The Holy Rosary

The Rosary, in Latin, “rosarium” meaning “Crown of Roses” or “Garland of Roses”, is a set of prayers that is used in the Catholic Church. 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.

It is prayed with a string of beads, the Rosary beads, that is used to count the prayers in the Rosary. The prayers that make up the Rosary are called “decades”, a set of ten Hail Marys. Each decade is preceded by one Lord’s Prayer (Our Father) and followed by one Glory Be.

The whole Rosary is composed of twenty decades. Each decade is recited in honour of a mystery of Our Lord’s life and that of His Blessed Mother. With the Rosary, we meditate the mysteries of joy, of sorrow, of glory and of light of Jesus and Mary. It’s a simple, humble prayer to our Mother.

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. 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. Each day, through prayer you can drive away from yourselves and from your homeland many dangers and many evils.