By Larissa D’souza –
The concept of the rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition of the Virgin Mary during the year 1214 in the church of Prouille. Our Lady has 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.
With the Rosary in fact we meditate the mysteries of joy, of sorrow and the glory of Jesus and Mary. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven. Rosary is powerful armour against hell it will destroy vice and decrease sin. It’s a simple prayer, 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.
Our Lady always grants our request. She joins her prayer to ours. With your prayer made together with your heavenly Mother, you can obtain the great gift of bringing about a change of hearts and conversion. Each day, through prayer you can drive away from yourselves and from 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”…
The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because within it lays the awesome story of our salvation. The Holy Virgin Mary encourages the faithful to wear the rosary and scapular because “it will help them to love Jesus more” and serve as a “protection from Satan. In times of darkness, holding the rosary beads is like holding your blessed mother’s hand. It is like a storehouse of countless blessings. When you say your rosary, the angels rejoice and the blessed trinity delights in happiness. When people recite the rosary, they find it makes them much better and binds us together and is the best therapy.
Life is better when you pray the rosary. The holy rosary is like a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence, you will find amazing results. It gradually gives us perfect knowledge about Jesus Christ. It purifies our soul and washes away our sins. The Rosary is like a spiritual medicine.
Reciting the rosary daily is like obtaining peace for the world. Every time people say the rosary devoutly they place a crown of one hundred and fifty three white roses and sixteen red roses upon the heads of Jesus and Mary. Of all the prayers the rosary is the most beautiful and the richest in grace. It is the school of prayer and faith. If one wants peace in your heart and in your homes assemble together to say the rosary daily. Mama Mary says no one can please me more than by saying the rosary. Each family should give 15 minutes a day by reciting the Rosary. I assure them that their homes will become peaceful places by the grace of God. It is the remedy for all our evils and the root of all our blessings.
Reciting the rosary leads us to Mary which is the safest, easiest, shortest and the most perfect way of approaching Jesus. With a rosary in hand and prayer on the lips nothing is hard to face. Praying the rosary together as a family is very beautiful and it gives us strength.
Rosary is the treasure of all graces. Airplanes must have runways before they fly. What the runway is to the airplane, the rosary beads are to prayer which is the physical start to gain spiritual altitude. The rosary, especially prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is the powerful means of spiritual grace. The beauty of the Rosary is that it can be prayed on so many levels, in so many places, individually or communally.
Larissa D’souza is currently studying at Davar’s, but has been a working professional as a Project Coordinator in Sports; and in Travel, Tourism and Banking. Reading books, watching football, listening to music and writing in her spare time are things that Larissa loves to do. She has never missed saying her Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet every day.