Our Lady is calling us to take up the Rosary - to draw into our souls

Our Lady is calling us to take up the Rosary - to draw into our souls
the Graces of the Mysteries of the Life, Passion and Glory of Jesus Christ.

MESSAGE #2580 from the Blessed Mother January 23, 2004

My daughter, darker days will come if my children continue to choose darkness. Much more evil will enter this world if man refuses to repent and live a life that is pleasing to God. This world is truly in trouble because so many hearts have become cold. Cold hearts is what will bring destruction to this world. Violence and many more wars will arise if man does not repent and turn to God.

It is time now to get down on your knees and pray, pray more. It is pertinent that you join hands and pray the Rosary properly. If you meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary, your prayers will truly come from your heart. I say to each of you, do not rush through your prayers. Meditate on each mystery of the Rosary so that your focus is on God. Do not just mumble words, think about what you are saying.

The Rosary will have a powerful effect on those who recite it faithfully. The Rosary has helped save many souls and it has had victory over many wars. There are many promises through praying the Rosary if you recite it properly. The Rosary is the weapon against Satan, so please do not ignore my heavenly pleas. Gather your family and pray it daily and you shall have peace. Gather in your Church and pray the Rosary from your hearts.

Make better use of this time and pray, pray more. Pray each new day. Pray for peace. Pray for your Priests, for Satan is truly attacking many. Pray for family unity, for there is much turmoil in many homes. Pray for this world so more wake up before it’s too late. Pray for those who are choosing darkness, for without a repentive heart, many will see the fire of hell. Many will truly suffer when God shakes this earth.

Now, please listen to my motherly requests and respond, respond now. Respond now, for time is short and many today need your prayers. Today is a day to fast and to pray, so please do your part so more repent and turn to God. Amen.

Gospel (St. Luke 1:26-3

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.

Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

APOSTOLIC LETTER ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF

– Pope John Paul II

In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community enters into contact with the memories and the contemplative gaze of Mary.

By its nature the recitation of the Rosary calls for a quiet rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual to meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s life as seen through the eyes of her who was closest to the Lord. In this way the unfathomable riches of these mysteries are disclosed

Contemplating the scenes of the Rosary in union with Mary is a means of learning from her to “read” Christ, to discover his secrets and to understand his message.

By meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary and by living the same life in Holy Communion, we can become, to the extent of our lowliness, similar to them and can learn from these supreme models a life of humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience and perfection” In this process of being conformed to Christ in the Rosary, we entrust ourselves in a special way to the maternal care of the Blessed Virgin. She who is both the Mother of Christ

Excerpts from a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier - Tuesday October 7, 2003

Our Lady is calling us to take up the Rosary, a simple prayer, but an exceedingly powerful prayer because it is using the very words of God Himself, it is using the words of the angel Gabriel, it is glorifying the Most Holy Trinity, it is praying for the conversion of sinners, it is acknowledging our Faith. Everything is there in this one beautiful prayer. And not only everything with the power in its words, but with its power in the mysteries of the life and the death and the resurrection and the glorification of our blessed Lord, so that we consider and meditate upon these mysteries of who we are and our dignity and the love of God for us as He brings us out of our sinfulness, making us His own children and calling us to eternity with Himself. The Rosary becomes in this way the ladder to heaven, as Jesus told Nathaniel that he would see “greater things than this, even the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” That is a mystery that takes place as we pray the Rosary. But more than that, it is the Rosary, I believe, which is spoken of in the Book of Revelation as the chain which will bind Satan and cast him into the abyss. If you want Satan to leave you and your family alone, take up the weapon, the weapon of peace, but the weapon which will crush the head of Satan – that is, our blessed Lady’s Rosary. She has made the promises. We have seen them over and over again, but for whatever reason we tend to not want to do what we are asked to do. In the meantime, the devil is destroying our families and he is infiltrating the Church and destroying the faith of many because they are not taking up this simple but exceedingly powerful prayer.

It is an interesting thing to note that every single saint, for the last however many generations and centuries, that has started a religious order has required that the nuns and the monks and the priests all pray the Rosary. It is not an option. I do not know any religious orders in their foundation that did not pray the Rosary. There are many religious these days who do not because, again, they are following the same pattern as everyone else. But all of the founders of religious orders require it. All of the saints require it and they talk about it. Now these are people with profound lives of prayer, and they recognize that the foundation and the mainstay of their prayer life is in many ways going to be found in our blessed Lady’s Rosary.

If the Mother of God is asking this of us, if God Himself is asking it of us, if the Church is asking it of us – there are more encyclical letters written by the Popes over the centuries on the Rosary than on any other topic – then we need to realize that the wisdom of the saints and the wisdom of the Church is directed at us that we need to recognize, like little children, the simplicity of this prayer and the love which we can pour into it and the power which flows from it. If your children have wandered from the Church, pray the Rosary. If your family is being torn apart, pray the Rosary. If you are struggling in your life, pray the Rosary. It is precisely the prayer that the angels pray. It is precisely the prayer that the saints have prayed. It is the prayer that Our Lady has asked us to pray, and Our Lady will be faithful to all the promises she has made in regard to the Rosary. We simply need to have that childlike trust and to take up our weapon, the weapon of peace, the weapon with the greatest power. If we can come before Our Lord – in the Blessed Sacrament, especially – with Rosary in hand, all things will be ours.

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