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Our Lady of the Rosary

October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

It was St. Dominic in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries who encouraged everyone to say the Rosary. St. Dominic was greatly saddened by the spread of a terrible heresy called Albigensianism. With the members of his new Order of Preachers, he was trying his best to destroy this dangerous heresy. He begged the Blessed Virgin for help, and it is said that she told him to preach devotion to the Holy Rosary. St. Dominic obeyed and he was very successful in stopping the heresy.

The Holy Rosary is a simple devotion which can be practiced by all people-old and young, learned and unlearned. It can be said anywhere, at any time. While we say the Our Father, ten Hail Marys and Glory to the Father, we think about great moments in the lives of Jesus and Mary. In this way, we grow closer and closer to Jesus and his Blessed Mother. We learn to imitate their holy lives.

Mary is very pleased when we say the Holy Rosary often and well. She used to say it with St. Bernadette when she appeared to her at Lourdes. The three little children of Fatima learned from Mary the power of the Rosary. Mary taught them that the Rosary obtains graces and saves sinners from hell.

A Dominican pope, Pius V, established today’s feast. It is to show our gratitude to Mary for a military victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571.


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  1. Br. Michael Anthony on October 8, 2007 11:31 pm

    Pray Rosary for Peace, Benedict XVI Urges

    Benedict XVI asked that the rosary be prayed for peace in families and in the world.

    “This is something that Mary has also offered in various apparitions,” the Pope explained today to the thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the midday Angelus.

    “I am thinking especially of her appearance at Fatima which took place 90 years ago,” the Holy Father said from the window of his study. “To the three little shepherds, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, presenting herself as ‘the Madonna of the Rosary,’ she insistently recommended praying the rosary every day to bring an end to the war.”

    “We also desire to welcome the Virgin’s maternal request, committing ourselves to saying the rosary with faith for peace in our families, in countries, and in the whole world,” he added.

    On this day that the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary, the World Day of the Rosary also takes place. That initiative began 11 years ago in Mexico, uniting millions of people on five continents to pray the rosary in public places.

    The Pope explained, “[T]he rosary is a means given by the Virgin for contemplating Jesus and, meditating on his life, for loving and following him always more faithfully.”

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