retribution.

Guilty, now I pour my moaning,

All my shame with anguish owning;

Spare, O God, thy suppliant groaning!

Through the sinful woman shriven,

Through the dying thief forgiven,

Thou to me a hope hast given.

Worthless are my prayers and sighing,

Yet, good Lord, in grace complying,

Rescue me from fires undying.

With Thy sheep a place provide me,

From the goats afar divide me,

To Thy right hand do thou guide me.

When the wicked are confounded,

Doomed to shame and woe unbounded,

Call me, with Thy Saints surrounded.

Low I kneel, with heart's submission,

See, like ashes my contrition!

Help me in my last condition!

Ah! that day of tears and mourning!

From the dust of earth returning,

Man for judgment must prepare him:

Spare, O God, in mercy spare him!

Lord, all-pitying, Jesu blest,

Grant them Thine eternal rest. Amen.

MOST loving Jesus, I humbly beseech Thee, that Thou Thyself wouldst offer to Thine eternal Father in behalf of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, the Most Precious Blood which poured forth from the sacred Wounds of Thine adorable Body, together with Thine agony and death. And do thou likewise, O sorrowful Virgin Mary, present unto Him, together with the dolorous Passion of thy dear Son, thine own sighs and tears, and all the sorrows thou didst suffer in His suffering, in order that, through the merits of the same, refreshment may be granted to the Souls now suffering in the fiery torments of Purgatory, so that, being delivered from that painful prison, they may be clothed with glory in Heaven, there to sing the mercies of God for ever and ever. Amen .

Absolve, O Lord, the Souls of all the faithful departed from every bond of sin, that with Thy gracious assistance they may deserve to escape the judgment of vengeance and enjoy the blessedness of everlasting light.

Prayer for Deceased Parents

O God, Who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother, in Thy mercy have pity on the souls of my father and mother, and forgive them their trespasses, and make me to see them again in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Efficacious Prayer for the Faithful Departed

O Most compassionate Jesus, have mercy on the Souls detained in Purgatory, for whose redemption Thou didst take upon Thyself our nature and endure a bitter death. Mercifully hear their sighs, look with pity upon the tears which they now shed before Thee, and by virtue of Thy Passion, release them from the pains due to their sins. O most merciful Jesus, let Thy Precious Blood reach down into Purgatory and refresh and revive the captive souls who suffer there. Stretch out to them Thy strong right hand, and bring them forth into the place of refreshment, light and peace. Amen.

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