Our Lady at Fatima
The word
Rosary means "Crown of Roses". Our Lady has revealed to several
people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose
and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen
of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore
the most important one. The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because
within it lies the awesome story of our salvation. With the Rosary in fact we
meditate the mysteries of joy, of sorrow and the glory of Jesus and Mary. It's
a simple prayer, humble so much like Mary. It's a prayer we can all say
together with Her, the Mother of God. With the Hail Mary we invite Her to pray
for us. Our Lady always grants our request. She joins Her prayer to ours.
Therefore it becomes ever more useful, because what Mary asks She always
receives, Jesus can never say no to whatever His Mother asks for. In every
apparition, the heavenly Mother has invited us to say the Rosary as a powerful weapon against evil, to bring us to
true peace. With your prayer made together with Your heavenly Mother, you can
obtain the great gift of bringing about a change of hearts and conversion. Each
day, through prayer you can drive away from yourselves and from your homeland
many dangers and many evils.
It can seem a repetitive prayer but instead it is like two sweethearts who many
times say one another the words: "I love you"...
A devout exercise to perform praying the Rosary to obtain any request is the "54-day Rosary Novena" in
honor of Our Lady of Pompeii.
You can find the History of the Rosary reading the Secret of the Rosary of Saint Louis Grignion de
Montfort.
The
whole Rosary is composed of fifteen decades. Each decade is recited in honor of
a mystery in Our Lord's Life and that of his Blessed Mother.
It
is customary to recite five decades at a time while meditating on one set of
mysteries.
The
decades may be separated, if the entire chaplet is completed on the same day.
Each
Mystery may be meditate "bead by bead" for every Hail Mary of the
decade.
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JOYFUL on Monday
and Thursday. SORROWFUL on Tuesday and
Friday. GLORIOUS on Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday. |
Roses of Our Lady of Fatima
How to say the Rosary
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While
holding the crucifix make the Sign of the
Cross. and then recite the Apostles
Creed. |
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Recite
the Our
Father on the first large bead. |
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Recite
a Hail Mary
for an increase of faith, hope and charity on each of the three small beads. |
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Recite
the Glory
Be to the Father on the next large bead. |
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Recite
the Fatima
Prayer "O my Jesus" on the large bead. |
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Recall
the first Rosary Mystery and
recite the Our Father on the large bead. |
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On
each of the adjacent ten small beads (also refered to as a decade) recite a
Hail Mary while reflecting on the mystery. |
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On
the next large bead, recite the Glory Be to the Father, the Fatima prayer. |
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Each
succeeding decade is prayed in a similar manner by recalling the appropriate
mystery, reciting the Our Father, ten Hail Marys, the Glory Be to the Father,
and the Fatima prayer while reflecting on the mystery. |
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When
the fifth mystery is completed, the Rosary is Customarily concluded with the Hail Holy
Queen, and the Sign of the Cross. |