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newcalling
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Awesome bit of history (along with your other post) thank you.
Side note: Mintaka is among my favorite stars. It’s just slightly askew, kind of like me.
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Side note: Mintaka is among my favorite stars. It’s just slightly askew, kind of like me.
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Lisa_De_Ruyter
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absolutely YES…I will divide my answer into three or four sections to fit all of this information on WEARING THE ROSARY - and how Saint Louis De Montfort warns us of how there are sooo many enemies and even so called holy people will tell you to stop those external devotions of wearing the rosary because real devotion is in the heart. etc…etc… Read more here from the saints and even the pope stating that wearing the rosary OPENLY out of love and devotion, one can gain indulgences etc…all these words on wearing the rosary, are taken from the book: “The Secret of the Rosary” by: Saint Louis De Montfort
Page 7: Regarding Saint Louis De Montfort’s words:
“For Our Saint the Rosary was not simply a method of prayer: it was his most effective tool and weapon in his apostolic work. Fittingly has the Church called him an “Extraordinary preacher of the Rosary.” He preached it in season and out of season; established it in every parish where he gave a mission and judged the fruits of the mission by the subsequent perseverance in its recitation. There was no limit to the power of the Rosary and to it he attributed much of his success with sinners; “Let me but place my rosary around a sinner’s neck,” he was want to say “and he will not escape me.”
Page 28 and 29:
“ Alphonsus, King of Leon and Galicia, very much wanted all his servants to honor the Blessed Virgin by saying the Rosary. So he used to hang a large rosary on his belt and always wore it, but unfortunately never said it himself. Nevertheless his wearing it encouraged his courtiers to say the Rosary very devoutly.
One day the King fell seriously ill and when he was given up for dead he found himself, in a vision, before the judgment seat of Our Lord. Many devils were there accusing him of all the sins he had committed and Our Lord as Sovereign Judge was just about to condemn him to hell when Our lady appeared to intercede for him. She called for a pair of scales and had his sins placed in one of the balances where as she put the rosary that he had always worn on the scale, together with all the Rosaries that had beensaid because of his example. It was found that the Rosaries weighed more than his sins.
Looking at him with great kindness Our Lady said: “As a reward for this little honor that you paid me in wearing my Rosary, I have obtained a great grace for you from my Son. Your life will be spared for a few more years. See that you spend these years wisely, and do penance.”
Page 67 and 68:
“ Put you on the armor of God.” So arm yourselves with the arms of God—with the Holy Rosary—and you will crush the devil’s head and you will stand firm in the face of all his temptations. This is why even the material rosary itself is such a terrible thing for the devil, and why the saints have used it to enchain devils and to chase them out of the bodies of people who were possessed. Such happenings are reported in more than one authentic record.
Blessed Alan said that a man he knew of had desperately tried all kinds of devotions to rid himself of the evil spirit who possessed him, but without success. Finally he thought of wearing his Rosary around his neck, which eased him considerably. He discovered that whenever he took it off the devil tormented him cruelly, so he resolved to wear it night and day. This drove the evil spirit away forever, because he could not bear such a terrible chain. Blessed Alan also testified that he had delivered a large number of people who were possessed by putting the Rosary around their neck.
Father Jean Amat, of the Order of St. Dominic, was giving a series of Lenten sermons in the Kingdom of Aragon one year, when a young girl was brought to him who was possessed by the devil. After he had exorcised her several times without success he put his rosaryaround her neck. Hardly had he done so than the girl began to scream and yell in a fearful way, shrieking: “Take them off! Take them off! These beads are torturing me!” At last the Father, filled with pity for the girl, took his rosary off her.
The very next night when Father Amat was in bed, the same devils who had possession of the girl came to him foaming with rage and tried to seize him. But he had his rosary clasped in his hand and no efforts of theirs could wrench it from him. He managed to beat them with it very well indeed and chased them away, crying out “Holy Mary, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, come to my help.”
The next day when he went to the Church he met the poor girl—still possessed—and one of the devils within her started to laugh and said in a mocking voice: “Well, Brother, if you had been without your rosary, we should have made short shrift of you!; Then the good Father threw his rosary around the girl’s neck without more ado and said: “By the sacred name of Jesus and that of Mary His Holy Mother, and by the Most Holy Rosary I command you, evil spirits, to leave the body of this girl,” and they were immediately forced to obey and she was delivered from them.
These stories show the power of the Holy Rosary in over-coming all possible temptations that evil spirits may bring—and also all kinds of sin—because these blessed beads put devils to rout.”
Page 7: Regarding Saint Louis De Montfort’s words:
“For Our Saint the Rosary was not simply a method of prayer: it was his most effective tool and weapon in his apostolic work. Fittingly has the Church called him an “Extraordinary preacher of the Rosary.” He preached it in season and out of season; established it in every parish where he gave a mission and judged the fruits of the mission by the subsequent perseverance in its recitation. There was no limit to the power of the Rosary and to it he attributed much of his success with sinners; “Let me but place my rosary around a sinner’s neck,” he was want to say “and he will not escape me.”
Page 28 and 29:
“ Alphonsus, King of Leon and Galicia, very much wanted all his servants to honor the Blessed Virgin by saying the Rosary. So he used to hang a large rosary on his belt and always wore it, but unfortunately never said it himself. Nevertheless his wearing it encouraged his courtiers to say the Rosary very devoutly.
One day the King fell seriously ill and when he was given up for dead he found himself, in a vision, before the judgment seat of Our Lord. Many devils were there accusing him of all the sins he had committed and Our Lord as Sovereign Judge was just about to condemn him to hell when Our lady appeared to intercede for him. She called for a pair of scales and had his sins placed in one of the balances where as she put the rosary that he had always worn on the scale, together with all the Rosaries that had beensaid because of his example. It was found that the Rosaries weighed more than his sins.
Looking at him with great kindness Our Lady said: “As a reward for this little honor that you paid me in wearing my Rosary, I have obtained a great grace for you from my Son. Your life will be spared for a few more years. See that you spend these years wisely, and do penance.”
Page 67 and 68:
“ Put you on the armor of God.” So arm yourselves with the arms of God—with the Holy Rosary—and you will crush the devil’s head and you will stand firm in the face of all his temptations. This is why even the material rosary itself is such a terrible thing for the devil, and why the saints have used it to enchain devils and to chase them out of the bodies of people who were possessed. Such happenings are reported in more than one authentic record.
Blessed Alan said that a man he knew of had desperately tried all kinds of devotions to rid himself of the evil spirit who possessed him, but without success. Finally he thought of wearing his Rosary around his neck, which eased him considerably. He discovered that whenever he took it off the devil tormented him cruelly, so he resolved to wear it night and day. This drove the evil spirit away forever, because he could not bear such a terrible chain. Blessed Alan also testified that he had delivered a large number of people who were possessed by putting the Rosary around their neck.
Father Jean Amat, of the Order of St. Dominic, was giving a series of Lenten sermons in the Kingdom of Aragon one year, when a young girl was brought to him who was possessed by the devil. After he had exorcised her several times without success he put his rosaryaround her neck. Hardly had he done so than the girl began to scream and yell in a fearful way, shrieking: “Take them off! Take them off! These beads are torturing me!” At last the Father, filled with pity for the girl, took his rosary off her.
The very next night when Father Amat was in bed, the same devils who had possession of the girl came to him foaming with rage and tried to seize him. But he had his rosary clasped in his hand and no efforts of theirs could wrench it from him. He managed to beat them with it very well indeed and chased them away, crying out “Holy Mary, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, come to my help.”
The next day when he went to the Church he met the poor girl—still possessed—and one of the devils within her started to laugh and said in a mocking voice: “Well, Brother, if you had been without your rosary, we should have made short shrift of you!; Then the good Father threw his rosary around the girl’s neck without more ado and said: “By the sacred name of Jesus and that of Mary His Holy Mother, and by the Most Holy Rosary I command you, evil spirits, to leave the body of this girl,” and they were immediately forced to obey and she was delivered from them.
These stories show the power of the Holy Rosary in over-coming all possible temptations that evil spirits may bring—and also all kinds of sin—because these blessed beads put devils to rout.”
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Lisa_De_Ruyter
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Part II …Page 72:
“Here is a short summary of the indulgences which they wholeheartedly granted to the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary and which were confirmed again by our Holy Father Pope Innocent XI on July 31, 1679 and received and made public on September 25th of the same year by His Excellency the Archbishop of Paris:
“Here is a short summary of the indulgences which they wholeheartedly granted to the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary and which were confirmed again by our Holy Father Pope Innocent XI on July 31, 1679 and received and made public on September 25th of the same year by His Excellency the Archbishop of Paris:
- Members may gain a plenary indulgence on the day of joining the confraternity;
- A plenary indulgence at the hour of death;
- For each three groups of Five Mysteries recited: ten years and ten quarantines;
- Each time that members say the holy names of Jesus and Mary devoutly; seven days’ indulgences;
- Seven years and seven quarantines may be gained by those who devoutly take part in or attend the Holy Rosary Procession;
- Members who have made a good confession and who are genuinely sorry for their sins may gain a plenary indulgence on certain days by visiting the Holy Rosary Chapel in the Church where the Confraternity is established. This plenary indulgence can be gained on the First Sunday of every month, and on the feasts of Our Lord and Our Lady.
- For assisting at the Salve Regina one hundred days’ indulgence;
- Those who openly wear the Holy Rosary out of devotion and to set a good example may gain one hundred days’ indulgences;
- Sick members who are not able to go to Church may gain a plenary indulgence by going to confession and receiving Holy Communion and by saying that day the whole Rosary if possible, or at least five decades;
- Our Sovereign Pontiffs have shown their generosity towards members of the Rosary Confraternity by allowing them to gain the indulgences attached to the Stations of Rome by visiting five altars in the Church where the Rosary Confraternity is established, and by saying the Our Father and Hail Mary five times before each altar, for the happy estate of the Church. If there are only one or two altars in the Confraternity Church they should recite the Our Father and Hail Mary twenty five times before one of them.”
Page 74 and 75:
“Alphonsus VIII, King of Aragon and Castille, had been leading a disorderly life and therefore had been punished by God in several ways, one of these being that he was worsted in battle and had to take refuge in a city belonging to one of his allies.
Saint Dominic happened to be in this city on Christmas Day and preached on the Holy Rosary as he always did, pointing out how great are the graces that we can obtain through it. He mentioned, among other things, that those who said the Rosary devoutly would overcome their enemies and would regain all that they had lost in warfare.
The king listened attentively and sent for Saint Dominic to ask if what he had said about the Rosary was really true. Saint Dominic assured him that nothing was more true, and that if only he would practice this devotion and join the Confraternity, he would see for himself. The King firmly resolved to say his Rosary every day and persevered for a year in doing so. The very next Christmas Our Lady appeared to him at the end of his Rosary and said: “Alphonsus, you have served me for a year by saying my Rosary devoutly every day, so I have come to reward you: I have obtained the forgiveness of your sins from my Son. And I am going to give you this rosary; wear it, and I promise you that none of your enemies will ever be able to harm you again.”
Our Lady vanished leaving the King overjoyed and greatly encouraged; he immediately went in search of the Queen to tell her all about Our Lady’s gift and the promise went with it. He held the rosary to her eyes (she had been blind for some time) and her sight was instantly restored.
Shortly afterwards the King rallied some troops with the help of his allies and boldly attacked his enemies. He forced them to give back the territory that they had taken from him and to make amends for their other offences against him, and put them completely to rout. In fact, he became so lucky in war that soldiers rushed from all sides to fight under his standard because it seemed that whenever he went to battle the victory was sure to be his.
This is not surprising because he never went to battle without first saying his Rosary devoutly on his knees. He made certain that all the members of his court joined the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary and he also saw that his officers and servants were devoted to it.
The Queen joined the Confraternity and started saying the Rosary too, and she and her husband persevered in Our Lady’s service and lived really holy lives.”
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Lisa_De_Ruyter
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Part III…Page 80:
“Othere was also a Breton soldier, from Vaucouleurs, and he put whole companies of heretics or robbers to flight unaided, wearing his Rosary on his arm or caring it on the hilt of his sword. Once when he had beaten them his enemies admitted that they had seen his sword gleam and that another time they had noticed a shield on his arm which had pictures of Our Lord and Our Lady and the saints upon it. This shield made him invisible and gave him the strength to attack well.”
Page 83 and 84
“ To better inculcate devotion of the Rosary, the Bishop also wore a beautiful Rosary at his side and always, showed it to the congregation when he preached. He used to say:
“My dear brethren in Jesus Christ, I am a Doctor of Theology and a Doctor of Canon as well as Civil law, but I say to you, as your Bishop, that I take more pride in wearing Our Lady’s Rosary than in any of my Episcopal regalia or academic robes.”
“Othere was also a Breton soldier, from Vaucouleurs, and he put whole companies of heretics or robbers to flight unaided, wearing his Rosary on his arm or caring it on the hilt of his sword. Once when he had beaten them his enemies admitted that they had seen his sword gleam and that another time they had noticed a shield on his arm which had pictures of Our Lord and Our Lady and the saints upon it. This shield made him invisible and gave him the strength to attack well.”
Page 83 and 84
“ To better inculcate devotion of the Rosary, the Bishop also wore a beautiful Rosary at his side and always, showed it to the congregation when he preached. He used to say:
“My dear brethren in Jesus Christ, I am a Doctor of Theology and a Doctor of Canon as well as Civil law, but I say to you, as your Bishop, that I take more pride in wearing Our Lady’s Rosary than in any of my Episcopal regalia or academic robes.”
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Lisa_De_Ruyter
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Part IV …Page 83 and 84
“ To better inculcate devotion of the Rosary, the Bishop also wore a beautiful Rosary at his side and always, showed it to the congregation when he preached. He used to say:
“My dear brethren in Jesus Christ, I am a Doctor of Theology and a Doctor of Canon as well as Civil law, but I say to you, as your Bishop, that I take more pride in wearing Our Lady’s Rosary than in any of my Episcopal regalia or academic robes.”
Page 105-107
“ Dear Confraternity members: if you want to serve Jesus and Mary by saying the Rosary every day, you must be prepared for temptation: “When thou comest to the service of God . . . prepare thy soul for temptation.” Heretics and licentious folk, “respectable” people of the world, persons of only surface piety as well as false prophets, hand in glove with your fallen nature and all hell itself, will wage formidable battles against you in an endeavor to get you to give up this holy practice.
To help you to be better armed against their onslaught I am going to tell you some of the things these people are always saying and thinking. This is to put you on your guard against them all, but not so much in the case of heretics and out-and-out licentious people, but particularly those who are “respectable” in the eyes of the world, and those who are devout (strange as it may seem) but have no use for the Holy Rosary.
“What is it that this word sower would say?” Come, let us oppress him, for he is against us.” That is to say: “What is he doing saying so many Rosaries?” What is it he is always mumbling? Such laziness. And what a waste of time to keep sliding those old beads along—he would do much better to work and not be bothered with this foolishness, I know what I’m talking about, . . .
“All you have to do, I suppose, is to say your Rosary, and a fortune will fall from heaven into your lap! The Rosary gives you everything you need without your lifting a finger! But hasn’t it been said: God helps those who help themselves?” There’s no need then of getting mixed up with so many prayers. “A brief prayer is heard in heaven,” one Our Father and Hail Mary will do provided that are well said.
“God has never told us to say the Rosary—of course it’s all right, it’s not a bad devotion when you’ve got the time. But don’t think for one minute that people who say the Rosary are any more sure of heaven than we are. Just look at the saints who never said it! Far too many people want to make everybody see through their own eyes: folk who carry everything to extremes, scrupulous people who see sin almost everywhere, making sweeping statements and saying that all those who don’t say the Rosary will go to hell.
“Oh yes, the Rosary is all right for old women who can’t read. But surely the Little Office of Our Lady is much more worthwhile than the Rosary? Or the Seven Penitential Psalms? And how could anything be more beautiful than the Psalms which are inspired by the Holy Ghost? You say you have agreed to say the Rosary every day; this is nothing but a fire of straw—you know very well it won’t last! Wouldn’t it be better to undertake less and to be more faithful about it?
“Come one, my friend, take my word for it, say your morning and night prayers, work hard during the day and offer it up—God doesn’t ask any more of you than this. Of course you’ve got your living to earn; if you were a man of leisure I shouldn’t say anything—you could say as many Rosaries as you like then. But as for now, say your Rosary on Sundays and Holy Days when you have lots of time, if you really must say it.
But really and truly—what are you doing with an enormous pair of beads? You look like an old woman instead of a man! I’ve seen a little Rosary of only one decade—it’s just as good as one of fifteen decades. What on earth are you wearing it on your belt for, fanatic that you are? Why don’t you go the whole way and wear it around your neck like the Spaniards? They carry an enormous Rosary in one hand and a dagger in the other.
“For goodness sake drop those external devotions; real devotion is in the heart . . . etc. etc. . . . “
Similarly, not a few clever people and learned scholars may occasionally try to dissuade you from saying the Rosary (but they are, of course, proud and self willed.) They would rather encourage you to say the Seven Penitential Psalms or some other prayers. If a good confessor has given you a Rosary for your penance and has told you to say it every day for a fortnight or a month, all you have to do to get your penance changed to prayers, fasts, Masses or alms, is to go to confession to one of these others.
If you consult certain people in the world who lead lives of prayer, but who have never tried the Rosary, they will not only not encourage it but will turn people away from it to get them to learn contemplation—just as though the Holy Rosary were incompatible, just as if all the saints who have been devoted to the Rosary had not enjoyed the heights of sublime contemplation.
Your nearest enemies will attack you all the more cruelly because you are so close to them. I am speaking of the powers of your soul and your bodily senses—these are distractions of the mind, distress and uncertainty of the will, dryness of the heart, exhaustion and illnesses of the body—all these will combine with the devil to say to you: “Stop saying your Rosary; that is what is giving you such a headache!” Give it up; there is no obligation under pain of sin. If you must say it, say only part of it; the difficulties that you are having over it are a sign that Almighty God does not want you to say it. You can finish it tomorrow when you are more in the mood, etc. . . . etc. . . .”
“ To better inculcate devotion of the Rosary, the Bishop also wore a beautiful Rosary at his side and always, showed it to the congregation when he preached. He used to say:
“My dear brethren in Jesus Christ, I am a Doctor of Theology and a Doctor of Canon as well as Civil law, but I say to you, as your Bishop, that I take more pride in wearing Our Lady’s Rosary than in any of my Episcopal regalia or academic robes.”
Page 105-107
“ Dear Confraternity members: if you want to serve Jesus and Mary by saying the Rosary every day, you must be prepared for temptation: “When thou comest to the service of God . . . prepare thy soul for temptation.” Heretics and licentious folk, “respectable” people of the world, persons of only surface piety as well as false prophets, hand in glove with your fallen nature and all hell itself, will wage formidable battles against you in an endeavor to get you to give up this holy practice.
To help you to be better armed against their onslaught I am going to tell you some of the things these people are always saying and thinking. This is to put you on your guard against them all, but not so much in the case of heretics and out-and-out licentious people, but particularly those who are “respectable” in the eyes of the world, and those who are devout (strange as it may seem) but have no use for the Holy Rosary.
“What is it that this word sower would say?” Come, let us oppress him, for he is against us.” That is to say: “What is he doing saying so many Rosaries?” What is it he is always mumbling? Such laziness. And what a waste of time to keep sliding those old beads along—he would do much better to work and not be bothered with this foolishness, I know what I’m talking about, . . .
“All you have to do, I suppose, is to say your Rosary, and a fortune will fall from heaven into your lap! The Rosary gives you everything you need without your lifting a finger! But hasn’t it been said: God helps those who help themselves?” There’s no need then of getting mixed up with so many prayers. “A brief prayer is heard in heaven,” one Our Father and Hail Mary will do provided that are well said.
“God has never told us to say the Rosary—of course it’s all right, it’s not a bad devotion when you’ve got the time. But don’t think for one minute that people who say the Rosary are any more sure of heaven than we are. Just look at the saints who never said it! Far too many people want to make everybody see through their own eyes: folk who carry everything to extremes, scrupulous people who see sin almost everywhere, making sweeping statements and saying that all those who don’t say the Rosary will go to hell.
“Oh yes, the Rosary is all right for old women who can’t read. But surely the Little Office of Our Lady is much more worthwhile than the Rosary? Or the Seven Penitential Psalms? And how could anything be more beautiful than the Psalms which are inspired by the Holy Ghost? You say you have agreed to say the Rosary every day; this is nothing but a fire of straw—you know very well it won’t last! Wouldn’t it be better to undertake less and to be more faithful about it?
“Come one, my friend, take my word for it, say your morning and night prayers, work hard during the day and offer it up—God doesn’t ask any more of you than this. Of course you’ve got your living to earn; if you were a man of leisure I shouldn’t say anything—you could say as many Rosaries as you like then. But as for now, say your Rosary on Sundays and Holy Days when you have lots of time, if you really must say it.
But really and truly—what are you doing with an enormous pair of beads? You look like an old woman instead of a man! I’ve seen a little Rosary of only one decade—it’s just as good as one of fifteen decades. What on earth are you wearing it on your belt for, fanatic that you are? Why don’t you go the whole way and wear it around your neck like the Spaniards? They carry an enormous Rosary in one hand and a dagger in the other.
“For goodness sake drop those external devotions; real devotion is in the heart . . . etc. etc. . . . “
Similarly, not a few clever people and learned scholars may occasionally try to dissuade you from saying the Rosary (but they are, of course, proud and self willed.) They would rather encourage you to say the Seven Penitential Psalms or some other prayers. If a good confessor has given you a Rosary for your penance and has told you to say it every day for a fortnight or a month, all you have to do to get your penance changed to prayers, fasts, Masses or alms, is to go to confession to one of these others.
If you consult certain people in the world who lead lives of prayer, but who have never tried the Rosary, they will not only not encourage it but will turn people away from it to get them to learn contemplation—just as though the Holy Rosary were incompatible, just as if all the saints who have been devoted to the Rosary had not enjoyed the heights of sublime contemplation.
Your nearest enemies will attack you all the more cruelly because you are so close to them. I am speaking of the powers of your soul and your bodily senses—these are distractions of the mind, distress and uncertainty of the will, dryness of the heart, exhaustion and illnesses of the body—all these will combine with the devil to say to you: “Stop saying your Rosary; that is what is giving you such a headache!” Give it up; there is no obligation under pain of sin. If you must say it, say only part of it; the difficulties that you are having over it are a sign that Almighty God does not want you to say it. You can finish it tomorrow when you are more in the mood, etc. . . . etc. . . .”
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Lisa_De_Ruyter
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Part V…"Finally, my dear Brother, the Daily Rosary has so many enemies that I look upon the grace of persevering in it until death as one of the greatest favors Almighty God can give us.
Persevere in it and if you are faithful you will eventually have the wonderful crown which is waiting for you in heaven: “Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life.”
Quotes taken from the Book: “True Devotion To Mary” by St. Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort” (1673-1716)
Page 70:
“ 116. True Devotion to Our Lady also has several exterior practices, of which the following are principal ones: (1) to enroll ourselves in her confraternities and enter her congregations; (2) to join the religious orders instituted in her honor; (3) to proclaim her praises; (4) to give alms, to fast, and to undergo outward and inward mortifications in her honor; (5) to wear her liveries, such as the Rosary, the Scapular or the little chain; (6) to recite with attention, devotion and modesty the Holy Rosary, composed of fifteen decades of Hail Mary’s in honor of the fifteen principal mysteries of Jesus Christ: or five decades, which is on third of the Rosary either in honor of the five Joyful Mysteries, which are the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity of Jesus Christ “etc…………
Persevere in it and if you are faithful you will eventually have the wonderful crown which is waiting for you in heaven: “Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life.”
Quotes taken from the Book: “True Devotion To Mary” by St. Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort” (1673-1716)
Page 70:
“ 116. True Devotion to Our Lady also has several exterior practices, of which the following are principal ones: (1) to enroll ourselves in her confraternities and enter her congregations; (2) to join the religious orders instituted in her honor; (3) to proclaim her praises; (4) to give alms, to fast, and to undergo outward and inward mortifications in her honor; (5) to wear her liveries, such as the Rosary, the Scapular or the little chain; (6) to recite with attention, devotion and modesty the Holy Rosary, composed of fifteen decades of Hail Mary’s in honor of the fifteen principal mysteries of Jesus Christ: or five decades, which is on third of the Rosary either in honor of the five Joyful Mysteries, which are the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity of Jesus Christ “etc…………
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MonteCristo
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This is beautiful, thank you. And thanks to everyone for the lovely responses!
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Cyril_Of_Canada
Guest
I’ve also had the same question on my mind as OP. I wear one around my neck but I do it discreetly so not to be antagonized by anyone, even catholics. I’m not even catholic yet! The rosary was given to me as a gift by someone who is interceeding for me and I cherish it very much. I don’t have any icons in my home, so the cross with Jesus on it helps me cope in my times of need when I think of Him and need some encouragement.
I don’t like anyone seeing me wear my Rosary at all tbh. Maybe it’s the Protestant in me knowing how protestants and athiests react to such a thing…
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