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1.  The Rosary is our “participation in the life of Mary, whose focus was Christ.” (Romano Guardini, theologian)

2.  Mariology is inherent in Christology; the path to Christ is through Mary in the view of Roman Catholicism.

3.  Pope Leo XIII viewed the Rosary as a vital means to participate in the life of Mary and to find the way to Christ.


Mariology - specifically, Roman Catholic Mariology, is theology concerned with the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ and developed by the Catholic Church.  "The Blessed Virgin, because she is the Mother of God, is believed to hold a certain infinite dignity from the infinite good which is God."  Theologically, Roman Catholic Mariology deals with not only her life but also with veneration of her in daily life, prayer, hymns, art, music, and architecture, in modern and ancient Christianity throughout the ages.

Christology -  the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Canonical Gospels and the letters of the New Testament.  Primary considerations include the relationship of Jesus' nature and person with the nature and person of God the Father.  As such, Christology is concerned with the details of Jesus' life (what He did) and His teachings (what He said) in order to arrive at a clearer understanding of who He is in His person, and His role in salvation.


excerpted from wiki

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The Blessed Mother's Apparitions and the Holy Rosary

OUR LADY OF FATIMA
Fatima, Portugal, 1917



To three shepherd children, Lucia and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco, the Blessed Mother appeared every 13th of the month from May to October, 1917. 

During the apparitions, Our Blessed Mother repeatedly instructed them to pray more and offer sacrifices to God for the salvation of sinners.  She asked the children to pray the rosary every day and expressed that God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to her Immaculate Heart.  She also urged that people not to offend the Lord, Our God, anymore. 


http://www.marysource.com/apparitions/ourladyfatima.htm


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The Blessed Mother's Apparitions and the Holy Rosary

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL AT GARABANDAL
Garabandal, Cantabria, Spain
1961-1965



Our Lady appeared to four girls, Conchita Gonzalez (12), Mari Cruz Gonzalez (11) Jacinta Gonzalez (12), and Mari Loli Mazon (12).

On the eighteenth of August, the Virgin taught the children how to say the whole rosary.

On November 4, 1961, the Blessed Virgin instructed the girls to recite the rosary every day, but as they complied, the Virgin was not always there to take part in the prayer.


As we examine this participation of Our Lady in the recitation of the rosary, we mistakenly wonder how she could “pray” to herself without becoming involved in a self-adulation which Marian theology and common Catholic belief thoroughly reject.  

At Garabandal, when she and the youngsters said the rosary, the girls were praying through her to God, although their little hearts were praying to her as well.  The words of the prayer seem to have us address her; but the first half of the Hail Mary is not our salutation but the reiterated Angelic Salutation and the loving salutation of Elizabeth, her cousin, found in the New Testament (Lk 1:28, 42).  In these verses some of the most delicate and caring evidences of God’s love and mercy are contained, not only for Mary, the incomparable, but for us too, since they relate directly for our salvation.

 
excerpts from The Rosary Emphasis at Garabandal
By William F. Kuhn
http://www.garabandal.us/bo_roseemph.html

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reported messages of Our Lady of Medugorje that mention the rosary:

January 25, 1991 

“Dear children!  Today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Let your prayer be a prayer for peace.  Satan is strong and desires to destroy not only human life, but also nature and the planet on which you live.  Therefore, dear children, pray that through prayer you can protect yourselves with God's blessing of peace.  God has sent me among you so that I may help you.  If you so wish, grasp for the rosary.  Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives.  I bless you and I remain with you for as long as it is God's will.  Thank you for not betraying my presence here and I thank you because your response is serving the good and the peace. ”

August 25, 1997 

“Dear children!  God gives me this time as a gift to you, so that I may instruct and lead you on the path of salvation.  Dear children, now you do not comprehend this grace, but soon a time will come when you will lament for these messages.  That is why, little children, live all of the words which I have given you through this time of grace and renew prayer, until prayer becomes a joy for you. Especially, I call all those who have consecrated themselves to my Immaculate Heart to become an example to others.  I call all priests and religious brothers and sisters to pray the rosary and to teach others to pray.  The rosary, little children, is especially dear to me. Through the rosary open your heart to me and I am able to help you.  Thank you for having responded to my call. ”


http://www.medjugorje.ws/en/articles/croatian-rosary-prayer/


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This first rosary was prayed as we do today, a person would pass their fingers over each bead and say a prayer, usually the “Our Father”.  The “Hail Mary” as we know it wasn’t even around at that time.

The Hail Mary owes its origin to the rosary.  When people said the rosary in the twelfth century, Gabriel’s greeting “Hail Mary, full or grace, the Lord is with thee” was often said along with the Our Father.  Later, Elizabeth’s greeting ”blessed are you among women” was added.  It was not until the sixteenth century that the words “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death” were added.




http://www.personalizedrosaries.com/history.html

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Today’s complete rosary is now made up of twenty decades of the Hail Mary, separated by an Our Father and a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima prayer; evidence again that the rosary is a living prayer that grows with the church.  

We usually break the rosary into four sets.  The four sets are The Joyful Mysteries, The Sorrowful Mysteries, The Glorious Mysteries, and the Luminous Mysteries.  One set is prayed on a rosary that has five decades.  Each set is prayed on designated days of the week.  There are variations however, and in some countries the rosary may even have different mysteries.

Despite all the additions and changes, the important core of the rosary has always remained the same.  It is a way for God’s people to make holy the day, and to remember the life of Jesus and his mother.  May these humble origins always be with us each time we pray the rosary.
 



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