It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell.I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.It is, as many saints have testified, the door of the faithful to a deeper prayer life and a deeper union with God. Thus, the Rosary leads us to a deepening of Faith, of Hope and of Charity. We see the evil of our sins and the reasons for contrition, and in Jesus and Mary the models of holiness to which we ought to aspire, so that we may share in the joys and glory of eternal life with the Holy Trinity. Contemplating the mysteries we see the reasons to adore and give thanks in the greatness of God and the greatness of His love for us. All of these same elements can be drawn out of the Rosary by meditating on its mysteries. Which leads us to the Rosary as a meditation. Many Catholics even make a different intention for each decade. We can thus offer, and intend, the Rosary for any and all of these intentions. – Adoration of God, Contrition for our sins, Thanksgiving for His Gifts and Supplication for ourselves and others. Unlike most “vocal prayer”, the Rosary is also meant to be a meditation on the subject matter of the mysteries.Īs a vocal prayer, the Rosary serves the usual purposes of such prayer, often described in the mnemonic A.C.T.S. Like any prayer, the purpose of the Rosary is to bring us closer to the Lord. After five hours of battle, the Holy League won. Between the two forces, there were more than 400 warships, making this one of the largest naval battles in history. The Holy League’s ships took the shape of a cross.

The Holy League encountered the Ottoman warships deployed in the shape of a crescent, the symbol of Islam. Some evidence also suggests they carried a painting sent to the King of Spain from Mexico depicting the miraculous image known as Our Lady of Guadalupe. On October 7, 1571, the Christian fleet went into battle carrying a banner blessed by the Pope. The evening before the famous battle, the sailors prayed the Rosary on their knees. Pius V realized that the Holy League needed great spiritual assistance, so he asked the Holy League, as well as all of the faithful, to pray the Rosary, asking Our Lady’s intercession for a victory in the upcoming battle. At the time when the battle of Lepanto was fought, the Ottoman Empire had not lost a major battle since the previous century.

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