Rosary

Mary is a living
Saints
person, not a memory. Let's pray the
We talk and converse
About the Rosary with her when we
• St. Pius X said: "Give me an army of Christians who
pray, especially in every day
recite the Rosary well and I will conquer the world. If you
want peace in your heart, in your home, in your country, the Rosary because
assemble together every night and say the ROSARY."
there we meditate and
By the Rosary we will conquer all fear, sadness, doubt
and difficulty. ask her help to put
into practice what we
• Padre Pio said: "Our Lady has never refused me
a grace through the recitation of the Rosary." have meditated upon.
The Rosary was the contact link between himself and The Rosary is a meditation on the lives of
the Blessed Mother. It was the weapon with which Padre
Pio would defeat the devil. Padre Pio was never without Mary and Jesus.
the Rosary in his hands throughout the day.

• St. Louis Marie de Montfort: "The Rosary is a price-

less treasure which is inspired by God. If you say the
Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that in
spite of the gravity of your sins you shall receive a never
fading crown of glory. For even if you are now on the Each decade (each set of 10 Ave beads in
brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell..." the circular part of the Rosary beads) represents
a single Mystery in their lives, and as the prayers
• St. Teresa of Avila tells us how priceless a treasure are recited, we contemplate that particular Mystery.
it is by showing the value and merits of a single HAIL There are 3 sets of 5 Mysteries:
MARY. Shortly after her death, she appeared to one of 1. The Joyful Mysteries,
the Sisters of her Community and told her that she was 2. The Sorrowful Mysteries,
willing to return to a life of suffering until the end of 3. The Glorious Mysteries.
time to merit the degree of glory with which God re-
wards one devoutly recited Hail Mary.
MILITIA IMMACULATÆ
• The Rosary saves souls. St. Maximilian Kolbe wrote www.militia-immaculatae.info/en Every day the Rosary
in his agenda, "Many Rosaries, many souls saved." Do
we think of this? We will save many souls by reciting
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A short history of • The Rosary, thus, has always been a weapon against • Our Lady also appeared to the children at Fatima and
The Rosary heresy and trouble. The 7th of October 1571 victory of
Christendom over Islamic warriors at the Battle of Lepan-
asked that the Rosary be prayed daily.
It is truly of great impor-
• The Rosary began as to — the first naval victory against the infidels — was at-
tributed directly to the Rosaries prayed by the faithful.
tance that Our Lady gave us
a practice by the laity (they the Rosary. When at Fatima
said 150 Ave Marias) to imi- she spoke of the salvation
tate the Christian monasti- of sinners, of the ruin of the
cism of the Liturgy of the souls in hell, of wars and of
Hours, during the course the future of our age, Our
of which the monks prayed Lady indicated and recom-
the 150 Psalms daily. mended the Rosary as the
prayer that saves.
• In the year 1214, St. Domi- The Rosary and the Im-
nic had received the Rosary maculate Heart of Mary
from the Blessed Virgin as a means of converting the mark the final triumph of
Albigensians and other sinners. Our Lady appeared to him the Kingdom of God for
and she said, "Dear Dominic, do you know which weap- this epoch.
on the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world?"
"Oh, my Lady," answered Saint Dominic, "you know far True devotion to the
better than I do, because next to your Son Jesus Christ Rosary and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary guarantee
you have always been the chief instrument of our salva- salvation. Even Our Lady says that the souls devoted to
tion." Our Lady replied: "I want you to know that, in this the Rosary and to her Immaculate Heart "will be dear
kind of warfare, the principal weapon has always been the to God as flowers placed by me to adorn His throne".
Angelic Psalter, which is the foundation-stone of the New Our Lady herself wants to light and to keep burning in
Testament. Therefore, if you want to reach these hardened us the love for the Rosary and for her Immaculate Heart.
souls and win them over to God, preach my Rosary."

15 Promises for praying the Holy Rosary, 5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation 9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devo-
given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche of the Rosary shall not perish. ted to the Rosary.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying him- 10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the self to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries, shall never degree of glory in Heaven.
Rosary shall receive significant graces. be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His 11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death. If he be the Rosary.
all who shall recite the Rosary. just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy 12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will of eternal life. by me in their necessities.
destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not 13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advoca-
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will ob- die without the Sacraments of the Church. tes of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Cele-
tain for souls the abundant mercy of God. It will withdraw 8. Those who are faithful in reciting the Rosary shall have stial Court during their life and at the hour of death.
the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, during their life and at their death the light of God and the 14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of
and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls plenitude of His graces. At the moment of death they shall par- my only Son, Jesus Christ.
would sanctify themselves by this means. ticipate in the merits of the saints in Paradise. 15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.