Powerful Prayer and Devotion to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was first established by Pope Pius V in 1573 in thanksgiving to God for the Christian armada’s defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto.
Pope Clement XI extended the feast to the entire Church in 1716 after the Christian defeat of the Turks in Hungary. The Rosary prayer is said to have developed through the early Christian practice of reciting the 150 Psalms prayed by the Church. Those unable to read (the Psalms) replaced them with 150 Our Fathers, using what was referred to as paternoster beads for counting, and eventually with 150 Hail Marys, also called “Our Lady’s Psalter.”
in 1208 Domingo de Guzman, a Spanish preacher, went to France to defend the faith against the Albigensian heresy (the belief that there is not one God, but two — the good God of Heaven and the evil god of this age). As Dominic prayed in the chapel in Prouille, Our Lady appeared to him and taught him the complete Rosary, attaching 15 promises for those who prayed it faithfully.
These promises include special protection and graces, a decrease in sin, an abundance of mercy for souls and reception of the sacraments before dying. St. Dominic founded the Dominican Friars, opened monasteries, and spread devotion to the Rosary all over the world.
In 1917, Our Lady appeared in Fatima, Portugal to three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia as they were tending sheep. During Our Lady’s sixth apparition to the children on October 13th, she told them that she wanted a chapel built there in her honor and she wanted people to pray the Rosary daily. She also told the children, “I am the Lady of the Rosary.” To this day, Our Lady loves when we petition to her by that title.
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Prayer
[pray this prayer before praying the Holy Rosary and/or Rosary Novena]My dearest Mother Mary, behold me, your child, in prayer at your feet …
Accept this Holy Rosary, which I offer you in accordance with your requests at Fatima, as a proof of my tender love for you, for the intentions of the Sacred heart of Jesus, in atonement for the offenses committed against your Immaculate Heart, and for this special favor which I earnestly request in my Rosary Novena:
(… mention your request here …)
I beg you to present my petition to your Divine Son. If you will pray for me, I cannot be refused. I know, dearest Mother, that you want me to seek God’s holy Will concerning my request. If what I ask for should not be granted, pray that I may receive that which will be of greater benefit to my soul. I offer you this spiritual “Bouquet of Roses” because I love you. I put all my confidence in you, since your prayers before God are most powerful. For the greater glory of God and for the sake of Jesus, your loving Son, hear and grant my prayer. Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation. Amen.
*Try to pray this prayer especially every day during the month of May – the month of Our Lady. God bless you!
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