Amen. of my sins; may thy merits be my only adornment in It is too long and too tiresome a prayer. St Louis Marie contemplates all the mysteries, starting from the Incarnation which was brought about at the moment of the Annunciation. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this fourteenth decade in honour of the Immaculate Conception of your holy Mother and her assumption into heaven body and soul. Amen. the Baptist, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through the The Secret of Mary, nn. Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! Catholic Online Prayers - thousands of prayers. Amen. Amen. The Rosary is a divine Summary of the mysteries of Jesus and Mary in which we proclaim and commemorate their life, passion and glory. So the people did what Mary asked and made themselves rosaries which they said with all their heart.". I unite with all the saints in heaven, with all the just on earth, and with all Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. distractions which may arise during this Rosary. The Rosary became so well known that people who were devout were considered by others as being obviously confraternity members. Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am Thine by justic. accord with Our Lady of Fatima's requests in 1917). day and every moment of my life I may say: Amen, So Holy Powers, ask etc. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this fifth decade to honour Mary's finding you in the temple among the learned men after she had lost you. With this in mind he instituted the sacrifice of the Mass. We ask for the same grace for all the just and all our benefactors. Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! V: Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Catholic.org - with thousands of pages of magisterial content. May the grace of the Mystery of Pentecost come down into our souls. Holy Cherubim, ask etc. Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! The giving of the name of Jesus and the nobility of this name. Mary is our sovereign and our mediatrix, our Mother and our Mistress. The faith and consent of the Virgin Mary. The sacrifice of himself that Jesus Christ offered to his Father on coming into the world. Let it never be said that of all those who have had recourse to The mysteries of the Holy Rosary are like mirrors for the predestinate in which they see their faults and like torches which guide them in this world of darkness. Among the learned: Albert the Great, Navarre, etc. St Elizabeth praised Mary and called her blessed because she had believed. Such is, O heavenly Mary, the "best part," which Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! 49-59). Amen. Holy Seraphim, ask God etc. obtain from Jesus, thy beloved Son, contrition and pardon for all my sins, as His tears and those of his Mother and the pious women who followed him to Calvary. 10: 5-9) is the primordial act of the Son's obedience to the Father, an acceptance of his redeeming sacrifice already at the time "when Christ came into the world". Our Father. Hear and grant our prayers. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home" (Jn 19: 25-27). its holiness as prefigured by the Ark of the Covenant which contained the law, the manna and the rod and also by the psalter of David which prefigured the Rosary. Paradoxically, this "bond of charity", this "slavery of love", endows the human being with full freedom, with that true freedom of the children of God (cf. We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this tenth decade in honor of Thy Crucifixion I choose thee today for my Mother and Mistress. 55.Richard of St. Laurence lists the reasons why it is good to say a Hail Mary at the beginning of a sermon: 56.In his first sermon on the holy Rosary Clement Losow says: After St. Dominic had gone to heaven, devotion to the Rosary waned and it was nearly extinct, when a terrible pestilence broke out in several parts of the country. May the grace of the mystery of the carrying of the Cross come into me and make me truly patient. Holiness and unworldliness were seen everywhere; the church was seen as honourable; princes were just; people lived at peace with one another and justice and equity reigned in the guilds and in the home. 51. Amen. excellence of the holy Rosary as prefigured in the Old Testament and the parables of the New. Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father, admirable Mother of the Son, faithful Spouse of the Holy Ghost, august Temple of the most Holy Trinity! so be it--to all that thou art now doing in Heaven; know Jesus and His divine will; that I may have no Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! Amen". sovereign! Her fruitful virginity and her painless childbearing. The mission and the greeting of the angel Gabriel. "Jesus being born". Refuge for all the living, all-powerful relief for the afflicted, for the dying and for the souls in purgatory. 3. souls. Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. Amen. Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Lady, my powerful Queen. Hail Mary ten times. The Church awaits the glorious coming of Jesus at the end of time. Let it not be said that of all who have ever had recourse to you, I was the first to be unheeded. Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Now you know why St. Louis de Montfort's "Prayer to Mary" opens with these words: "Hail Mary, most beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father. The congregation, following Our Lady's example, listens more attentively and is more apt to remember the Word of God. To make our prayers more powerful by being united with others. Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be to the Father. The Jews crown Jesus with piercing crowns. May the grace of the Mystery of the Annunciation come down into our souls. the intercession of Thy holy Mother, detachment from the things of the world, May the grace of the Agony of Jesus come into me and make me truly contrite and perfectly obedient to the will of God. Our Father. His being taken down from the Cross and his burial. Plenary indulgence on enrolment in the confraternity. To honour the desires and prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary to bring forward the coming of the Messiah; and her marriage with Saint Joseph. Through this mystery and through the intercession of your holy Mother we ask for a lively faith. The Rosary provides the knowledge of the mysteries of Jesus and Mary and recalls them to mind in view of applying them to one's life. Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail MARY, admirable Mother of the Son. respite; and to work zealously and unselfishly for The Church militant should follow the example of Saint Gabriel who saluted Mary with great respect saying "Hail Mary," before he told her the joyous news: "Behold you shall conceive and bear a Son." Thus the Church greets the Virgin before announcing the gospel. I am your loving Mother whom you praise so faithfully every day. Our Lady one day said to Saint Mechtilde, 'All the Hail Marys you have given me are blazoned on my cloak. Amen. When we praise her, love her, honour her or give anything to her, it is God who is praised, God who is loved, God who is glorified, and it is to God that we give, through Mary and in Mary" (cf. I renounce all the distractions that may come to me while I am saying this Rosary. Through this mystery and the intercession of Mary, your most holy spouse, we ask for your holy wisdom that we may know, taste and practice your truth and share it with everyone. ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through her intercession, a tender If thou still seest in me anything which does not belong to thee, I beseech thee to take it and to make thyself the absolute Mistress of all that is mine. To honour the chains and ropes with which Jesus was bound. Mary appeared and said, 'These people have stopped singing my praises; that is why these misfortunes have come upon them. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. angels, men and demons; it is thy privilege to dispose 5.We beseech you, Lord Jesus, by the fifteen mysteries of your life, death, passion and glory, and the merits of your holy Mother, to convert sinners, to help the dying, to free the souls in purgatory, and to give all of us your grace so that we may live well and die well. See here for a short description of these methods. Act of Consecration to Our Lady of the Blessed Trinity With all my heart I praise thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in paradise, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee my soul with all its faculties. Amen. Amen. Through this obedience, the Son of God enters the world. The blood he shed and the wounds he received. Thy holy Mother to her cousin St. Elizabeth and the sanctification of St. John Learning Resources - Free printable resources for schools, parishes, and more. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this seventh decade in honour of your cruel Scourging; through this mystery and the intercession of your holy Mother we ask for the grace to mortify our senses. Amen. Amen. V: Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Dominic." Apostles' Creed, Our Father, three Hail Marys, Glory Be We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this first decade in honor of Thine Incarnation Heb 10: 7), subsequently humbled himself by making himself obedient unto death, and death on the Cross (cf. 1. Amen. down into our souls. Fonti Francescane, 281) contains different levels of analogies, there is not a shadow of doubt that it expresses effectively Our Lady's special participation in the life of the Most Holy Trinity. (Father Francis Brancaccio) Holy Mary, my Advocate, pray for me. 13th "Jesus filling thee with the Holy Spirit" in Luc., 12, 26: PL 15, 1561), he writes: "A soul is happy indeed when it is all possessed and overruled by the spirit of Mary, a spirit meek and strong, zealous and prudent, humble and courageous, pure and fruitful" (Treatise on True Devotion, n. 258). Hail Mary ten times. His victories over death and sin, the world and the devil. May the grace of the Mystery of the Crowning with Thorns come down into our Those who say it with indifference and without attention. May the grace of the Mystery of the Ascension come down into our souls. O Jesus, my dear Jesus, O Mary, Mother of Jesus, my beloved Mother, give us your holy blessing. our souls. Scourging, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through the intercession Amen. Credo: 1) Faith in the presence of God. Hail MARY, admirable Mother of the Son. Amen. "Jesus crucified". Hail Mary etc. The shame and the ignominy he endured in being crucified naked between two thieves. The overcoming of objections that heretics, critics, libertines and those who neglect and ignore the Rosary generally make either to do away with it or to avoid saying it. We can have a special intention for each Hail Mary. Amen. They are the 15 steps of the temple of Solomon and the 15 rungs of the ladder of Jacob by which the angels descend to them and return to heaven and by which they ascend to heaven. But I am not yet sufficiently thine. Let us pray. Different methods of saying the holy Rosary. of Thy Essence and the Trinity of Thy Persons. 52. O Father of mercy, God of all consolation, we ask you for this infinite treasure of your divine wisdom, through the tender heart of Mary, through the Precious Blood of your dear Son and through the intense desire you have to bestow your gifts on your poor creatures. The adoration and the singing of the angels when Jesus was born. May the grace of the sorrowful mysteries come into our souls and make us truly patient. In everlasting memory of a dear and loving mother and grandmother. Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Like Mary and with Mary, the saints are in the Church and for the Church to make her holiness shine out and to extend to the very ends of the earth and the end of time the work of Christ, the one Saviour. After they have completely bathed her in happiness they gush back into the bosom of God. The slavery of love should therefore be interpreted in light of the wonderful exchange between God and humanity in the mystery of the incarnate Word. Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the Son! To ask especially for the gift of wisdom and the coming of his kingdom into men's hearts. We can add a word to each mystery of the decade. Indeed, as the Second Vatican Council recalled, "Devoutly meditating on her [Mary] and contemplating her in the light of the Word made man, the Church reverently penetrates more deeply into the great mystery of the Incarnation" (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, n. 65). Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am Thine by justice. It is the prayer of the predestinate and of Catholics. I unite with you, my Jesus, in order to praise your holy Mother worthily and to praise you in her and through her. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! "Ad Iesum per Mariam' To Jesus through Mary. We can make a little offering at each decade. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this second decade in honour of the Visitation of your holy Mother to her cousin Saint Elizabeth and of the sanctification of Saint John the Baptist; through this mystery and the intercession of your holy Mother we ask for charity towards our neighbour. May the grace of the mystery of the Crucifixion of Jesus come down into our souls. Indeed, the ecce venio in the Letter to the Hebrews (cf. Denis the Carthusian, speaking of a vision of Our Lady to one of her clients, said, "We should greet the Blessed Virgin with our hearts, our lips and our deeds, so that she will not be able to say to us, 'These people honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me.". human consolation; to die continually to myself without Hail my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! St Louis immediately expands this central desire to "love tenderly" into a passionate prayer to Jesus, imploring him for the grace to participate in the indescribable communion of love that exists between him and his Mother. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. The Three Hail Marys Heaven Opened by the Practice of The Three Hail Marys! Lord Jesus, this Creed in honour of all the mysteries of our faith, the Our Every day each one of them said at least one complete Rosary. "There is nothing among Christians which makes us more absolutely belong to Jesus Christ and his holy Mother than the slavery of the will, according to the example of Jesus Christ himself, who took on the status of a servant for love of us" - formam servi accipiens - "and also according to the example of the holy Virgin who called herself the servant and handmaid of the Lord (Lk 1: 38). I desire to say it with To be ever asking pardon for our daily sins. May the grace of the mystery of the Crowning with Thorns come into our souls. You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory be to the Father. intercession of Thy holy Mother, contrition for our sins. Over 3,000 Catholic prayers sorted by topic/keyword. Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! St. Catherine, St. Therese and all the holy Virgins, ask of God etc. Son, faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit, august Temple of the most Holy Trinity! The love of the Son who gave himself up for us. Amen. This was the path that Mary followed throughout her earthly life and it is the path of the pilgrim Church until the end of time. of Thy holy Mother, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through her The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.' I now give myself wholly to Thee its sweetness as shown in the honey found in the mouth of the lion. Whenever possible, go to Confession and Communion on the first Sunday of every month and take part in the Rosary processions. Amen. The greatest desire of Jesus Christ was and still is that we remember him. Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, First Station: Jesus is condemned to death. The vanquished enemies of the Rosary prove its fame to us. Holy Joseph, worthy foster-father of Jesus Christ, pray for us sinners and obtain divine Wisdom for us from God, now and at the hour of our death. It is a matter of full communion in the kenosis of Christ, communion lived with Mary, intimately present in the mysteries of the life of her Son. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this ninth decade in honour of your carrying the Cross. Hail Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! cultivate in me everything that is pleasing to thee. Through the devotion to Mary, Jesus himself "enlarges the heart with firm confidence in God, making it look upon him as a Father" (ibid., n. 169). Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all thine by justice. the least of thy children and the most obedient of thy servants. Her daughter, sons, in-laws and grandchildren. "One night when a woman member of the Confraternity had retired, Our Lady appeared to her and said, 'My daughter, do not be afraid of me. Praised, adored and loved be Jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar. May the grace of the mystery of the Crowning in glory of Mary come into our souls. as it is indicated at each decade. Amen. We offer you, Lord Jesus, this second decade in honour of the Visitation of your holy Mother to her cousin Saint Elizabeth. His discourses on heaven and the meal that he had with his disciples. St. Joseph and all the holy Confessors, ask of God etc. Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Through this mystery and her intercession we ask for perseverance and an increase in virtue up to the moment of our death and thereafter the eternal crown that is prepared for us. 11th "Jesus risen from the dead" Those who say it with unrepentant mortal sin. Amen. For in the mystery of the Church, which is herself rightly called mother and virgin, the Blessed Virgin stands out in eminent and singular fashion as exemplar both of virgin and mother" (ibid., n. 63). of my wandering imagination; may thy Amen. intercession of Thy holy Mother, contempt of the world. May the grace of the Mystery of the Agony in the Garden come down into our But I am not yet sufficiently thine. Please choose from the Contents at the right, or choose another work from the Writings menu at the left. Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?' Amen. Garden of Olives, and we ask of Thee, through this Mystery and through the 49.Through the Rosary, hardened sinners of both sexes became converted and began to lead a holy life, regretting their past sins with genuine tears of sorrow. Copyright 2022 Catholic Online. This is in no way a form of "millenarianism", but a deep sense of the eschatological character of the Church linked to the oneness and saving universality of Jesus Christ. Most Holy Trinity, we offer you these three Hail Marys to thank you for all the graces which you have given to Mary and which you have given to us through her intercession. To be victorious over the three evil spirits that are opposed to him, namely the spirit of the flesh, of the world and of the devil. Together with the Blessed Virgin and with the same maternal heart, the Church prays, hopes and intercedes for the salvation of all men and women. The abuse and insults that were hurled at him. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. The adoration of the kings and the gifts they brought. Under the wise guidance of St Louis Marie, I realized that if one lives the mystery of Mary in Christ this risk does not exist. 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