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THE
ROSARY
OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER,
EVER VIRGIN
ROSARY NOVENAS
Religious devotion, public or
private,
for the duration of nine
days
to gain special graces, is
called a Novena.
Those who perform it with a
lively hope of having their request granted,
and with perfect resignation
should it be refused,
may be assured that Christ
will grant some grace or blessing,
though in His infinite
wisdom and mercy
He may refuse the particular
favor which they implore.
Novenas
originated in imitation of the Apostles
who were gathered together
in prayer for nine days
from the time of Our Lord's
Ascension to Pentecost Sunday.
However, care must be taken
lest the power of any Novena
be limited to the number of
nine rather than perseverance in fervent prayer.
The
practice of saying the Rosary nine times
in the form of a Rosary
Novena
in petition or thanksgiving
is another way
of heeding Our Lady of
Fatima's admonition to Pray the Rosary.
The 54 Day
Novena Devotion which originated in 1884
at the Sanctuary of Our Lady
of the Rosary of Pompeii,
consists of the daily
recitation of five decades of the Rosary
for twenty-seven days in
petition
and five decades for twenty-seven
additional days in thanksgiving.
In reality,
you will be making three
Novenas in petition
for a particular favor
and three Novenas in
thanksgiving for a particular favor.
FIRST DAY:
Say the Five Joyful Mysteries
SECOND DAY:
Say the Five Sorrowful Mysteries
THIRD DAY:
Say the Five Glorious Mysteries
FOURTH DAY:
Begin again the Five Joyful Mysteries, etc...
The Family Rosary
"The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together."
The Family
Rosary is the Rosary recited ALOUD TOGETHER,
by as many of the family and
their friends as can be present,
or even by only two.
Any family may say the
Family Rosary in any suitable place and at any time.
A leader
says aloud the first part of each prayer;
a second person or group of
persons answers aloud the second part of that prayer.
To begin
the Family Rosary,
all hold the Crucifix of
their Rosary in the right hand and make the Sign of the Cross.
The leader
begins the Apostles' Creed
and proceeds to say the Our
Father on the large beads
and the Hail Mary on the
small beads.
The leader announces the
Mystery before each decade.
Five decades should be
recited each day.
THE FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS
"Mary's Great Promise at Fatima"
The Five
First Saturdays are intended to honor
and to make reparation to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
for all the blasphemies and
ingratitude of men.
This
devotion and the wonderful promises connected with it
were revealed by the Blessed
Virgin at Fatima, a small village in Portugal.
Our Lady appeared to three
children there in 1917,
and one of the little girls,
Lucy, tells us that she said:
I promise to help at the
hour of death,
with the graces needed for
salvation,
whoever on the First
Saturday of five consecutive months shall:
1. Confess and receive Communion;
2. Recite five decades of the Rosary;
3. And
keep me company for fifteen minutes
while meditating on the
fifteen mysteries of the Rosary,
with the intention of making
reparation to me.
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