Rosaries for Healing

The mission of the Rosary Ministry is to spread the word about the power of the Rosary, teach adults and children how to pray the rosary and why we pray it. Additionally, the Rosary Ministry is devoted to leading those in need of healing in their life to the power of praying the Rosary.

The St. Dennis Rosary Ministry designs custom:

+ Rosaries (adults and children) + Prayer Bracelets + Themed Wall Crosses (nurses, carpenters, musicians, baptismal, etc.) + + + + + Angels Earrings (adults and children) Necklaces (adults and children) Nativities Sun Catchers Many other inspirational items available. Proceeds from the sale of our inspirational items help the St. Dennis Healing Ministry purchase books and obtain education for the Healing Ministers who provide individualized prayer for those seeking healing in their life. The Rosary Ministry also provides rosaries for special projects such as Military, Africa, Haiti, school, etc.. If you would like to purchase one of our inspirational items, email Kim at castaways@ameritech.net. Provide us with your name, contact number and the name of the item. We will be happy to help you.

We also repair rosaries at no charge.

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Do you have old rosaries, chaplets, beads you no longer wear? Do you have old Holy Medals? We are in need of all types of beads and Holy Medals. The beads are used to make rosaries for those beginning their journey to wholeness through healing prayer, as well as to encourage people to pray the rosary. Holy Medals are repurposed and provide another avenue of prayer. If you would like to donate to the Rosary Ministry please feel free to call the parish office at 815-838-2592 or drop off can be made at the church in the Rosary or parish office.

THE MEANING OF THE ROSARY

The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses. Our Lady has revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore the most important one. The Holy Rosary is considered a perfect prayer because within it lies the awesome story of our salvation. With the Rosary in fact we meditate the mysteries of joy, of sorrow and the glory of Jesus and Mary. It's a simple prayer, humble so much like Mary. It's a prayer we can all say together with Her, the Mother of God. With the Hail Mary we invite Her to pray for us. Our Lady always grants our request. She joins Her prayer to ours. Therefore it becomes ever more useful, because what Mary asks She always receives, Jesus can never say no to whatever His Mother asks for. In every apparition, the heavenly Mother has invited us to say the Rosary as a powerful weapon against evil, to bring us to true peace. With your prayer made together with Your heavenly Mother, you can obtain the great gift of bringing about a change of hearts and conversion. Each day, through prayer you can drive away from yourselves and from your homeland many dangers and many evils. It can seem a repetitive prayer but instead it is like two sweethearts who many times say one another the words: "I love you"... The Blessed Holy Father John Paul II on October 16th, 2002 with the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae on the Most Holy Rosary has added 5 new mysteries of the Rosary: The Mysteries of the Light.

History Of The Rosary

The Rosary has been a major influence in Roman Catholic thought for over 500 years while paving the way for a greater understanding of the mystery of Christ celebrated within family prayer. The Rosary is the tradition-distilled essence of Christian devotion in which vocal and mental prayer unite the whole person in effective and purposeful meditation on the central mysteries of Christian belief. The Rosary thus joins the human race to God through Mary whom God chose from all time for the specific purposes of mother and intercessor. The historical development of the Rosary begins with the desert fathers and their need to find a system to ease their laborious and repetitive prayer life. It is generally agreed by scholars that a system for counting repetitive prayers began with the Hindus some nine centuries before Christ. Prayer counters such as rocks, sticks or notches in wood were employed to ensure that the proper number of prayers were recited. Over time, counters and psalms were united into a "three groups of fifty" format (Na tri coicat) so that "fifties" could be used for personal and/or penitential prayer. The fifteenth century provided the development period for the many facets of today's Rosary. During this period the Dominican influence with the Rosary grew and was fostered through both fact and legend. Although the Dominicans were not the sole originators of the Rosary, their influence in the growth, devotion and spread of this prayer cannot be denied. It would not be inaccurate to call them the principal promoters and defenders of the Rosary through history. The fifteenth century saw the Rosary begin its development into the familiar prayer form we know today. The Our Father came intact from the Gospel of Matthew. The Hail Mary developed from the scriptural greetings of Gabriel and Elizabeth to Mary in Luke's Gospel, plus a popular exhortation in use by the laity of that period. The Glory Be was used as a common doxology from the earliest of Christian times when praying the psalms. The Salve Regina, a later addition to the Rosary, states all relevant medieval themes about the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its affiliation with the Rosary came about through popular practice although its precise origin within the devotion is not known. The Apostles' Creed along with the rosary pendant were also later developments, being added to the Rosary only in the early seventeenth century.

Spiritual Fruits
The rosary is presented both as a school of faith and a school of charity. Meditation on the mysteries of salvation is to lead to conversion of heart and change of conduct. Contemplation on the mysteries is essentially a loving act of gratitude through which the heart is filled with love...hope enlarged, and the desire increased for those things which Christ has prepared for such as have united themselves to Him in imitation of His example and in participation in His sufferings. Attentive consideration of the precious memorials of our Redeemer leads to a heart on fire with gratitude to Him. The rosary, the popes teach, is also meant to influence society as a whole. Several papal encyclicals speak of the social consequences, or the effects on society, which meditation on the mysteries of the rosary could produce. The holy and powerful life of Jesus Christ is to be a real antidote and remedy for the errors afflicting society. Our Lords example and that of His Mother are brought before our minds eye to be our encouragement and the sure path through lifes joys and sorrows. We must recall the command of Our Lady at her apparitions, both at Lourdes and at Fatima, that we must pray the rosary for sinners. All of the popes have earnestly desired that the Holy Rosary should be recited especially during the month of October with increased devotion and with the utmost possible zeal, both in the churches and in homes. They urge that the Christian people should be led by its recitation to understand the dignity, the power, and the excellence of the Holy Rosary. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy!

Fifteen Promises of Our Lady to Those Who Recite The Rosary

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+ Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary shall receive signal graces. + I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary. + The rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies. + It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means! The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary shall not perish. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an un-provided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ. Devotion to my rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan

How To Pray The Rosary - The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for them. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five Joyful Mysteries, the five Luminous Mysteries, the five Sorrowful Mysteries, and the five Glorious Mysteries. 1. Make the Sign of the Cross and say the Apostles Creed. 2. Say the Our Father. 3. Say three Hail Marys. 4. Say the Glory Be. 5. Announce the First Mystery; then say the Our Father. 6. Say ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery. 7. Say the Glory Be. 8. Announce the Second Mystery; then say the Our Father. Repeat 6 and 7 and continue with Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.

PRAYERS FOR THE ROSARY

The Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (As you say this, with your right hand touch your forehead when you say Father, touch your breastbone when you say Son, touch your left shoulder when you say Holy, and touch your right shoulder when you say Spirit.) The Apostles Creed BELIEVE IN GOD, the Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father almighty. He shall come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)OUR FATHER, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail MaryHAIL MARY, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory BeGLORY BE to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Fatima PrayerO MY JESUS, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell; lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Amen. Hail Holy QueenHAIL HOLY QUEEN, mother of mercy; our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen. Final PrayerO GOD, WHOSE only-begotten Son by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that by meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR THE ROSARY

At the conclusion of the Rosary, the following prayers are recited. HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. After each decade say the following prayer requested by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."

The Joyful Mysteries

(Said on Mondays and Saturdays, the Sundays of Advent, and Sundays from Epiphany until Lent)
Rosary pictures are from "Pray the Rosary Daily" pamphlet. Courtesy of Association of Marian Helpers. www.marian.org

1. Annunciation (Humility)

2. The Visitation (Fraternal Charity)

3. The Nativity (Love of God)

4. The Presentation (Spirit of Sacrifice)

5. Finding in the Temple (Zeal)

The Luminous Mysteries

(Said on Thursdays)

1. The Baptism of the Lord (Sacrament of Baptism)

2. The Wedding of Cana (Fidelity)

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom (Desire for Holiness)

4. The Transfiguration (Spiritual Courage)

5. The Institution of the Eucharist (Love of Our Eucharistic Lord)

The Sorrowful Mysteries

(Said on Tuesdays, Fridays throughout the year and daily from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday)

1. Agony in the Garden (True Repentance)

2. Scourging at the Pillar (Mortification)

3. Crowning with Thorns (Moral Courage)

4. Carrying the Cross (Patience)

5. The Crucifixion (Final Perseverance)

The Glorious Mysteries

(Said on Wednesdays and the Sundays from Easter until Advent)

1. The Resurrection (Faith)

2. The Ascension (Hope)

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Zeal)

4. The Assumption (Happy Death)

5. The Coronation of B.V.M. (Love for Mary)