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The Rosary and NicaraguaThe practice of the rosary began early in Church history but the prayers said with it evolved over the centuries. A basic rosary is saying 5 sets of 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Mary's, a Glory Be with meditation on a different scene from Jesus' life for each decade of Hail Mary's. These scenes are called mysteries. When Our Lady appeared in Nicaragua* in 1980 she gave us information on how she wants the rosary prayed and when to meditate on the mysteries. Story below. Message from Our Lady of Nicaragua
The message from our Blessed Mother at Nicaragua in 1980 *[the dissemination of information is approved by Bishop Vego] included a big vision about how she wanted us to pray the rosary. Here is what the humble seer, a sacristan, reported to the bishop: I saw another group, also dressed in white with some luminous rosaries in their hands. The beads were extremely white and they gave off lights of different colors. One of them carried a very large open book. He would read, and after listening they silently meditated. They appeared to be as if in prayer. After this period of prayer in silence they then prayed the Our Father and ten Hail Mary's. .... When the Rosary was finished, Our Lady said to me:Beginning the decade with a meditation on the mystery and silent prayer solves the problem of trying to think about it and say the prayers at the same time. His vision of how we should pray the rosary - and its benefits - continued: Afterwards, I saw a ...group...I recognized as being similar to the Franciscans... with Rosaries and praying. As they were passing ...the Lady again told me: These received the Rosary from the hands of the first ones."Then she showed him a huge group of people who were dressed as people dress in modern day. (This is us!) He said, ...it was like an army in size, and they carried Rosaries in their hands. ... ...I felt at once that I could enter into that scene because they were dressed the same as I was. But ... I looked at my hands and I saw them black. They [the people in the vision], as the previous ones, radiated light. Their bodies were beautiful. I then said:This is huge news, a huge promise. And the requirement is simple. After practicing the Lord's Word, say the rosary: Read the mystery, ponder it, then pray on the beads. Group Rosaries - The Power of Group Prayer Here, from www.audiosancto.org, a priest quotes St. Louis de Monfort from the Secret of the Rosary and talks about the power of Group Prayer: "God is very pleased to have people gathered together in prayer," he says. "All the angels and the blessed unite to praise him unceasingly. Our Lord expressly recommended this practice to his apostles and disciples and He promised that whenever there would be two or three gathered in His name He would be there in the midst of them. That is why the first Christians met so often to pray together in spite of the persecutions of the emperors who had forbidden them to assemble...they preferred to risk death rather than miss their gatherings where the Lord was present. "Praying in common is of the greatest benefit to us because, when we pray in common, the prayer of each one belongs to the whole group to make all together one prayer. So that if one person is not praying well, someone else in the same gathering who is praying better makes up for his deficiency. "One who says his rosary alone only gains the merits of one rosary, but if he says it with 30 other people he gains the merit of 30 rosaries. That's the law of public prayer. How profitable. How advantageous this is... "Public prayer is more powerful than private prayer to appease the anger of God, to call down His mercy. "... Listen to the whole sermon from http://www.audiosancto.org on mp3. Download it here. Plenary and Partial Indulgences
There is a plenary (full) indulgence granted (remission of punishment due to God) for the recitation of the rosary in a group at home or in public. From the Enchiridion of Indulgences : A plenary indulgence is granted if the Rosary is recited in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association; a partial indulgence is granted in other circumstances (such as saying it alone or silently). The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms: 1) The recitation of a third part only of the Rosary suffices; but the five decades must be recited continuously. 2) The vocal recitation must be accompanied by pious meditation on the mysteries. 3) In public recitation the mysteries must be announced in the manner customary in the place; for private recitation, however, it suffices if the vocal recitation is accompanied by meditation on the mysteries. Also required are: 1) Be free from attachment to any venial sin. 2) REceive Communion on the day you gain the Plenary Indulgence 3) Go to Confession 7 days before or after the day of the Plenary Indulgence 4) Say some prayers for the Pope's intentions (like an Our Father and a Hail Mary) More Links Other Versions of the Mysteries |
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