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The Holy RosaryCommunion of Reparation Vigil

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Praying with knotted cords

The laity imitating the Christian Monasticism, monks prayed the 150 Psalms daily

Problem:Many of the laity and even lay

monastics could not read,

Resolution:They substituted 150 repetitions

of the Our Father (The Lord’s Prayer or Pater noster in Latin) for

the Psalms, sometimes using a cord with knots on it to keep an

accurate count.

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Mother Mary’s Apparitionto St. Dominic

In the year 1214,In the church of ProuilleSt. Dominic, a holy man

Mary appeared to him and said, "Dear Dominic, do you know which weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world? In this warfare, the main weapon is the Angelic Psalter (Rosary) which is the foundation stone of the New Testament.“

Reason of Apparition:Blessed Trinity wants to reform the world by praying the Angelic Psalter.

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Angelic PsalterIs also known as

Jesus and Mary Psalter

St. Dominic made the Psalter of Jesus and Mary easier to say by arranging the repeated prayers into three parts of five

mysteries each.

The Joyful Mysteries recall the events in the early life of Jesus

The Sorrowful Mysteries tell of the suffering and death of Jesus

The Glorious Mysteries describe God's glory, power and love.

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On October 16, 2002, Pope John Paul II, declared that the

following year will be the “Year of the Rosary”. For the first time in centuries, a change was made

in the rosary. The Pope added and defined 5 new mysteries

that concerned the events in the public life of Jesus. These new

mysteries were called the or “Luminous Mysteries” “Mysteries of Light”.

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The Rosary encourages both mental meditations on each of the Mysteries, and the vocal recitation

of the Our Father,ten Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.

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St. Dominic began to preach devotion to the Holy Rosary, and formed a Confraternity to encourage its daily use.

Problem:The popularity of this devotion spread for about one hundred years, but then started to decline (weaken)

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Resolution:In the year 1460Blessed Alan de la Roche,a Dominican

In a Mass one day when Our Lord spoke to him in the Sacred Host. He said, "Alan, you have crucified Me once by your earlier sins, and now you are doing it again because I have given you the knowledge you need, but you are not preaching My Mother's Rosary. Since you are not doing this, you are guilty of the sins which others commit."

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This warning led Blessed Alan to preach about the Rosary at every opportunity. Devotion to the Rosary began to spread again, and continues to this day.

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1214 St. Dominic - IMPLEMENT1460 Blessed Alan de la Roche – PROMOTE1569 Pope Pius V - ESTABLISHED

the devotion of the ROSARY

1597 recorded the first use of the term ROSARYReferring the prayer with beads

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Why we celebrate theFeast of Our

Lady of RosaryEvery 7th of

October?

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October 7th 1571

Holy League VS. Ottoman EmpireSpain VS. Turkey

Arranged by Pope Pius VLed by Admiral Don Juan of Austria

Lepanto is the naval station of Ottoman Empire Forces

Battle of LepantoThe victory of the Holy League prevented the Ottoman

Empire from expanding further along the European side of the Mediterranean.

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October 7th 1571

Pope Pius V campaign to pray the Rosary while the Holy league is on their way to

battle against the Ottoman Empire.

The Victory of Holy League is attributed by Pope Pius V to Mother Mary that’s

why he called Her Our Lady of Victory and soon changed into Our Lady of Rosary.

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October 7th 1571 - October 7th 2016

445th Feast of Our Lady of RosaryYear 1214 - 2016

802nd year Praying using the Rosary

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Rosary from the latin word RosariumWhich means “Crown of Roses”

Each time we say a Hail Mary we are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses.

The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because within it lies the awesome story of our salvation.

With the Hail Mary we invite Her to pray for us. Our Lady always grants our request. She joins Her prayer to ours.

Jesus can never say no to His Mother.

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The Rosary as a powerful weapon against evil, to bring us to true peace.

With our prayer made together with our heavenly Mother, we can obtain the great gift of bringing about a change of hearts and conversion.

Each day, through prayer we can drive away from ourselves and from our homeland many dangers and many evils.

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15 Promises given by Mother Mary to Bl. Alan De la Roche

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1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces.

2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary.

3. The rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.

4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the heart of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary shall not perish.

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6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unproved death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.

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11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.

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“When you pray, Do not babble like pagans with their many words, for they believe that

the more they say, the more chance they have of being heard.” Matthew 6:7

Why REPETITIVE?

Even Jesus do the same at Gethsemane“So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same

words again.” – Matthew 26:44

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The Jews who wanted to be noticed and praised by people were told by Jesus because of their hypocrisy and pride while praying. This is what Our Lord really means when He says “empty phrases or babbling”

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Passages in the Bible where repeated prayers are mentioned:

Command:“Pray without ceasing and give thanks to

God at every moment.” 1 Thess. 5:17

Obedience:“…day and night they sing without ceasing: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God…’” Rev. 4:8

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Challenge!Rosary should be part of our prayer life.We should Pray and Meditate as a family

Because…

The family that pray the Rosary together,Sticks together.

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Anj GulfAngeli Reina Andrade Golpo

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