THE ORIGIN OF ROSARY .....There is the story that in a vision the Blessed Virgin Mary revealed the ROSARY to st Dominic. founder of the dominicans. However it was by a gradual process that the ROSARY,as we know it now took shape. Towards the end of the twelfth century, out of DEVOTION TO MARY there began the practis of reciting 150 Hail Marys correponding to the 150 psalms of the Old Testament psalter. Carthusial Henrry of Kalkar divided the Hail Marys in to decades. Inserting the Our Father at the begining of each decade. Meditating on the mystries while reciting the Hail Marys was another feature added. A book from year 1483 called Our Dear Lady Psalter speaks of fiffteen mystries. The Rosary as now been used was officially established in the church by Pope Pius V by his bull of 1569.it was two years later, on 17th OCTOBER 1571 that the christian forces gainned decisive victory over the turks at the battle of lepanto, a victory ascribed to the power of the Rosary. The feast of the Most Holy Rosary on the 7th OCTOBER war instituted as a feast in the universal church by Pope Clement XI {1667-1669}. The Rosary is a simple, practical and devotional form of prayer to Our Lady that has evolved from christian peity in the course oe history and has become popular throughout the Catholic world. it combines both vocal and mental prayer, for while the lips pronnunce the Hail Mary, the mind reflects on the devine mysteries.... {I drop my pen till another time}
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:41:20 +0000
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