Catholic Life @ MMCC – Praying the Rosary
October – The Month of the Rosary
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary.
On 7th October, the Church celebrated the feast day of Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary. The feast day was established by Pope Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the victory at Lepanto on 7th October, 1571. The naval victory was attributed to the Virgin Mary whose intercession was entreated through the recitation of the Holy Rosary.
The Church then proceeded to dedicate the entire month of October to the Holy Rosary so that individuals, families, and communities would pray the Holy Rosary, if possible, on a daily basis for peace in the world. “Not only do we earnestly exhort all Christians to give themselves to the recital of the pious devotion of the Rosary publicly, or privately in their own house and family, and that unceasingly, but we also desire that the whole of the month of October (in this year) should be consecrated to the Holy Queen of the Rosary” (Pope Leo XII; On Devotion of the Rosary, September 1, 1883). https://stjosemaria.org/october-month-of-the-holy-rosary/
No form of extra-liturgical devotion to Mary is more widely practised among the faithful or found by them to be more satisfyingly complete than the Rosary, which has come to be regarded as the very badge of Catholic piety. The authentic Rosary is a happy combination of vocal and mental prayer, each of which is essential to the devotion. It is incorrect to say that meditation is “the very essence of the Rosary devotion”, for vocal recitation of the prayers is also of the essence.
Rosary – Praying Daily
Ways to integrate the Rosary into your daily life during the month of October:
# 1: Say one Hail Mary every day.
# 2: Say one Hail Mary a few times a day (every time you eat is a good reminder).
# 3: Say one decade every day.
# 4: Say the one decade at different times during the day (work your way up to five).
# 5: Say an entire Rosary a few times a week.
# 6: Say the entire Rosary every day. Pray the Rosary Online (Text)
# 7: Going for a walk while you do the Rosary
#8: Find a prayer partner or group who could say it with you.
#9: Listening to the Rosary – The Rosary Online
The Rosary with Fr Robert Galea on YouTube:
Joyful Mysteries – Mondays and Saturdays
Sorrowful Mysteries – Tuesdays and Fridays
Luminous Mysteries – Thursdays
Glorious Mysteries – Wednesdays and Sundays
Rosary for the Family
The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have collaborated to create the “Rosary for the Family” to help families to pray and to pray as a family. Praying the Holy Rosary is a special time to share with family members and other families. In the year of St. Joseph, praying the Rosary as a family was also a concrete way of obtaining a plenary indulgence. In any case, “prayer can do immense good for our families”. (AL 318). “Rosary for the Family” is intended for the spread of Mary’s love throughout the world and is a resource made available in this special year dedicated to the Family, to help families enter into the mysteries and meditations of the Holy Rosary.
Download the Rosary for the Family
Tips to Pray the Rosary Every Day
Weekly Reading & Reflection
My Catholic Life: Daily Reflection on the Readings of the Day
Catholic Prayer
Catholic Prayer Hacks Even “Experts” Use by Becky Roach – Click here to view the article
The Catholic Weekly
https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/
Catholic News
Word On Fire
Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire
Online videos, homilies, articles, lectures, blogs, podcasts, bible study programs and more for theological and faith. Link – https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/video/
