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OCTOBER, MONTH OF THE ROSARY
As we are beginning the month of the Rosary. Many parishioners, families and faithful persons pray the rosary every day. This month, we would like to invite everyone to do the same, as the Virgin of Fatima encouraged us to pray for World Peace. We pray for unity, strength, and for those whom we love. We live in a particular historical time, and we can make a difference by trusting, encouraging people of goodwill, praying for them, for their work and good deeds and supporting them with the prayer of the Rosary. While we pray a decade of the Rosary, we can envision a vivid mental image of the Bible mysteries. In this action, we unite a vocal and mental prayer, focusing on the name of Jesus.
The words of the Our Father and the Hail Mary are words from scripture itself. The Lord's Prayer is found in the Gospel of Luke and Matthew. The first part of the Hail Mary comes from two passages in the Gospel of Luke (Lk:28,42) it is from the Gospel that the Rosary draws and proclaims certain principal events and mysteries in history.
Besides the Biblical content in the Rosary, the prayer helps us in our spiritual life. When we pray the rosary, we are invited to meditate on the mysteries of Joy, of Sorrow, of Glory and of Jesus and Mary, in a mental a vocal prayer. Praying the Rosary has a calming effect on our hearts and enables us to rest in God's presence. It draws out the deepest human feelings in ourselves. Desires for God and God alone. How many times, l have seen people with confidence and peace, facing a serious illness, with a Rosary in their hands. One action of faith, that helps to testify the Love of God, even in life’s difficult journeys.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary or the Virgin of the Rosary is celebrated October 7th. Pope Gregory XIII instituted the celebration this day, remembering the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 when, by praying the Rosary the Christian faithful contemplated her presence in their victory over the Ottoman forces. Saint Pius V promoted Mary with the title "Help of Christians." After the triumph of the Christian fleet over the Turks, adding the invocation into the Laurentian Litany. Don Bosco later, trusted the Virgin, to protect the Mission of the Youth.
The prayer of the Rosary goes back in history with Dominic of Guzman. He received a Rosary in a vision from the Blessed Mother in 1221. After that, the Dominicans began to spread the devotion in medieval times. The monastic practice of saying the 150 Psalms "the Psalter." Over time, the fifteen mysteries-the events of Jesus Life were retained and combined with the Hail Mary for each one of the mysteries. In 2002, Saint John Paul ll added the Luminous Mysteries. Now the entire Rosary has 200 Ave Maria's.
This October, we join the Celebration of Fatima with the Portuguese Community. It will be a lovely and traditional feast. The core is the love for the Blessed Mother. We pray the Rosary uniting all our minds in one Heart, by the love of the mother who guides us to Jesus. As we pray, the
Rosary throughout this month and every day, let us focus on the name of Jesus at the center of every " Holy Mary." Remember, when we pray the Rosary, we gather all our thoughts into His Name. Furthermore, with each Hail Mary, we can call out to Him, like a lover speaking to the beloved "Blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb JESUS!"
In Our Lady Help of Christians Church, we renew our love for Jesus, through the prayer of the Rosary. Have a blessed and joyful month!
Fr. Rafael Saiz, SDB
Pastor
As we are beginning the month of the Rosary. Many parishioners, families and faithful persons pray the rosary every day. This month, we would like to invite everyone to do the same, as the Virgin of Fatima encouraged us to pray for World Peace. We pray for unity, strength, and for those whom we love. We live in a particular historical time, and we can make a difference by trusting, encouraging people of goodwill, praying for them, for their work and good deeds and supporting them with the prayer of the Rosary. While we pray a decade of the Rosary, we can envision a vivid mental image of the Bible mysteries. In this action, we unite a vocal and mental prayer, focusing on the name of Jesus.
The words of the Our Father and the Hail Mary are words from scripture itself. The Lord's Prayer is found in the Gospel of Luke and Matthew. The first part of the Hail Mary comes from two passages in the Gospel of Luke (Lk:28,42) it is from the Gospel that the Rosary draws and proclaims certain principal events and mysteries in history.
Besides the Biblical content in the Rosary, the prayer helps us in our spiritual life. When we pray the rosary, we are invited to meditate on the mysteries of Joy, of Sorrow, of Glory and of Jesus and Mary, in a mental a vocal prayer. Praying the Rosary has a calming effect on our hearts and enables us to rest in God's presence. It draws out the deepest human feelings in ourselves. Desires for God and God alone. How many times, l have seen people with confidence and peace, facing a serious illness, with a Rosary in their hands. One action of faith, that helps to testify the Love of God, even in life’s difficult journeys.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary or the Virgin of the Rosary is celebrated October 7th. Pope Gregory XIII instituted the celebration this day, remembering the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 when, by praying the Rosary the Christian faithful contemplated her presence in their victory over the Ottoman forces. Saint Pius V promoted Mary with the title "Help of Christians." After the triumph of the Christian fleet over the Turks, adding the invocation into the Laurentian Litany. Don Bosco later, trusted the Virgin, to protect the Mission of the Youth.
The prayer of the Rosary goes back in history with Dominic of Guzman. He received a Rosary in a vision from the Blessed Mother in 1221. After that, the Dominicans began to spread the devotion in medieval times. The monastic practice of saying the 150 Psalms "the Psalter." Over time, the fifteen mysteries-the events of Jesus Life were retained and combined with the Hail Mary for each one of the mysteries. In 2002, Saint John Paul ll added the Luminous Mysteries. Now the entire Rosary has 200 Ave Maria's.
This October, we join the Celebration of Fatima with the Portuguese Community. It will be a lovely and traditional feast. The core is the love for the Blessed Mother. We pray the Rosary uniting all our minds in one Heart, by the love of the mother who guides us to Jesus. As we pray, the
Rosary throughout this month and every day, let us focus on the name of Jesus at the center of every " Holy Mary." Remember, when we pray the Rosary, we gather all our thoughts into His Name. Furthermore, with each Hail Mary, we can call out to Him, like a lover speaking to the beloved "Blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb JESUS!"
In Our Lady Help of Christians Church, we renew our love for Jesus, through the prayer of the Rosary. Have a blessed and joyful month!
Fr. Rafael Saiz, SDB
Pastor
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