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what is the Rosary about
By: Colin Feener Date: May 6, 2015, 10:35 pm
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does anyone know. I don't know but I like it. I was ,led to go
to the salvation army and still love them but don't know if I
agree about their thoughts on Mary. They don't believe Mary has
divinity but in some of my old Bibles it even says John the
divine in the book of revelation. I always feel some kind of
Love for her and also, I like the rosery but don't know what it
suppose to signify.
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Re: what is the rosery about
By: Piper Date: May 7, 2015, 1:00 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]Hi, Colin.
The rosary is a series of five groupings of guided prayer,
called 'decades.' The beads are simply to help you remember the
order of the various prayers. The Apostle's Creed is recited
first, after making the Sign of the Cross. All of the prayers
are Scripture-based, and include the Lord's Prayer, the Glory Be
prayer, the Fatima prayer, and the Hail Mary prayer. At the end
of each decade (10 Hail Mary's), you pause and reflect on
various events in the life of Jesus and Mary--these are referred
to as 'Mysteries'. There are 4 sets of Mysteries, each set
assigned to various days of the week.
We all know the Lord's Prayer. Here are the others:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art
thou amongst 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.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end.
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell,
and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of
your mercy.
Here are the Mysteries that are regularly reflected on:
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
The Annunciation: The Archangel Gabriel "announces" to Mary that
she shall conceive the Son of God.
The Visitation: Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, who is
pregnant with John the Baptist.
The Nativity: Jesus is born.
The Presentation: Mary and Joseph "present" Jesus in the Temple
where they meet Simeon.
The Finding in the Temple: After losing Him, Mary and Joseph
find young Jesus teaching the Rabbis in the Temple.
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
The Baptism in the Jordan: The voice of the Father declares
Jesus the beloved Son.
The Wedding at Cana: Christ changes water into wine, his first
public miracle.
The Proclamation of the Kingdom: Jesus calls to conversion (cf.
Mk 1:15) and forgives the sins of all who draw near to him.
The Transfiguration: The glory of the Godhead shines forth from
the face of Christ.
The Institution of the Eucharist: Jesus offers the first Mass at
the Last Supper with his apostles, establishing the sacramental
foundation for all Christian living.
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
The Agony in the Garden: Jesus sweats water and blood while
praying the night before his passion.
The Scourging at the Pillar: Pilate has Jesus whipped.
The Crowning with Thorns: Roman soldiers crown Jesus' head with
thorns.
The Carrying of the Cross: Jesus meets His mother and falls
three times on the way up Calvary.
The Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies before
His mother and His apostle John.
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
The Resurrection: Jesus rises from the dead.
The Ascension: Jesus leaves the Apostles and bodily "ascends" to
heaven.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit: The Apostles receive the Holy
Spirit in tongues of fire in the upper room with Mary.
The Assumption: Mary is taken bodily--assumed--into heaven by
God at the end of her life here on earth.
The Coronation: Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth.
I like praying the rosary because I find it very soothing and it
keeps Jesus and His life very foremost in my mind. Catholics
believe it to be one of the best ways to pray, and that many
spiritual benefits come from it. It takes dedication, because
it can be quite time-consuming, although you can pray the
individual decades one at a time throughout the day.[/font]
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Re: what is the rosery about
By: Piper Date: May 7, 2015, 1:27 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]There are slight variations in how the rosary
is prayed by different people, but here is one basic
example,shown on the beads:[/font]
[center]
HTML http://charismaticcatholic.com/images/MyRosaryBeads.gif[/center]
[font=trebuchet ms]At the end, on the little medal with Mary on
it, you recite the Hail Holy Queen:
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our Life, our Sweetness, and
our hope. To thee we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To
thee we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley
of tears. Turn then most gracious advocate, Thine eyes of mercy
toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us, the blessed
fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin
Mary. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God, That we may be worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Then, Final Prayer, on the Crucifix, once again: Let us pray.
O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death and
resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life,
grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of
the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate
what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same
Christ Our Lord.
I learned to pray the Rosary by use of an excellent Kindle App
that makes it very easy.[/font]
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Re: what is the rosery about
By: Colin Feener Date: May 7, 2015, 1:29 am
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Thank you so much Piper I always have This thing with Mary. I
love her I suppoe
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Re: what is the rosery about
By: Colin Feener Date: May 7, 2015, 4:54 pm
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The thing I was taught in church,being protestant was mostly
they do not believe in the divine nature of Mary. Now, being
baptized in the Holy Spirit and understanding much of the
mysteries of the scriptures and God I did see that, in my
opinion, John was most baptized in the Holy Spirit and by Jesus.
Now when he was on the cross Jesus said to John , behold your
mother. Now , even though they think they are I know most people
and churches are not baptized in the Holy Spirit , if they were
they would understand the teachings of the Spirit. And it being
John , most taught, most loved, the same thing, then Jesus said
she was his mother now. John went to the cross with Jesus and
beheld him there. Even being protestant, I feel it right to call
upon her as the mother of Christ and feel Jesus saying to me the
same thing. If not mother , I would call her sister now if you
can believe that. In any case, I do not feel it a sin to
consider he divine in nature.Even if the birth was spiritual in
nature and she is called virgin for that . Still the same. Holy
and blessed, even if the sword perced her heart. Let it be
blessed again for the life she gave to God having Jesus as the
Christ and I find in all my searching, no other woman as worthy
to be called Holy Mother. I bet she loved the Lord as much as
any of us and wish I could have known her personally. Now that
would be something. Thanks for all you imput Piper.
I see all these muslems with their stuff hanging in their cars
on the roads and I said, I don,t care, I put a rosery on my
mirror and Jesus on the cross ans I must say i love it. It makes
me feel good. I might even learn to do the prayers with it and I
will feel no shame for it either.
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