THE HOLY ROSARY
About the Holy Rosary
The 15 Promises of the Rosary are spiritual benefits traditionally attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche. These promises assure devotees of Mary's continuous intercession, protection against spiritual pitfalls, deliverance from purgatory, and obtaining the graces needed for eternal salvation.
1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. The recitation of the Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God. It will withdraw the hearts of men 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.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
6. Those who recite my Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. In His justice, God will not chastise them; nor shall they perish by an unprovided death, i.e., be unprepared for heaven. Sinners shall convert. The just shall persevere in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Those who have a true devotion to the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who faithfully recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of His graces. At the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
11. By the recitation of the Rosary you shall obtain all that you ask of me.
12. Those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. 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 their death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my beloved children and the brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion for my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
How to Pray the Rosary.
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Step by Step
I. Begin by holding the crucifix, saying “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” (making the sign of the Cross while doing that), then say the Apostles Creed.
II. On the single bead just above the cross, pray the “Our Father.”
III. The next cluster has 3 beads. The “Hail Mary” prayer is said on these three beads. You pray the 3 Hail Marys while meditating on the three divine virtues of faith, hope, and love/charity.
IV. On the chain or cord after the three beads, say the “Glory be…”
V. On the next bead, which is a single bead, you announce the first divine mystery of contemplation. Refer to the mystery assigned for the day - followed with the “Our Father”.
VI. This will bring you to the decades or set of 10 beads of the Rosary. Pray 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the mystery.
This completes the first of 5 decades.
VII. This is followed by another single bead. At this point, you pray the… Glory be to the Father + Oh My Jesus Prayer + Decade Prayer + (Step V) Next Mystery / Our Father
VIII. Repeat steps VI and VII until your reach the last mystery and the last ten hail mary beads.
IX. At the end of the rosary, conclude with - Glory Be To The Father, O My Jesus, Our Father, Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the Cross……..
Supplement with Fatima Prayers, Memorare, as desired.
Offer the rosary particularly for the intention of the Holy Father, as well.
Various Rosary Prayers
THE APOSTLE’S CREED
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
THE OUR FATHER
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be 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.
THE DOXOLOGY
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
(this prayer is optional and may be said after all Glory Be to the Fathers…..)
O MY JESUS, have mercy on us. Forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Take all souls into heaven, especially, those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.
THE HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst 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.
DECADE PRAYERS
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you, save souls, save the world.
or
(Prayer for Priests): God, our Father, please send us holy priests, all for the sacred and eucharistic heart of Jesus, all for the sorrowful and immaculate heart of Mary, in union with saint Joseph. Amen.
THE SALVE REGINA
(Hail Holy Queen): Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
V: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let Us Pray:
O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation. Grant, we beseech Thee, that while meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
FATIMA PRAYERS
Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – I adore thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference’s whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
“Let this prayer be echoed all over the world.” – Mary
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love You. I beg pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love You.
Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us. Mary, Our Loving Mother, pray for us.
MEMORARE
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to Your protection, implored Your help, or sought Your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, we fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, our Mother. To You we come; before You we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in Your mercy, hear and answer us. Amen.
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THE HOLY ROSARY
About The Holy Rosary
The 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, of glory and of light 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.
Above all 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”…
The Holy Rosary - The powerful prayer to Our Lady
The power of the Rosary
The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, wheter temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families…that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.
Sister Lucia dos Santos
The Fifteen Promises Granted to those who Recite the Rosary
(Given by Mary to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche)
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.
The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for 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 himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he 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 plenititude 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 sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters of my only Son Jesus Christ.
Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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Blessings of the Rosary
Sinners are forgiven.
Souls that thirst are refreshed.
Those who are fettered have their bonds broken.
Those who weep find happiness
Those who are tempted find peace.
The poor find help.
Religious are reformed.
Those who are ignorant are instructed.
The living learn to overcome pride.
The dead (the Holy Souls) have their pains eased by suffrages.
Benefits of the Rosary
It gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ.
It purifies our souls, washing away sin.
It gives us victory over all our enemies.
It makes it easy for us to practice virtue.
It sets us on fire with 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 for us from Almighty God.
Indulgences granted with the Rosary
from Enchiridion indulgentiarum Recitation of the Marian Rosary (Rosarii marialis recitatio)
An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, a remission, which one of the faithful, properly disposed and under certain definite conditions, can acquire through the Church, which authoritatively dispenses, applying the treasure of the satisfactions of Christ and the Saints.
An indulgence is either PLENARY or PARTIAL, depending upon whether it frees one from the whole or from a part of the temporal punishment due to sin.
This means that one of the faithful who, with at least a contrite heart, performs a work enriched with a partial indulgence, is granted by the power of the Church that same amount of remission of temporal punishment as he has already obtained by the work itself. In other words, the remission is doubled, and that as often as the work prescribed is performed. A plenary indulgence means a full remission of temporal punishment, provided that several other conditions apply, in addition to the work performed or prayer said.
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.” (Roman Breviary) The name “Rosary,” however, is commonly used in reference to only a third part of the fifteen decades.The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:
1) The recitation of a third part only of the Rosary suffices; but the five decades must be recited continuously.
2) The vocal recitation must be accompanied by pious meditation on the mysteries.
3) In public recitation the mysteries must be announced in the manner customary in the place; for private recitation, however, it suffices if the vocal recitation is accompanied by meditation on the mysteries.
Encyclicals of the Rosary
Pope Leo XIII
On Devotion of the Rosary (Supremi Apostolatus Officio) (1 Sep 1883) This encyclical testifies to the rosary’s venerability and power, and exhorts the faithful to its frequent use.
On the Rosary (Superiore Anno) (30 Aug 1884) The pope writes on the recitation of the rosary.
On the Rosary and Public Life (Vi E Ben Noto) (20 Sep 1887)
On the Rosary (Octobri Mense) (22 Sep 1891)
On the Rosary (Magnae Dei Matris) (8 Sep 1892)
On the Rosary (Laetitiae Sanctae) (8 Sep 1893)
On the Rosary (Iucunda Semper) (8 Sep 1894)
Pope Pius XI
On the Rosary (Ingravescentibus Malis) (29 Sep 1937)
Pope Pius XII
On Reciting the Rosary (Ingruentium Malorum) (15 Sep 1951) Pius XII urges us to “fly with greater confidence to the Mother of God. There, the Christian people ahve always sought chief refuge in the hour of danger, because she has been constituted the cause of salvation for the whole human race.
Pope John XXIII
On the Rosary (Grata Recordatio) (26 Sep 1959) This encyclical covers the rosary, prayer for the Church, the missions and international and social problems;
Apostolic Letter
HISTORY
THE HOLY ROSARY
About The Holy Rosary
The 15 Promises of the Rosary are spiritual benefits traditionally attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche. These promises assure devotees of Mary's continuous intercession, protection against spiritual pitfalls, deliverance from purgatory, and obtaining the graces needed for eternal salvation.
Special Protection: Whosoever shall faithfully serve by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
Abundant Graces: Special protection and the greatest graces are promised to those who faithfully recite the Rosary.
Armor Against Evil: The Rosary will be a powerful armor against hell, destroying vice, decreasing sin, and defeating heresies.
Virtue and Good Works: It will cause virtues and good works to flourish and obtain the abundant mercy of God for souls.
Eternal Life: The soul that recommends itself to Mary through the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
Comfort and Endurance: Whoever recites the Rosary devoutly and reflects upon its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune.
Protection from Chastisement: The faithful shall not experience God's anger or perish by an unprovided death (dying unprepared).
Sacraments at Death: Those devoted to the Rosary will not die without receiving the Sacraments of the Church.
Light and Grace: Those faithful to the Rosary will have the light of God and the plenitude of His graces throughout their life and at the hour of death.
Communion with Saints: At the moment of death, devotees shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
Deliverance from Purgatory: Mary will deliver very promptly from purgatory those who have been devoted to her Rosary.
Heavenly Glory: Faithful children of the Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.
Intercession of Prayers: What is asked through the recitation of the Rosary shall be obtained.
Aid in Necessities: Those who promote and propagate the Rosary will be aided by Mary in all their necessities.
Heavenly Intercessors: Advocates of the Rosary shall have the entire celestial court as their intercessors during their lifetime and at the hour of death.