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"Say the Rosary every day...
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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.
| The Mysteries of the Rosary |
 JOYFUL
on Monday and Thursday.
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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. |
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