Praying the rosary as a form of self-care
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A man from New York who had fallen away from the Catholic Church and not gone to confession in years was met at a TFP Fatima presentation given by America Needs Fatima Custodian, Jose Ferraz.
After the visit, the New Yorker took home a Rosary and Rosary Guide and started praying it and going to the sacraments again. Months later, on September 11, 2001, he was in the World Trade Center at the very moment when the terrorist attack took place.
Seeing the fireball and smoke from the crash, the man fled his office and tried running down the stairs to safety. However, he met a big obstacle. The fire doors had locked and he was trapped in the stairwell, listening to the screams of burning people who were still inside the building, unable to escape death. It was awful—horrific. Any attempt to pry open the fire doors with bare hands would be futile.
With Our Lady’s help, instead of panicking, he felt calm. He grabbed his Rosary and started praying to the Blessed Mother for help. And within minutes, firemen reached his floor, broke down the fire doors and set him free. He ran downstairs to safety, his prayers answered thanks to the power of the Most Holy Rosary.
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“If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory. For even if you are now on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil…sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul. If–you say the Rosary devoutly every day of your life.” -St. Louis De Montfort
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Holy Love Message – 10/12/2018
Once again, I (Maureen) see a Great Flame that I have come to know as
the Heart of God the Father. He says: “Children, do not use lack of
positive recognition from Church authorities as a reason to stay away
from this site* and these Messages.** This is My last public attempt to
lead you away from the path of sin and onto the path of salvation. All
of the graces offered here continue to come to you through My Mercy and
My Love.”
“I desire your continued efforts in the pursuit of personal
holiness. This alone is the most important vocation I give to each
soul. Your rosaries are the chain of power which binds Satan and
frustrates his attempts to lead the world away from Me. Please pray
that My rightful position in the heart of the world is restored. For
this to occur, Satan must be defeated in hearts. It is what hearts
accept as Truth which determines the future of the world. He contrives
every sort of nefarious plot to control people and events. Cling to the
Truth of Holy Love which comes alive in these Messages. I will bless
your efforts.”
* The apparition site of Maranatha Spring and Shrine.
** The Messages of Holy and Divine Love at Maranatha Spring and Shrine.
Read 1 Timothy 4:1-2+
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart
from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of
demons, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared.
+ Scripture verses asked to be read by God the Father. (Please note:
all Scripture given by Heaven refers to the Bible used by the
visionary. Ignatius Press – Holy Bible – Revised Standard Version –
Second Catholic Edition.)
At 3:00 am on January 15 1978, Ted Bundy entered the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University and murdered two girls before heading off to search for more victims. When he entered a third girl’s room with a bat for a weapon, he saw a Rosary clutched in her hand, dropped the bat and fled.
Later the girl told authorities that before she left for college she had promised her grandmother that she would pray the Rosary every night for protection, even if she fell asleep in the process. This is what she had done that night, and she was still holding the Rosary when the murderer entered her room. Bundy later confessed to over thirty murders.
Father Joseph M. Esper says in his book With Mary to Jesus, “Ironically, when Ted Bundy was on death row, awaiting execution for his crimes, he asked Monsignor Kerr to serve as a spiritual counselor, and the priest took the opportunity to ask about that terrible night. Bundy explained that when he entered the girl’s room, he had fully intended on murdering her; some mysterious power was preventing him.”
Father Esper adds, “And not only does it (the Rosary) aid our own spiritual growth — it also undermines the kingdom of Satan. The famous Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth testified, ‘One day a colleague of mine heard the devil say during an exorcism, “Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head. If Christians knew how powerful the Rosary was, it would be my end.”‘
Pray the rosary daily for protection and to defeat the forces of Satan!
Mary and the DC Sniper Attacks: My Rosary Story
“When Suz and I first began to talk about becoming Catholic, one of the first things she wanted to know was: “If I become Catholic, will I have to pray the Rosary?”
“No,” I assured her. “Catholics are not obliged to pray the Rosary.” She also wanted to know if we would have to have statues in our house, and I told her that this too was not a requirement.
Today our house is filled with statues and sacred images — and lots of rosaries — and our family has prayed a daily Rosary for many years. There was no bait and switch; learning to love the Rosary was a growing experience for both of us.
[…]
After praying the Rosary for years, I’ve learned that, as with prayer in general, I’m still a beginner. But I have come to a few simple insights I think may be worth sharing.
I’ve learned the wisdom of the aphorism that we become what we think about. It’s not enough to know and believe in the realities of Christ’s life. It’s important to meditate on them, regularly, at length, if we want them to soak down into our bones and transform us.
I’ve learned that the mysteries are endlessly fruitful and there are innumerable ways of praying and meditating on them.
That first year I experimented with many approaches: Some days I focused on applying the mysteries to my own life; other days I focused on simply being grateful for the truths of salvation; still other days I simply pondered the mysteries in themselves with no further application or focus.
I’ve learned, finally, that Mary is an incomparable guide to the mysteries of her Son’s life…”
– Deacon Steven D. Greydanus
“The Rosary is psychologically one of the greatest prayers, because it draws all our scattered human energies, mind, lips, and fingertips, into a single, unifying purpose. To those who find prayer difficult, the rhythmic movement of the fingers induces spiritual thoughts. To those who are used to mental prayer, the spiritual gains a new dimension when it spills over into the body and comes out on the tips of the fingers.
Ours is not an age in which the heavenly therapy of prayer-by-beads is generally used. One of the reasons why people today are so frequently worried and fearful is that they keep their minds too busy and their fingers too idle, or else tap a jerking syncopations to the noises of a nervous world. The Rosary, by contrast, gathers together our dispersed forces and fixes our minds on holy, simple thoughts, while the fingers, too are drawn into the magnetic field of worship. Because it focuses the whole man towards a single, uplifting purpose, the Rosary can be the greatest of all therapies for troubled modern men. A faint suspicion of this fact has begun to penetrate into some hospitals. Nervous and combat-fatigued patients are taught to knit or weave, to relax their nervous tension. The disadvantage of this treatment is that it is only partial; the patient’s mind is not involved. But in the Rosary, all faculties, mind, will, imagination, memory, desires, hopes and muscles, are directed to the Divine.”
– Archbishop Fulton Sheen, The Fifteen Mysteries
Holy Love Message – 10/7/2018
Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary – 3:00 P.M. Service
(This Message was given in multiple parts over several days.)
Our Lady comes as Refuge of Holy Love. She says: “Praise be to Jesus.”
“Dear children, I come to you today with many graces – the greatest
of which is surrender to God’s Holy Will. When you accomplish this,
Papa God shares with you the many graces which fill His Hands.”
“Please realize, dear children, that the times in which you live are
evil. Satan is attempting to divide and to overthrow the government of
this country.* You must clearly see good versus evil in your political
parties. Outside sources are paying people to demonstrate against any
honest attempt at righteousness.”
“The battleground is in hearts. If you do not recognize the war,
you cannot succeed in victory. Wisdom in hearts has taken a blow from
complacency – I come to you today hoping to awaken consciences. This
battle over the appointment of the next Supreme Court Justice* is a
symptom of these times. Decades ago, this would not even have been an
issue. Decades ago, all would be united behind your elected President.
As it is, opinions in some hearts have been conceived in evil.”
“As a loving Mother, I come to snatch My errant children out of
Satan’s grip. Those who continue to resist Me are choosing a negative
eternity. Some already are surrounded by flames and can only escape
through a heartfelt contrition and conversion.”
“The Church is still, and yet, experiencing her Passion. Vast
numbers of once faithful members have succumbed to apostasy. The
future, however, holds the promise of a resurrected Church – one based
upon Tradition and unscathed by error. Now, however, the flames of
deceit lick at the heart of the Truths of the Faith. The naive and
undiscerning are easily deceived. I am wrapping My Mantle of Protection
around My Remnant Faithful.”
“My rosary remains the weapon of choice during these evil times.
One Hail Mary said lovingly from the heart extinguishes the flames of
error in many hearts – even in the hearts of some hierarchy. I am
fighting every battle with you as the Protectress of your Faith. I see
crimes against the Faith that you do not suspect. I see ambition rather
than religious fervor taking charge of some vocations. Just as evil is
relentless as an adversary of the Faith, I am relentless as a
formidable Protectress. I will help the Remnant to increase and
multiply. I will place the Remnant in the Ark of My Heart.”
“Dear children, today, as we celebrate together the Feast of the
Holy Rosary, please realize that your rosaries made the difference in
the confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice. As it was, Truth
was under attack in a flagrant attempt to change good into evil. Your
rosaries are the lifeline of My Remnant Faithful which always supports
the Truth.”
“We are united, all of you, with Me as the Remnant Faithful. Face
each day with courage knowing that I will not let you slip and fall
along the path of perdition. My children, your prayers are mounting to
the HALLS of HEAVEN and many souls will be saved. I’m taking with Me,
today, all your petitions in My Heart and will present them to My Son.”
“Tonight, I’m blessing you with My Blessing of Holy Love.”
* U.S.A.
** Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
The 15 Promises of Our Lady of the Rosary
1) To all those who shall recite my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and very great graces.
2) Those who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary shall receive some signal grace.
3) The Rosary shall be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin, and dispel heresy.
4) The Rosary will make virtue and good works flourish, and will obtain for souls the most abundant divine mercies; it will substitute in hearts love of God for love of the world, and will lift them to the desire of heavenly and eternal things. How many souls shall sanctify themselves by this means!
5) Those who trust themselves to me through the Rosary, shall not perish.
6) Those who shall recite my Rosary devoutly, meditating on its mysteries, shall not be overwhelmed by misfortune. The sinner shall be converted; the just shall grow in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
7) Those truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8) Those who recite my Rosary shall find during their life and at their death the light of God, the fullness of His graces, and shall share in the merits of the blessed.
9) I shall deliver very promptly from purgatory the souls devoted to my Rosary.
10) The true children of my Rosary shall enjoy great glory in heaven.
11) What you ask through my Rosary, you shall obtain.
12) Those who propagate my Rosary shall be aided by me in all their necessities.
13) I have obtained from my Son that all the members of the Rosary Confraternity shall have for their brethren the saints of heaven during their life and at the hour of death.
14) Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are all my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
15) Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
my roommate and i prayed it while walking back from church to our dorm this past December 8
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