Rosary And Mother Mary

Rosary and Mother Mary

What we are going to cover • What is rosary? • History of rosary • Why we should pray rosary? • When we should pray rosary • How we should pray rosary?

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What is Rosary • • • •

Crown of roses Angelic salutation 153 white roses and sixteen red roses. Being heavenly flowers, these roses will never fade or lose their beauty. • each time people say a Hail Mary they are giving Mary a beautiful rose, and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. • A story of a young friar from chronicles of St Francis

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Rosarium Virginis Mariae • “The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at the heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. . . . Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer” (Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II, On The Most Holy Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Pauline books and media, introduction, p. 7-8).

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Rosarium Virginis Mariae • “The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at the heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. . . . Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer” (Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II, On The Most Holy Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Pauline books and media, introduction, p. 7-8).

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A repetition? • • • • • • •

“Immaculate Virgin, I know very well that I am only a miserable wretch, and all I do is increase each day the number of my sins...” You told me the other day that was how you spoke to Our Mother. And I was confident in advising you with assurance to pray the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Marys which purifies the monotony of your sins! (St Josemaria Escriva, Furrow, 475) A story of young lady meeting Bishop Fulton Sheen

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History of rosary • •

Book of Psalms St Dominic against Albigensians heresy

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Hail Mary – Angelic Salutation • • •

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Saint Bonaventure says that Mary will greet us with grace if we greet her with the Hail Mary. One day Saint Gertrude had a vision of our Lord counting gold coins. She summoned the courage to ask him what he was doing, and he answered, "I am counting the Hail Marys that you have said; this is the money with which you purchase heaven." The holy and learned Jesuit, Father Suarez, was so deeply aware of the value of the Angelic Salutation that he said he would gladly give all his learning for the price of one Hail Mary well said.

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Why we should pray rosary • • • • • • •

St Louis de Montfort mentions: It gradually brings us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ; It purifies our souls from sin; It gives us victory over all our enemies; It makes the practice of virtue easy; It sets us on fire with the love of our Lord; It enriches us with graces and merits; It supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to our fellow-men, and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces from God.

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Why we should pray rosary • • •

Three crowns from Jesus and Mary 15 promises "No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary: either they will give up sin or they will give up the Rosary." (Bishop Hugh Doyle) • "The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results." (St Josemaria Escriva) • Prayer multiplies time (Peter Kreeft)

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When we should pray rosary •

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." St. Louis De Monfort

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"If you say the Holy Rosary everyday, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path." St. Josemaria Escriva

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

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"You always leave the Rosary for later, and you end up not saying it at all because you are sleepy. If there is no other time, say it in the street without letting anybody notice it. It will, moreover, help you to have presence of God." by St. Josemaria Escriva

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"How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening." Pope John Paul II •"Of all prayers rosary is the most beautiful and the richest in graces; of all it is the one which is most pleasing to Mary, the Virgin Most Holy. Therefore, love the Rosary and recite it every day with devotion: this is the testament which I leave unto you so that you may remember me by it." St. Pius X •

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Saints – Saint Francis de Sales : he bound himself by vow to say the whole Rosary every day for as long as he lived. – – Saint Charles Borromeo also said it every day – – Blessed Pius V, one of the greatest popes who have ever ruled the Church, used to say the Rosary every day. – – Saint Thomas of Villanova, Saint Ignatius, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Francis Borgia, Saint Teresa, Saint Philip Neri, Saint Padre Pio, Saint John Vianney as well as many other more, were greatly devoted to the Rosary.

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How we should pray rosary • • • • • •

Pray with great attention Right hand – guardian angel, left hand – devil Perseverance Pause, contemplate on the mysteries Ask for graces, strength to overcome sin Not as burden, not to get it over ASAP

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Our Father who art in heaven, + hallowed by thy name, + thy kingdom come, + thy will be done + on earth as it is in heaven.+ Give us this day + our daily bread, + and forgive us our trespasses + as we forgive those who trespass against us, + and lead us not into temptation, + but deliver us from evil. Amen. + Hail, Mary, full of grace, + the Lord is with thee, + blessed art thou among women, + and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. + Holy Mary, Mother of God, + pray for us sinners, now + and at the hour of our death. Amen. +

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Devil's tactic •

Being human, we easily become tired and slipshod, but the devil makes these difficulties worse when we are saying the Rosary. Before we even begin, he makes us feel bored, distracted, or exhausted; and when we have started praying, he oppresses us from all sides, and when after much difficulty and many distractions, we have finished, he whispers to us, "What you have just said is worthless. It is useless for you to say the Rosary. You had better get on with other things. It is only a waste of time to pray without paying attention to what you are saying; half-an-hour's meditation or some spiritual reading would be much better. Tomorrow, when you are not feeling so sluggish, you'll pray better; leave the rest of your Rosary till then." By tricks of this kind the devil gets us to give up the Rosary altogether or to say it less often, and we keep putting it off or change to some other devotion A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.