What is the Rosary?
This way of praying is called Rosary, because the frequent repetition of the Hail Mary forms a crown of roses that we place on the head of Mary, our august Queen. The complete Rosary is composed of three crowns. One crown consists of five decades of “Hail Mary’s”, each decade being preceded by one “Our Father”. Now, to recite a rosary fruitfully, we must: • recollect ourselves for a moment and enter into the presence of God; • determine the grace we intend to request through Mary; • meditate on a mystery for each decade and arouse in our hearts the desire to acquire the vir - tue corresponding to each mystery. The Church has divided these mysteries into three classes: 1 . Joyful Mysteries 2 . Sorrowful Mysteries 3 . Glorious MysteriesMethods for reciting the rosary
The Holy Rosary by Father John Gregory of the Trinity The Holy Rosary by saint Louis Mary de Montfort The Holy Rosary Short Meditations with the Holy Gospel The Holy Rosary Short meditations The Holy Rosary From the Manual of Associates of the Perpetual Rosary
In
most
of
Her
apparitions,
especially
at
Lourdes
and
Fatima,
Our
Lady
wore
a
rosary
and
insisted
on
the
daily
recitation
of
the
rosary.
In
Her
last
apparition
in
Fatima,
Our
Lady
called
Herself
“Our
Lady
of
the
Rosary.”
On
December
26,
1957,
Sister
Lucia
of
Fatima
had
a
long
conversation
with
Father
Augustine
Fuentes.
She
urged
him
to
make
known
to
everyone
the
message
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
and
the
remedy
that
our
good
Mother
offered
to
Her
children
on
earth
to
cure
them
of
all
ills
of
soul and body: the daily recitation of the Rosary.
“Look,
Father,
in
these
latter
times
in
which
we
live,
the
Blessed
Virgin
has
given
a
new
efficacy
to
the
recitation
of
the
Rosary.
In
such
a
way
that
there
is
no
problem,
however
difficult
it
may
be,
be
it
temporal
or
above
all
spiritual,
in
the
personal
life
of
each
one
of
us,
of
our
families
–
whether
they
be
families
living
in
the
world
or
of
religious
communities
–
or
in
the
life
of
peoples
and
nations.
There
is
no
problem,
I
repeat,
there
is
no
problem
however
difficult
it
may
be,
that
we
cannot
solve
through
the
prayer
of
the
Holy
Rosary.
With
the
Holy
Rosary
we
will
save
ourselves,
we
will
sanctify
ourselves,
we
will
console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls.”
The solution to every problem:
The Holy Rosary
What is the Rosary?
This way of praying is called Rosary, because the frequent repetition of the Hail Mary forms a crown of roses that we place on the head of Mary, our august Queen. The complete Rosary is composed of three crowns. One crown consists of five decades of “Hail Mary’s”, each decade being preceded by one “Our Father”. Now, to recite a rosary fruitfully, we must: • recollect ourselves for a moment and enter into the presence of God; • determine the grace we intend to request through Mary; • meditate on a mystery for each decade and arouse in our hearts the desire to acquire the virtue corresponding to each mystery. The Church has divided these mysteries into three classes: 1 . Joyful Mysteries 2 . Sorrowful Mysteries 3 . Glorious MysteriesMethods for reciting the rosary
The Holy Rosary by Father John Gregory of the Trinity The Holy Rosary by saint Louis Mary de Montfort The Holy Rosary Short Meditations with the Holy Gospel The Holy Rosary Short meditations The Holy Rosary From the Manual of Associates of the Perpetual Rosary
In
most
of
Her
apparitions,
especially
at
Lourdes
and
Fatima,
Our
Lady
wore
a
rosary
and
insisted
on
the
daily
recitation
of
the
rosary.
In
Her
last
apparition
in
Fatima,
Our
Lady
called
Herself
“Our Lady of the Rosary.”
On
December
26,
1957,
Sister
Lucia
of
Fatima
had
a
long
conversation
with
Father
Augustine
Fuentes.
She
urged
him
to
make
known
to
everyone
the
message
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
and
the
remedy
that
our
good
Mother
offered
to
Her
children
on
earth
to
cure
them
of
all
ills
of
soul
and body: the daily recitation of the Rosary.
“Look,
Father,
in
these
latter
times
in
which
we
live,
the
Blessed
Virgin
has
given
a
new
efficacy
to
the
recitation
of
the
Rosary.
In
such
a
way
that
there
is
no
problem,
however
difficult
it
may
be,
be
it
temporal
or
above
all
spiritual,
in
the
personal
life
of
each
one
of
us,
of
our
families
–
whether
they
be
families
living
in
the
world
or
of
religious
communities
–
or
in
the
life
of
peoples
and
nations.
There
is
no
problem,
I
repeat,
there
is
no
problem
however
difficult
it
may
be,
that
we
cannot
solve
through
the
prayer
of
the
Holy
Rosary.
With
the
Holy
Rosary
we
will
save
ourselves,
we
will
sanctify
ourselves,
we
will
console
Our
Lord
and
obtain the salvation of many souls.”
