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Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 5:36pm On Apr 30, 2021
How much time will you be giving our mother Mary in the month of May?


How many decades of the Rosary will you Pray?

How about preaching more about the Rosary, do it for our Mother Mary.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:54am On Apr 30, 2021
Are You Ready For MAY DEVOTION?
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 4:59am On Apr 27, 2021
HOW TO RECITE THE ROSARY


1. PURITY OF INTENTION

It is not so much the length of a prayer, but the fervor with which it is said which pleases Almighty God and touches His Heart.

One single Hail Mary that is said properly is worth more than one hundred and fifty that are badly said.

Most Catholics say the Rosary, the whole fifteen mysteries or five of them anyway or, at least a few decades. So why is it then that so few of them give up their sins and go forward in the spiritual life? Surely it must be because they are not saying them as they should.

It is a good thing to think over how we should pray if we really want to please God and become more holy.

To say the Holy Rosary to advantage one must be in a state of grace or at the very least be fully determined to give up mortal sin.


This we know because all our theology teaches us that good works and prayers are only dead works if they are done in a state of mortal sin. Therefore they can neither be pleasing to God nor help us gain eternal life. This is why Ecclesiastes says: “Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner.”35 Praise of God and the salutation of the Angel and the very Prayer of Jesus Christ are not pleasing to God when they are said by unrepentant sinners.

Our Lord said: “This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.”36 It is as though He was saying: “Those who join My Confraternity and say their Rosary every day (even perhaps the fifteen decades), but without being sorry for their sins offer Me lip service only and their hearts are far from Me.”

I have just said that to say the Rosary to advantage one must be in a state of grace “or at least be fully determined to give up mortal sin;” first of all, because, if it were true that God only heard the prayers of those in a state of grace it would follow that people in a state of mortal sin should not pray at all.


This is an erroneous teaching which has been condemned by Holy Mother Church, because of course sinners need to pray far more than good people do. Were this horrible doctrine true it would then be useless and futile to tell a sinner to say all, or even part of his Rosary, because it would never help him.

Secondly, because if they join one of Our Lady’s confraternities and recite the Rosary or some other prayer, but without having the slightest intention of giving up sin, they join the ranks of her false devotees.

These presumptuous and impenitent devotees, hiding under her mantle, wearing the scapular and with rosary in hand, cry out: “Blessed Virgin, good Mother—Hail, Mary! . . .” And yet at the same time, by their sins, they are crucifying Our Lord Jesus Christ and tearing His flesh anew. It is a great tragedy, but from the very ranks of Our Lady’s most holy Confraternities souls are faIling into the fires of Hell.

We earnestly beg everyone to say the Holy Rosary: the just that they may persevere and grow in God’s grace; the sinners that they may rise from their sins. But God forbid that we should ever encourage a sinner to think that Our Lady will protect him with Her mantle if he continues to love sin, for then it will only turn into a mantle of damnation which will hide his sins from the public eye. The Rosary, which is a cure for all our ills, would then be turned into deadly poison. “A corruption of what is best is worst.”

The learned Cardinal Hughes says: “One should really be as pure as an Angel to approach the Blessed Virgin and to say the Angelic Salutation.” One day Our Lady appeared to an immoral man who used to always say his Rosary every day. She showed him a bowl of beautiful fruit, but the bowl itself was covered with filth. The man was horrified to see this, and Our Lady said: “This is the way you are honoring me! You are giving me beautiful roses in a filthy bowl. Do you think I can accept presents of this kind?”

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Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 5:55pm On Apr 22, 2021
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

II. THE SCOURGING AND ABUSE OF JESUS


Prophesied Isaiah 53:5-7 He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep; each following his own way; but the LORD has laid upon him the guilt of us all. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth, like a lamb led to the slaughter.


Prefigured Jeremiah 26:10-11; 37:15 When the princes of Judah were informed of these things, they came up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and held court. … The priests and prophets said to the princes and to all the people, “This man deserves death; he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.” … The princes were enraged, and had Jeremiah beaten and thrown into prison.



John 18:19-22
1) [Annas] questioned Jesus about his disciples and doctrine. … Jesus answered, … “Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them.” … When he said this, one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus.



Mark 14:61-64
2) He was silent and answered nothing. The high priest asked, … “Are you the Messiah, the son of the Blessed One?” Then Jesus answered, “I am.” … At that the high priest tore his garments and said, … “You have heard the blasphemy.”


Mark 14:64-65
3) [Caiphas asked,] “What do you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die. Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and struck him and said to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards greeted him with blows.


Mt. 27:2,12-14
4) They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. … When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer. … The governor was greatly amazed.



John 18:33,36-37
5) Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” … Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world.” … Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?”



John 18:37-38
6) Jesus answered, “You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”



Luke 23:6-9,11
7) Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean; … he sent him to Herod. … [Jesus] gave him no answer. … Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, sent him back to Pilate.



Luke 23:14-18
cool [Pilate] said to them, … “Herod … sent him back to us. So no capital crime has been committed by him. Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him.” But all together they shouted out, “Away with this man!”



Luke 23:21-22
9) They continued their shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate addressed them, … “I shall have him flogged and then release him.”



John 18:39-19:1
10) “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” They cried out again, “Not this one but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged.
Family / Re: How Do You Deal With An Occult Family Member? by motherofperpetu: 5:54pm On Apr 20, 2021
Encourage your friend to pray the Rosary often
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:58pm On Apr 19, 2021
Remember to pray your Rosary today.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 4:59am On Apr 14, 2021
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES


I. THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE



Prophesied Isaiah 53:8,10-12

Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away; … smitten for the sin of his people. … Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, … the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. … Through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. … He surrendered himself to death.


Prefigured Genesis 37:8,27-28

“Are you really going to make yourself king over us?” his brothers asked him. … “Let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, instead of doing away with him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.


Mark 14:32-33
1) They came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed.



Mark 14:34-35
2) Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch.” He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass by him.



Mark 14:36-37
3) He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.” When he returned he found them asleep. He said, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for 1 hour?”



Mark 14:38-40 4) “Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and found them asleep. They could not keep their eyes open.



Luke 22:43
5) To strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.



Mark 14:41-42
6) He returned a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at hand.”



Luke 22:47-48
7) While he was still speaking, a crowd approached and in front was one of the 12, a man named Judas. He went up to Jesus to kiss him. Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”



John 18:10-11
cool Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. … Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that the Father gave me?”



Matt. 26:53,55
9) “Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father and he will not provide me at this moment with more than 12 legions of angels?” … Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?”



Matt. 26:55-57
10) “Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area, yet you did not arrest me. But all this has come to pass that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled. Those who arrested Jesus led him away

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Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 4:52am On Apr 14, 2021
Doree:
Having made the above comment, I'm being led to write also and testify about the Novena 'Our Lady Undoer of knots'.

Do you feel the pressures on you are too much? My dear, someone can help you undo it. Yes, I am talking about our Lady! She has done it for me and my family, so I am very certain of what I'm saying.

Whatelse? If you feel too tired to pray the Holy Rosary, you can still make the Novena which contains the Rosary in it. Atleast you won't get to miss a day without the Rosary since Novenas are usually an unbroken chain of nine days.

Is they Litany of Mary part of this novena?
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 9:28pm On Apr 09, 2021
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES V.


THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST AT THE LAST PASSOVER OF JESUS


Prophesied Jeremiah 31:31-34

The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel. … It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers. … They broke my covenant and I had to show myself their master. … I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God. … I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.


Prefigured Genesis 14:18-20

Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.


Luke 22:8,14-5

1) Jesus sent out Peter and John, instructing them, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” … He took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”


Luke 22:19
2) He took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”


Matt. 26:27-28
3) Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.”


Luke 22:27-30
4) “I am among you as the one who serves. It is you who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer a kingdom on you, … that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.”


Luke 22:31-34
5) “Simon, Simon, … I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers. … I tell you, Peter, before the cock crows this day, you will deny 3 times that you know me.”



John 14:6-7
6) “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”



John 14:26-27
7) “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name – he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. … Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”



John 15:5,9
cool “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. … As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love; … keep my commandments.”



John 15:12-14
9) “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.”



John 17:1-2,20-21
10) “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, … so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him. … I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one … in us.”
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:01pm On Apr 08, 2021
Doree:


I love your second to last paragraph.
We were brought up with the Holy Rosary, and I can boldly testify to the great benefits of praying this daily.

May God forgive you all who try to deprive others of this amazing benefits without even understanding the mystery yourselves. May HE also help you see the light.

I love you Mother Mary. Please continue interceding for me kiss

May be one day you'll share these benefits with us and for those who have lost faith in the Rosary
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 7:57pm On Apr 08, 2021
midastouch:
If you want (profound) peace in your life, I would seriously recommend that you pray the rosary.

It has been said that you will have to choose between praying the rosary and living a life of sin; it is true. This has been my very experience. You can't pray the rosary and live a life of sin, the two are incompatible.

The rosary is the life of Jesus on a string, It is living and breathing scripture. It is truly a weapon against worldliness and vice.

Its masterstroke is its deceptive simplicity. It is easy to overlook, get talked down and over.

Its promises are cast in stone. My mother during her life was was an ardent rosary advocate. Towards her demise she was very ill and in a coma. When the priest was sent for and he arrived, my mother came out of coma and received the Eucharist and then went back into coma; and then slept in the Lord a few minutes later.

A lot of people like to put God in a box, but a box does not define God. God is God and His mercies endures forever.

Like the OP has said, please pray your FULL rosary everyday. Pray all 4 groups of the mysteries Daily.

Dedicate time to meditate on the events in the life of Jesus (mysteries) in between each decade, apply the lessons to your own life.

ALL my prayer requests that I have tabled before God while praying the rosary has been answered. God The Father honors His Daughter, God the Holy Spirit honors His Spouse and God the Son honors His Mother.

Glory be the the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.

I am so happy to see devotees of the rosary. Thank you for sharing, I am so happy.
We want to see you more often
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 7:54pm On Apr 08, 2021
FECOSON:
i want to thank the op on his/her time. I dont knw if it is a boy or girl because am using a small phone. I cant view something on this platform. Thanks for ur time on this topic.

You're welcome.
Anything for our Mother Mary!

We will like to see you more often and may our Lady obtain for you the grace to find a wife who will be everything you want.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:46pm On Apr 02, 2021
Pray your Rosary today.

Good Friday
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 10:11am On Mar 26, 2021
What will your excuse be today, for not praying your Rosary?
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 10:10am On Mar 26, 2021
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES IV.


THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN


Prophesied Isaiah 9:1,5-6

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. … A son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, from David’s throne, and over his kingdom which he confirms and sustains by judgment and justice, both now and forever.


Prefigured Exodus 34:30,34

When Aaron, then, and the other Israelites saw Moses and noticed how radiant the skin of his face had become, they were afraid to come near him. … Whenever Moses entered the presence of the LORD to converse with him, … the Israelites would see that the skin of Moses’ face was radiant.



Luke 9:28-29
1) Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance.



Matt. 17:2
2) He was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.


Luke 9:30-31
3) Behold, 2 men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.



Luke 9:32
4) Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the 2 men standing with him.


Luke 9:33
5) As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master it is good that we are here; let us make 3 tents, 1 for you, 1 for Moses, and 1 for Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying.


Luke 9:34
6) While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.


Matt 17:5
7) Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”


Matt 17:6-8
cool When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone.



Mark 9:9-10
9) Coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.



Matt. 17:10-13
10) The disciples asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” … “I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him.” … Then they understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 5:46am On Mar 22, 2021
Remember to pray your Rosary today.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 5:45am On Mar 22, 2021
The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.


Pope Saint John XXIII
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:00pm On Mar 16, 2021
Glory to Jesus


Honor to Mary.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 9:05pm On Mar 11, 2021
The past is always with us, in the form of our photographs, which we feel as we might a rosary, wearing them smooth with the fingering of our eyes.

A.D.Coleman
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 1:57am On Mar 08, 2021
Pray the Rosary

Preach the Rosary!
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 1:56am On Mar 08, 2021
I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.


John Locke.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 4:57am On Mar 07, 2021
Remember to pray your Rosary today
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:40pm On Mar 01, 2021
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES


III. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM BY JESUS


Prophesied

Deuteronomy 18:17-19 The LORD said to Moses, “This was well said. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kinsmen, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. If any man will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it.”


Prefigured

Deuteronomy 30:15-16,19-20; 31:1 “I have today set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, … loving him and walking in his ways, … your God will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy. … Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him.” … Moses had finished.


John 3:5,22
1) “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.” … After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.


Mark 1:14-15
2) After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”


Luke 12:31-33
3) “Seek his kingdom, and these other things will be given you besides. Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms.”


Luke 13:29
4) “You will see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God. … People will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.”


Luke 17:20-21
5) “The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, … ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.”


Matt. 5:3,10
6) “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. … Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”


Matt. 7:20-21
7) “By their fruits you will know them. Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”


Matt. 10:5,7-8
cool Jesus sent out the 12. … “Make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”



Matt. 16:17-19
9) “Blessed are you, Simon. … I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. … I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven.”



Matt. 18:3-4
10) “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 1:01pm On Feb 28, 2021
No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary: either they will give up sin or they will give up the Rosary.


Bishop Hugh Doyle.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:25am On Feb 27, 2021
You can pray your Rosary everyday, it is possible.

Put more effort and ask our mother to help you.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:22am On Feb 27, 2021
FOURTEENTH ROSE: THE OUR FATHER, PART 3

WE MAKE as many acts of the noblest Christian virtues as we pronounce words, when we recite attentively this Divine Prayer.

In saying “Our Father Who art in Heaven,” we make acts of faith, adoration and humility. When we ask that His name be hallowed and glorified we show a burning zeal for His glory, and when we ask for the spread of His Kingdom we make an act of hope; by the wish that His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, we show a spirit of perfect obedience.

In asking for our daily bread we practise poverty of spirit and detachment from worldly goods. When we beg Him to forgive us our sins we make an act of sorrow for them. By forgiving those who have trespassed against us we give proof of the virtue of mercy in its highest degree.

Through asking God’s help in all our temptations, we make acts of humility, prudence and fortitude. As we wait for Him to deliver us from evil we exercise the virtue of patience.

Finally, while asking for all these things—not for ourselves alone but also for our neighbor and for all members of the Church—we are carrying out our duty as true children of God, we are imitating Him in His love which embraces all men and we are keeping the Commandment of love of neighbor.

If we mean in our hearts what we say with our lips and if our intentions are not at variance with those expressed in the Lord’s Prayer, then, by reciting this prayer, we hate all sin and we observe all of God’s laws. For whenever we think that God is in Heaven—infinitely removed from us by the greatness of His majesty—as we place ourselves in His presence we should be filled with overwhelming reverence. Then the fear of the Lord will chase away all pride and we will bow down before God in our utter nothingness.

When we say the name Father and remember that we owe our existence to God by the means of our parents and even our knowledge to our teachers who hold the place and are the living images of God, then we cannot help paying them honor and respect, or, to be more exact, honoring God in them. Nothing then, too, would be farther from our thoughts than to be disrespectful to them or hurt them.

We are never farther from blaspheming than when we pray that the Holy Name of God may be glorified. If we really look upon the Kingdom of God as our heritage we cannot possibly be attached to the things of this world.

If we sincerely ask God that our neighbor may have the very same blessings that we ourselves stand in need of, it goes without saying that we will give up all hatred, quarreling and jealousy. And of course if we ask God each day for our daily bread we shall learn to hate gluttony and lasciviousness which thrive in rich surroundings.

While sincerely asking God to forgive us as we forgive those who trespass against us we no longer give way to anger and thoughts of getting even—we return good for evil and really love our enemies.

To ask God to save us from falling into sin when we are tempted is to give proof that we are fighting laziness and that we are genuinely seeking means to root out vicious habits and to work out our salvation.

To pray God to deliver us from evil is to fear His justice and this will give us true happiness. For since the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, it is through the virtue of the fear of God that men avoid sin.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:56am On Feb 26, 2021
Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.


St. Louis De Montfort
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:45am On Feb 26, 2021
THIRTEENTH ROSE: THE OUR FATHER, PART 2

EACH WORD of the Lord’s Prayer is a tribute we pay to the perfections of God. We honor His fertility by the name of Father:

FATHER,

Thou

Who throughout eternity

Dost beget a Son

Who is God like Thee—

Eternal, consubstantial with Thee

WHO Is the very same essence As Thee;

And is of like power

And goodness

And wisdom

As Thou art . . .

Father and Son

Who from Thy mutual love

Produce the Holy Spirit

Who is God like unto Thee;

Three Persons But one GOD.

Our Father—this means that He is the Father of mankind because He has created us and continues to sustain us, and because He has redeemed us. He is also the merciful Father of sinners, the Father Who is the friend of the just and the glorious Father of the blessed in Heaven.

When we say Who art, by these words we pay tribute to the infinity and immensity and fullness of God’s essence. God is rightly called “He Who is’’13; that is to say, He exists of necessity, essentially, and eternally, because He is the Being of beings and the cause of all beings. He possesses within Himself, in a supereminent degree, the perfections of all beings and He is in all of them by His essence, by His presence and by His power, but without being bounded by their limitations. We honor His sublimity and His glory and His majesty by the words Who art in Heaven, that is to say, “Who is seated as on a throne, holding sway over all men by Thy justice.”

When we say hallowed be Thy name we worship God’s holiness; and we make obeisance to His Kingship and bow to the justice of His laws by the words Thy Kingdom come, praying that men will obey Him on earth as the Angels do in Heaven.

We show our trust in His Providence by asking for our daily bread, and we appeal to His mercy when we ask for the forgiveness of our sins.

We look to His great power when we beg Him not to lead us into temptation, and we show our faith in His goodness by our hope that He will deliver us from evil.

The Son of God has always glorified His Father by His works and He came into the world to teach men to give glory to Him. He showed men how to praise Him by this prayer which He taught us with His Own lips. It is our duty, therefore, to say it often—we should say it reverently and attentively and in the spirit in which Our Lord taught it.


From Secret of the Rosary by St Louis De Montfort
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:40am On Feb 24, 2021
Include praying your Rosary in your to-do list.



Mother of Christ
Pray For Us.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:37am On Feb 24, 2021
If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.


Josemaria Escriva.
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 6:15am On Feb 23, 2021
In times of darkness, holding the Rosary is like holding your Blessed Mother’s hand. Pray the Rosary every day. Abandon yourself in the hands of Mary. She will take care of you.

Padre Pio
Religion / Re: ROSARY; How Often Do You Say Your Rosary by motherofperpetu: 8:23pm On Feb 21, 2021
Remember to pray your Rosary today.

What are giving up and what are you adding to your life this Lenten season.

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