REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it
known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy
intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O
Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful
and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in
thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses".
I heard once that Our Lady had revealed to several people that each time they say a
Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary
makes her a crown of roses.
The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of
all devotions and it is, in my opinion, the most important devotion after
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because within it
lies the awesome story of our salvation.
When we pray the Rosary we meditate the mysteries of joy, of light, of sorrow and the glory of Jesus along with Mary. It's a simple prayer, and humble;
so much like Mary.
It's a prayer we can all say together with her, the Mother of God.
With the Hail Mary we invite her to pray for us. She joins her prayer to ours. What Mary asks for she
always receives, because Jesus will never say no to anything His Mother asks
of Him.
In every apparition, the heavenly Mother has invited us to say 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.
It can seem a repetitive prayer but instead it is like two
sweethearts who many times say one another the words: "I love you!”.
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