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“
To recite the Rosary is nothing other that to contemplate with Mary
the face of Christ.”
~ Blessed Pope John Paul II
(Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 3)
The Rosary is a prayerful reflection of the Gospels. It is comprises 20 Mysteries or significant events in the life of Jesus and Mary. These events are organized into four sets of Mysteries.
In Mary’s Touch Program 2.39, Mike shares his journey of faith, which was nurtured by our Blessed Mother and by praying the Rosary. His love for Mary now inspires him to write contemplative prayers.
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Mediations on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
Meditations on the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary
Mediations on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
Meditations on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
How to pray the Rosary
“It is objected that there is much repetition in the Rosary inasmuch as the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary are said so often; therefore, it is monotonous. That reminds me of a woman who came to see me one evening after instructions. She said, ‘I would never become a Catholic. You say the same words in the Rosary over and over again, and anyone who repeats the same words is never sincere. I would never believe anyone who repeated his words, and neither would God.’
I asked her who the man was with her. She said he was her fiance. I asked: ‘Does he love you?’
‘Certainly he does.’
‘But how do you know?’
‘He told me.’
‘When did he tell you last?’
‘About an hour ago.’
‘Did he tell you this before?’
‘Yes, last night.’
‘What did he say?’
‘I love you.’
‘But never before?’
‘He tells me every night.’...
The beautiful truth is that there is no repetition in ‘I love you.’...
That is what we do when we say the Rosary—we are saying to God, to the Trinity, to the Incarnate Savior, to the Blessed Mother: ‘I love you. I love you. I love you.’”
~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Excerpt from The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God,
Chapter 18, “Roses and Prayers”
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