THE ROSARY

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OCTOBER – MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY

October is dedicated to the Queen of the Holy Rosary.  And just what is the Rosary? It is a form of prayer in which beads are passed between the fingers. The Apostles' Creed is said while holding the crucifix; the Our Father is said on the large beads, and the Hail Mary is said on the small bead.  After each group of Hail Marys, one says "Glory be to the Father."

While saying the “decades” of Hail Marys, we generally meditate on some mystery fromthe life of our Lord or His blessed Mother. The daily entries in this book afford some thoughts for these reflections.

The beads are a tangible means of keeping our minds on God and His Blessed Mother. Just to touch them in our purse or pocket is like putting our hand for a moment in hers. The Rosary has been called a bouquet of fresh, fragrant flowers culled from the human heart.

REGINA CAELI -- QUEEN OF HEAVEN -PRAY FOR US!

- Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.

Founder, Family Rosary Program

THE ROSARY

The Rosary is pivotal, central crucial and essential to our responding properly to Our Lady's requests at Fatima. Why? It is because the Rosary is something we do, each one of us, on a personal basis, to respond to Our Lady's requests.

         Saying the Rosary leads to our own personal sanctification. Saying the Rosary helps benefit others and leads them to the Faith, or to a return to the Faith if they are fallen away.  Saying the Rosary benefits the Church because it adds to the treasury of Grace.  Saying the Rosary teaches us the essential story of our salvation.  Saying the Rosary helps us penetrate the mysteries of our holy Religion.  Saying the Rosary gives us humility, the necessary virtue of sanctity. Saying the Rosary puts the power of prayer squarely in the hands of even beginners. Saying the Rosary is efficacious like no other prayer because Our Lord wants us to go through Mary, His Mother and OUR Mother, in approaching Him, and He gives rewards to this approach -- especially through her Rosary -- as He does with no other approach and to no other form of prayer.

         The Rosary is simple and direct, yet the Rosary is multifaceted and sophisticated; in it we can let our poor, weak minds concentrate on four different, legitimate things; we can concentrate on our intention; we can concentrate on the person to whom our prayers are directed, the Blessed Virgin Mary; we can concentrate on the mystery we are reciting; or we can concentrate on the prayers themselves that we are saying.

         Through the Rosary, we can channel the power of our minds and hearts during a period of 15 or 20 minutes (the average time it takes to say five decades of the Rosary).

Yes, the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary helps us to pray with power and strength. It turns us into truly effective spiritual tools in the hands of the Blessed Mother. But all the while it keeps us humble because we have to turn ourselves completely over to her, just to kneel down and say it.

         As the Rosary is the prayer that Our Blessed Mother has prescribed for us at Fatima, no substitution will do the job.

         It has to be the Rosary if we want the things that Our Lady promised: our own salvation, the triumph of the church throughout the world, and a true God-given peace!

- The Rosary, Msgr. J. A. Cirrincione & T. A. Nelson
St. Michael the Archangel

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do you, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

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