Prayer of the Rosary
Prayer of the Rosary
Editor’s note: Today, I’m grateful to share a guest post from Danielle Duet of the wonderful blog “it’s that Catholic girl”. Enjoy! LMH
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” – Luke 2:19
Hello dear friends in Christ! Today I wanted to let you know that I posted some videos on YouTube so you can have the opportunity to pray the rosary with me! The rosary is such a wonderful prayer that really helps you to mediate on the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, His holy mother. It is more then just repeating a set of “Hail Mary” prayers over and over again. It is a way to reflect on scripture and translate that into our own lives.
In the prayer of the rosary Mary intercedes on your behalf before the throne of God with your petitions. By praying this prayer you are given special graces in your life. The power of heaven will come upon you. It will strengthen you to become more holy and to grow in faith day by day. The rosary helps to lead you away from sin and brings you closer to God. Bishop Patrick Boyle once said, “No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary. Either he will give up the sin or he will give up the Rosary.” With this amazing prayer it is as if Mary, the mother of God, walks you through her Son’s life, taking you by the hand, to meet God Himself.
How wonderful is that!? I can personally attest to the amazing graces bestowed on our family through the power of the rosary. It can work miracles! If more people knew the true power of the rosary they would never want to stop praying it. Sometimes other Christians do not understand the rosary and its meaning. They might think we worship Mary, as Catholics, but that is not true. That is so far from the truth it almost seems laughable.
We, as Catholics, love Mary… just like you love your own mother. We go to her in prayer to ask for her help and intercession with our own intentions. Because she is holy, pure, divine, immaculate, and sinless she would never ask anything of God that would not please Him. Also, as in the Ten Commandments, it says to honor your father and mother. Jesus is Mary’s Son. Although Jesus is God and is above Mary in that sense He still gives her the respect of a mother, like we all should. For instance, at the Wedding Feast at Cana Jesus changed the water into wine per Mary’s request. It is very similar to asking your own mother to ask your dad to do something for you. You do this because you know he is more likely to do so if it comes from her then from you. So wouldn’t you think that by asking Mary to ask Jesus to answer our prayers it would be so much more powerful!? …Because it is! Going to Jesus/God/the Holy Spirit directly is always good too. And we should! Don’t get me wrong… it is not a replacement for that. This is just a very formal prayer that helps you to reflect on the life of Jesus with Mary as your guide. As St. Louis de Montfort said, “When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer.” By praying the rosary you are given so many blessings and graces in this life. It is anothergreat way to pray and it is sssooooo very powerful!
If you have more questions about the rosary go to this website: http://www.catholicbible101.com/therosary.htm
My YouTube channel is @pray4peace4ever. If you would like to pray a rosary with me go to my playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEC07A54CE7147B8E You can even chose what mystery you would like to pray with me – Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, orGlorious.
“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
Danielle Duet
About Danielle Duet:
Danielle Duet is a 22-year-old senior at the University of Tampa, majoring in Digital Arts. She was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and graduated from the Academy of the Holy Names High School in 2009. Danielle is very passionate Catholic woman. She desires to involve herself more within the church by going Mass frequently, visiting the Blessed Sacrament in Adoration, and by praying the Rosary on a regular basis. She has integrated her artistic computer talents in the digital arts with her faith. Danielle created the official logo for the lay apostolate Mary TV in 2010, located in South Bend, IN. Her desire is to inspire others and ignite their faith with her gifts.
During the summer of 2010, Danielle and her family went on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje for the Youth Festival with Mary TV. The group stayed with the visionary Ivan Dragicevic and broadcasted his daily apparitions of the Blessed Mother live over the Internet. At the festival her logo was unveiled over the top of the Mary TV building by St. James Catholic Church. She said it was amazing to see her work displayed among thousands of people at this event.
Afterwards, Danielle and her sister were invited to speak at the University of Notre Dame for the National Medjugorje Conference in 2011. At the conference the two Duet girls shared their personal testimony with about 1,000 people. She was amazed to see how many responded with heartfelt words after the talk. This was another affirmation on how her artwork and testimony touched hearts of others, since none of this would have come about without designing Mary TV’s logo.
Along with her art and practicing the Catholic faith, Danielle likes to posts reflections on her blog “it’s that Catholic girl”. She started blogging about a year ago and has enjoyed sharing her thoughts on the site. Since then Danielle has continued to write about Catholicism in daily life from her perspective as a young adult.
Copyright 2013 Danielle Duet
