MARY, OUR MOTHER: [MaryVitamin] Holy Rosary

Monday, April 07, 2008

[MaryVitamin] Holy Rosary

Mary Vitamin for April 7th

Topic: The Holy Rosary

Quote:

"To clasp our beads is like clasping Our Lady's hand."

Father Stefano Manelli, FI, Devotion to Our Lady,(Academy of the Immaculate), 140

Meditation:

Leo XIII

"We will crown our work by yet a new document, in which Our earnest desire and zeal for this form of devotion to Mary may appear still more clearly, and the fervour of the faithful may be stimulated to the devout and constant use of this pious practice."

Pope Leo XIII, On the Rosary (Diuruni Temporis) #2

Promulagated September 5, 1898

St. Louis de Montfort

"I should like to give you even more reason for embracing this devotion which so many great souls have practiced; the Rosary recited with meditation on the mysteries brings about the following marvelous results:

it gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ;
it purifies our souls, washing away sin;
it gives us victory over all our enemies;
it makes it easy for us to practice virtue;
it sets us on fire with love of Our Blessed Lord;
it enriches us with graces and merits;
it supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to our fellow men, and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces for us from Almighty God."

St. Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary, 27^th rose (65).

Resolution:

Today I will be encouraged by the Pope's words to pray the Rosary. I will think of clasping my beads as though I'm clasping Our Lady's hand.

Marian Vow:

"Any place is good for saying the Rosary; but the ideal place is before the tabernacle or before Our Lady's altar. One should not forget about the plenary Indulgence he may gain when he says the Rosary in church or with his family or in a group, provided one goes to Confession and holy Communion."

Father Stefano Manelli, FI, Devotion to Our Lady,(Academy of the Immaculate) 141.

See also: Mary Vitamin #63 for more on indulgences

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

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Quotes from 'The Glories of Mary':

‘I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head.’

(Gen. 3:15)

“Since the devil is the head of original sin, this head it was that Mary crushed: for sin never had any entry into the soul of this Blessed Virgin, which was consequently free from all stain.”

Saint Augustine

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.

But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

Monday, April 07, 2008

[MaryVitamin] Holy Rosary

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