{"id":2601,"date":"2023-10-03T18:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2023-10-03T18:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:11:44","slug":"our-lady-of-rosary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/our-lady-of-rosary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Rosary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The above picture is usually seen depicting Our Mother Mary giving the Rosary to St. Dominic but what\u2019s the story?<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Dominican tradition, in 1206<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Dominic de Guzm\u00e1n<\/span>\u00a0was at the\u00a0<\/span>Monastery of Our Lady of Prouille<\/span>, in\u00a0<\/span>France<\/span>, attempting to convert the\u00a0<\/span>Albigensians<\/span>\u00a0back to the Catholic faith. The young priest had little success until one day he received a vision of the Blessed Virgin, who gave him the\u00a0<\/span>rosary<\/span>\u00a0as a tool against heretics.<\/span>\u00a0While Mary’s giving the rosary to Dominic is generally acknowledged as a legend, the development of this prayer form owes much to the\u00a0<\/span>Dominican<\/span> Order<\/span>, including the 15th-century priest and teacher,\u00a0<\/span>Alanus de Rupe<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Rosary, a circle of beads, is like a ga<\/span>rland <\/span>a chain of roses and the roses are prayers,<\/span> offered to Mary<\/span>.The Rosary Prayer tells us about\u00a0<\/span>the life of Jesus and His Mother, Mary<\/span>. In the Church, the month of October is, by custom, the month of the Rosary but people do use this prayer all the year round.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0This well-loved prayer has its roots in the 150 psalms. People who couldn\u2019t read began praying 150 Hail Marys instead, the equivalent of three of our modern rosaries covering the original three sets of mysteries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary<\/b>, formerly known as\u00a0<\/span>Feast of Our Lady of Victory<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Feast of the Holy Rosary<\/b>\u00a0is celebrated on 7 October in the\u00a0<\/span>General Roman <\/span>Calendar<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The story of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is an interesting one. In the 16th century Pope Pius V was having trouble with the Ottoman Turks, who were a real danger to Christianity. After months of disagreements and bickering, he was able to unite Spain, Venice, and the States of the Church in a naval expedition to fight the Turks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two navies met in the Gulf of Lepanto in Greece on October 7, 1571. On the same day, the Rosary Confraternity of Rome was meeting at the Dominican headquarters there. The group recited the Rosary for the special intention of the Christians at battle. The Christians defeated the Turks in a spectacular victory and believed it was the intercessory power of the Blessed Virgin that won the victory. Pope Pius V dedicated the day as one of thanksgiving to Our Lady of Victory. Pope Gregory XIII later changed the name to the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The story of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary focuses on the intercessory power of Mary. It shows that when Christians are in danger or in need, they can go to Mary. And when an individual is in pain, discouraged, or having trouble accepting God\u2019s will, he or she can also go to Mary. She will pray to her Son for anyone who calls on her. Anyone who prays to Mary no longer feels alone because she prays with them and for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary encouraged praying the Rosary in her apparitions. At Lourdes when she appeared to Saint Bernadette, Mary had a Rosary. As Bernadette prayed it, Mary joined in on the Glory Be prayers. At Fatima Mary exhorted the three children who saw her to pray the Rosary for peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rosary is a deep prayer because as we recite the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be,we meditate on the mysteries in the lives of Jesus and Mary. No wonder, it pleases Our Lady when we pray the Rosary.<\/span><\/p>\n

By Gladys Da Silva<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The above picture is usually seen depicting Our Mother Mary giving the Rosary to St. Dominic but what\u2019s the story? According to Dominican tradition, in 1206,\u00a0Dominic de Guzm\u00e1n\u00a0was at the\u00a0Monastery of Our Lady of Prouille, in\u00a0France, attempting to convert the\u00a0Albigensians\u00a0back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pormoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}