Pray without ceasing, in all things give Thanks: In anticipation of the Feast of our Lady of Rosary ( October 7 )

Saturday, September 27, 2014

In anticipation of the Feast of our Lady of Rosary ( October 7 )

On the 7th of October we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary.
This Feast was instituted in honor of the great and important Victory over the forces of Islam at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, which was won because of the many rosaries prayed to our Blessed Mother. Pope Leo XIII added to the Litany of Loreto the invocation 'Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us' and in 1961 the title of this Feast became Our Lady of the Rosary.
The Victory was brought about through the devout recitation of the Holy Rosary. In thanksgiving for another Victory over the same foes in Hungary in 1715, the Feast was extended to the whole Church.
In the course of centuries the Rosary has been a source of abundant blessings. In her apparitions at Lourdes, France, in 1858, and again at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary urged Catholics to pray the Rosary frequently in order to bring about the conversion of sinners and a lasting world peace.
Let us resolve to say our Rosary every day! Besides being a beautiful tribute of love to our Heavenly Mother, it will be our support and joy in life and our consolation at the hour of death.
Every rosary we pray is a rose in the basket of our Beloved Mother that she offers to Our Father in heaven, interceding for our spiritual and temporal welfare.

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Ending Prayer (after the last decade of the Holy Rosary )

O Virgin and Queen of the Holy Rosary, thou art the Daughter of our Heavenly Father, the Mother of God the Son, and the Bride of the Holy Ghost with His sevenfold gifts. Thou canst obtain all things from the ever-blessed Trinity; therefore obtain for us this humble prayer petition which is so urgent for us, provided that it be no obstacle to our eternal salvation (silent pause)

we ask it of thee through thy Immaculate Conception, thy Divine Motherhood, thy joys, thy sorrows and thy triumphs; we ask it of thee through the Sacred Heart of thy dear Jesus, and the nine months wherein thou didst carry Him in thy bosom, the hardships of His holy life, His bitter holy passion, His holy death on the Cross, His most Holy Name, through the shedding of His Precious Blood; finally, we ask it of thee through thine own most sweet Immaculate Heart and thy glorious name,

O Mary, thou who art the Star of the Sea, the sea of sorrows, the Gate of Heaven, and the Mother of every grace. In thee we put our trust; from thee we hope for all things. Amen.

Make me worthy to praise thee, O sacred Virgin;
Give me strength against thine enemies.

Pray for us, O Queen of the most Holy Rosary,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

In honor of Saint Dominic we pray Glory be
In honor of Saint Catherine of Sienna; Glory be
In honor of Saint Vincent Ferrer; Glory be . + Amen

Prayer Before the Holy Rosary

I unite with all the Angels and Saints in Heaven, with all the just on earth, and with all the faithful here present. I unite with Thee, O my Jesus, in order to praise worthily Thy holy Mother, and to praise Thee in her and through her. I renounce all the distractions that I may have during this Rosary, which I wish to say with modesty, attention, and devotion, just as if it were to be the last of my life.

We offer Thee, O most Holy Trinity, this Creed in honor of all the mysteries of our Faith; this Our Father, and these three Hail Marys in honor of the unity of Thy Essence and the Trinity of Thy Persons. We ask of Thee a lively faith, a firm hope, and an ardent charity. Amen.

At this time, we mention our particular intentions for this Rosary (thanksgiving, reparation, petition) "..and that we may always retain our most precious Catholic Faith, practice it fervently, and die for it if necessary, we humbly pray..."

3 years Devotion to the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

2 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.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the Power and the Glory ,
forever and ever . Amen

2 HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among 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.

2 GLORY BE
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost , as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Act of Consecration and Reparation to Holy Mary's Immaculate Heart

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth and most tender Mother of men, in accordance with Thy ardent wish made known at Fatima, I consecrate to Thee myself, my family, my brethren, my country, and the whole human race.

Reign over us and teach us how to make the Sacred Heart of Jesus reign and triumph in us an around us, as it has reigned and triumphed in Thee.

We desire to atone for the many grievous sins and offenses committed against our Lord and Savior Jesus and Thee. We desire to call down upon our country and the whole world, the peace of God in justice and charity.

We promise to imitate Thy virtues by the practice of a Christian life without regard to human respect. We resolve to receive Holy Communion on the First Saturday of each month, and to offer Thee five decades of the Rosary each day, together with our sacrifices, in the spirit of reparation and penance. Amen.