This is perhaps the deepest kenosis of faith in human history" (n. 18). The power that he received from his Father in heaven and on earth. Amen. Amen. of all the gifts of God, just as thou willest. Those who say it out of hypocrisy, lacking any devotion. The Annunciation). me. Support us in our troubles, hear us when we pray, preserve us from the world and the devil. Mary's total relativity to Christ and through him, to the Blessed Trinity, is first experienced in the observation: "You never think of Mary without Mary interceding for you with God. Amen. Hail Joseph the just, Wisdom is with you; blessed are you among all men and blessed is Jesus, the fruit of Mary, your faithful spouse. For this reason too, Mary "is also intimately united to the Church. Amen. God is the author of the prayers of which it is composed and of the mysteries which it contains. Happy, then, a thousand times happy, are the Christians who are now fastened faithfully and entirely to her, as to a firm anchor!" attention and devotion as if it were the last of my life. Hail MARY, my Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign. Hail Mary ten times. mind; may thy profound humility take the place of my Her resurrection and triumphant Assumption. Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am Thine by justice. As a result she is also the favorite daughter of the Father and the temple of the Holy Spirit. The old robe they put over his shoulders. 14.In this decade before each Hail Mary we ask God through the intercession of all the saints for the graces we stand in need of. May the grace of the joyful mysteries come into our souls and make us really holy. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this fifteenth and last decade in honour of the Crowning in glory of your holy Mother in heaven. We can make a little offering at each decade. May the grace of the Mystery of the Annunciation come down into our souls. 8th "Jesus crowned with thorns" The Holy Spirit invites Mary to reproduce her own virtues in the elect, extending in them the roots of her "invincible faith" and "firm hope" (cf. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. The outpouring of blood in which his sorrows bathed him. 1. "This was corroborated by a vision of St. Gertrude. the Cross, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through the intercession Prayer whose value is unknown and which is said very badly by the majority of Christians. Thus, in his Canticles St Louis Marie presents to the faithful in this order the excellence of charity (Canticle 5), the light of faith (Canticle 6) and the firmness of hope (Canticle 7). Like St John of the Cross, St Louis Marie insists above all on the purity of faith and its essential and often sorrowful darkness (cf. His preaching and his being found in the temple among the doctors. with joy. Amen. the marvellous effects the Rosary has had wherever it was preached. Hail MARY, admirable Mother of the Son. Holy Cherubim, ask etc. Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Lady, my powerful Queen. thee for visions, revelations, sensible devotion or In fact, this Saint's Mariological thought "is rooted in the mystery of the Trinity and in the truth of the Incarnation of the Word of God" (ibid.). To deplore the unhappy state of disobedient Adam; his just condemnation and that of all his descendants. 15th "Jesus crowning thee". HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! Those who say the holy Rosary every day have a share in what the saints are doing in heaven which is the same as they were doing upon earth meritoriously, for they who are on earth are doing what the saints are doing in heaven. The holy man called upon the Mother of the Saviour, imploring her as advocate of sinners to come to the aid of the people. Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! presence; may the burning love of thy heart inflame the Mary is our sovereign and our mediatrix, our Mother and our Mistress. its fruitfulness as shown in the net that St. Peter by order of Our Lord threw into the sea and which though filled with 153 fish did not break. To honour the promise that Jesus Christ made to his apostles to send them the Holy Spirit and the command he gave them to prepare to receive him. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. other than that which was thine: to believe sincerely But in order that the congregation may give birth to Christ in their souls (by faith) they must first obtain this grace from the Blessed Virgin who gave birth to him the first time, and so together with her, they will become mothers of the Son of God. Rosaries, Crosses, Prayer Cards and more 14 Karat Gold Filled Celtic Cross Pendant, Celtic Cross Sterling Silver Irish Baby Medal on Bar Pin, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Prayers. I desire to say it with Hail Mary etc. Thy holy Mother to her cousin St. Elizabeth and the sanctification of St. John Step 1: The rosary prayer begins with the sign of the cross, In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. HAIL MARY, BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE ETERNAL FATHER. accord with Our Lady of Fatima's requests in 1917). I shall obtain the graces of salvation for them if they honour me by saying the Rosary for this psalter is very pleasing to me.' Hail MARY, admirable Mother of the Son. The holy Rosary can be said in a straightforward manner, saying only the Our Fathers and Hail Marys with the intentions of the mysteries. Our Father, three Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this first decade in honour of your Incarnation. To carry it on one's person with devotion. 2. The overcoming of objections that heretics, critics, libertines and those who neglect and ignore the Rosary generally make either to do away with it or to avoid saying it. The nails and the lance which pierced him, the sponge, the gall and the vinegar which he was given to drink. Our Father. he was accompanied in his missions by several holy bishops and still his efforts were without fruit. 8.We offer you, Lord Jesus, this first decade in honour of your Incarnation in Mary's womb; through this mystery and her intercession we ask for deep humility. Always in our hearts and prayers. It must be said with a pure heart without attachment to grave sin. At the end of the third: "All our perfection", St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort writes, "consists in being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore, the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which most perfectly conforms, unites and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. The Rosary contains the angelic greeting which is the most pleasing prayer we can offer our Blessed Lady. O my hope, O my life, O my faithful and its sweetness as shown in the honey found in the mouth of the lion. Our Father. May the grace of the Mystery of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin come day and every moment of my life I may say: Amen, So Creed: Definition and essence of the Rosary. 7. Send us, O Lord, this wisdom which sits by your throne to strengthen our weakness, to enlighten our minds, to inflame our hearts, to speak and to act, to work and suffer in union with you, to direct our footsteps and to fill our souls with the virtues of Jesus Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, for only Wisdom can bring us these gifts. Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my Hail Mary, faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit!" The first is the bridal crown or crown of excellence which we place on Mary's head by the joyful mysteries. Hear and grant our prayers. It is the prayer which distinguishes the predestinate from the reprobate. with thorns, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through the It is you only, my Jesus, who lives and reigns in her. Ah! 11.At the end of the second rosary the following prayers are said kneeling: [Prayer composed by Fr. We offer you, Child Jesus, this third decade in honour of your holy Birth. May the light of thy faith dispel the darkness of my Through this obedience, the Son of God enters the world. His being taken down from the Cross and his burial. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this fourth decade in honour of your presentation in the temple and the purification of Mary; through this mystery and her intercession we ask for purity in body and mind. We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this fourteenth decade in honor of the Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! We can give ourselves a stroke of the discipline. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.' Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! Holy Dominations, ask etc. Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine by justice. Amen, so be it--to all that thou art doing in my soul, In this Letter I would like to share with you, Men and Women Religious of the Montfort Families, a meditation on certain passages from the writings of St Louis Marie that may help us in these difficult times to nourish our faith in the maternal mediation of the Mother of the Lord. Every day each one of them said at least one complete Rosary. Among the popes: Pius V, Innocent III, and Boniface VIII who had it embroidered in satin. 5th "Jesus holy of holies" Those who live in this love can say with St Paul: "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Gal 2: 20). O my Jesus, forgive us our To honour his hidden, hard working and obedient life at Nazareth. Amen. Thee in the Temple, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through her 5.We beseech you, Lord Jesus, by the fifteen mysteries of your life, death, passion and glory, and the merits of your holy Mother, to convert sinners, to help the dying, to free the souls in purgatory, and to give all of us your grace so that we may live well and die well. Amen. Men's misfortune and ruin come from ignorance and neglect of the mysteries of Jesus Christ. firm hope and an ardent charity. In a certain way, it is the whole of humanity that is reborn in the virgin birth of Jesus. The afflicted people sought the advice of a saintly hermit who lived a very austere life in the desert. Paradoxically, this "bond of charity", this "slavery of love", endows the human being with full freedom, with that true freedom of the children of God (cf. the Lord has given thee and which shall never be Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, nn. B.V.M., 14: PG 96, 719): ""We fasten our souls'", he says, ""to your hope, as to an abiding anchor'. The ravishing beauty of her divine child. Lord, When Did We See You Hungry or Thirsty or a Stranger or Naked or Ill or in Prison? charity. To honour the eternal Father who conceives his Son in contemplating himself. "Thus, through the sermons of my very dear Dominic and through the power of the Rosary the heretical regions became submissive to the Church. It is too long and too tiresome a prayer. I unite with all the saints in heaven, with all the just on earth, and with all We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this twelfth decade in honor of Thy triumphant O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. 52. only grace I beg thee to obtain for me is that every The Rosary is a divine Summary of the mysteries of Jesus and Mary in which we proclaim and commemorate their life, passion and glory. Amen. Hail Mary, well-beloved daughter of the eternal Father, admirable Mother of the Son, most faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit, glorious temple of the Blessed Trinity. Hail Mary etc. "There I found the answers to my questions", for at one point I had feared that if my devotion to Mary "became too great, it might end up compromising the supremacy of the worship owed to Christ" (Dono e Mistero, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1996; English edition: Gift and Mystery, Paulines Publications Africa, p. 42). We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this third decade in honor of Thy Nativity in Through this mystery and the intercession of your blessed Mother we ask for detachment from the things of this world, love of poverty and love of the poor. She then held out a portion of her mantle, saying, 'When this part of my cloak is full of Hail Marys I shall gather you up and take you into the Kingdom of my beloved Son."' The mission and the greeting of the angel Gabriel. the restoration of the Rosary by Blessed Alan de la Roche. Son, faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit, august Temple of the most Holy Trinity! The superior says, "Nos cum prole pia benedicat Virgo Maria. The joy and the songs of Simeon and Anne the prophetess. Mary appeared and said, 'These people have stopped singing my praises; that is why these misfortunes have come upon them. Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine His betrayal by Judas and his arrest by the Jews. I consecrate myself entirely to thee with all that I have. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this twelfth decade in honour of your glorious Ascension. Hail, sovereign princess, to whom all owe subjection in Heaven and on earth! Among religious: St. Ignatius, St. Philip Neri, St. Felix of Cantalice. faithfully. St. Anne and all holy Women, ask of God etc. The coming forth of the eternal Word from the womb of Mary without breaking the seal of her Virginity. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. resurrection and triumphant Assumption of Thy holy Mother into Heaven, and we The mysteries of the Holy Rosary are like mirrors for the predestinate in which they see their faults and like torches which guide them in this world of darkness. thy privilege to triumph gloriously in Heaven at the "Ad Iesum per Mariam' To Jesus through Mary. It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine by justice. When you say the Rosary the angels rejoice in it, the holy Trinity delights in it, my son finds joy in it and I myself am happier than you can possibly imagine. It is a matter of full communion in the kenosis of Christ, communion lived with Mary, intimately present in the mysteries of the life of her Son. Gift and Mystery, pp. Indulgence for those who organize the saying of the Rosary. 50. The "spirit [of this devotion] consists in this: that we be interiorly dependent on Mary Most Holy; that we be slaves of Mary, and through her, of Jesus" (The Secret of Mary, n. 44). May the grace of the Birth of Jesus come into me and make me truly poor in spirit. The greeting of Mary and the sanctification of St. John Baptist and of his mother St. Elizabeth. What Mary did then, she does daily now. Our Lady one day said to Saint Mechtilde, 'All the Hail Marys you have given me are blazoned on my cloak. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. Contemplative faith, by giving up tangible or extraordinary things, penetrates the mysterious depths of Christ. Exterminator and destroyer of the devil and of heresies. Our Father. St. Hilary and all the holy Pontiffs, ask of God etc. The courage with which he went to meet his executioners and the power of his words with which he crushed them and then uplifted them. It is to her that the saints who have saved themselves have been the most attached and have done their best to attach others, in order to persevere in virtue. If thou still seest in me anything which does not belong to thee, I beseech thee to take it and to make thyself the absolute Mistress of all that is mine. The Rosary became so well known that people who were devout were considered by others as being obviously confraternity members. Amen. His collapse through weakness into a pool of his own blood. The Rosary is sanctioned by the example given to us by the saints. 8. respite; and to work zealously and unselfishly for The holy Rosary is most excellent because it was established for very noble ends which give great glory to God and are very salutary for the soul. Indeed, as the Second Vatican Council recalled, "Devoutly meditating on her [Mary] and contemplating her in the light of the Word made man, the Church reverently penetrates more deeply into the great mystery of the Incarnation" (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, n. 65).