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151) In order that, by praying the Rosary, you
win the indulgences granted to the confreres of the Holy Rosary, it is
convenient to make some observations about indulgences.
Indulgence, in general, is a remission or
moderation of the temporal penalties due for actual sins, by the application of
the superabundant satisfactions of Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Virgin and of
all the saints, which are locked up in the treasures of the Church.
The plenary indulgence is a remission of all
penalties due for sin; non-plenary, like a hundred, a thousand years, more or
less, is the remission of as many penalties as we could have expiated for a
hundred or a thousand years if we had done during that time, proportionally,
the penances enumerated in the ancient canons of the Church. Now, these canons
ordered, for a single mortal sin, seven and sometimes ten and even fifteen
years of penance, so that a person who had committed twenty mortal sins had to
do, at least, seven times twenty years of penance, and so on.
152) For the confreres of the Rosary to win
indulgences, it is necessary: 1) That they are truly repentant and that they
have confessed and taken communion, as the bulls of indulgences say. 2) That
they have no affection for venial sin, because if the affection for sin
subsists, the guilt subsists, and if the guilt subsists, the penalty is not
forgiven. 3) They must do the prayers and good works indicated in the bulls.
When, according to the intention of the Popes, a partial indulgence, for
example, of one hundred years, can be won without winning the plenary, it is
not always necessary - to win the partial - to have confessed and received
communion. This is what happens with the indulgences granted to the prayer of
the Holy Rosary, to processions, to blessed Rosaries, etc. Do not despise these
indulgences.
153) Flammin and a large number of authors
refer that a distinguished young lady named Alejandra, miraculously converted,
and enrolled in the Brotherhood of the Rosary for Santo Domingo, appeared to
him after her death and told her that she was condemned to seven hundred years
of purgatory for several sins that she had committed and caused several to
commit with her worldly vanities, and she begged him to alleviate her and make
the confreres of the Rosary soothe her with their prayers; so did the Saint.
Fifteen days later she reappeared in Santo Domingo brighter than a sun, because
in such a short time she had been liberated by the prayers that the brothers of
the Rosary made for her.He also warned the Saint that he was coming from the
souls in purgatory to exhort him to continue preaching the Rosary and to make
their relatives participate in their Rosaries, for which they would reward
them.
abundantly when they came to glory.
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154) In order to facilitate the exercise of
the Holy Rosary, here are several methods to pray it holy, with meditation on
the joyful, painful and glorious mysteries of Jesus and Mary.
You will stop at the one that you like the
most, and you can even form another, in particular, as many holy characters
have done.
Devout methods of reciting the Holy Rosary and
attracting the grace of the mysteries of the life, passion and glory of Jesus
and Mary.
First Veni Method, Sancte Spiritus, etc.
Offering of the Rosary.
155) I unite myself with the saints in heaven
and the just on earth, oh my Jesus, to worthily praise your Blessed Mother and
You in Her and for Her. And I renounce how many distractions I suffer
during this Rosary.
We offer you, Lady, the Creed to honor your
faith while you lived on earth and ask you to make us partakers of that same
faith.
We offer you the Lord's Prayer, Lord, to adore
you in your unity and recognize you as the beginning and end of all things.
We offer you, Holy Trinity, three Hail Marys,
to thank you for all the favors that you have done to Mary and those that you
have done to us through her mediation.
One Lord's Prayer, three Hail Marys, glory.
Particular offering of the tens.
Joyful Mysteries.
156) First Ten. We offer you this first
decade, our Lord Jesus Christ, in honor of your Incarnation. And we ask
you, for this mystery and for the intercession of your saint
Mother, a deep humility of heart.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Incarnation,
descend into my soul and make it truly humble.
Second Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this second decade in honor of the Visitation of your Blessed Mother to
her cousin Saint Elizabeth. And we ask you, for this mystery
and through the intercession of Mary, a
perfect charity with our neighbor.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Visitation,
descend into my soul and make it truly charitable.
Third Ten. We offer you this third
decade, oh child Jesus, in honor of your holy birth. And we ask you,
through this mystery and through the intercession of your holy Mother, the
detachment of the goods of the earth and the love of poverty and the poor.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Nativity, descend
into my soul and make it poor in spirit.
Fourth Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this fourth decade in honor of your Presentation in the temple by the
hands of Mary, and because of this mystery and through the intercession of your
holy Mother, we ask you for the gift of wisdom and purity of heart and body.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of Purification, descend
into my soul and make it truly wise and pure.
Fifth Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this fifth decade in honor of Mary having recovered you in the midst of
the doctors when she had lost you. And we ask you, through this mystery
and through her intercession, our conversion and that of heretics, schismatics
and idolaters.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of Jesus found in the
temple, descend into my soul and convert it.
Sorrowful Mysteries.
157) Sixth Ten. We offer you, our Lord
Jesus Christ, this sixth decade in honor of your mortal Agony in the Garden of
Olives. And we ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession
of your holy Mother, a perfect contrition of our sins and complete conformity
to your holy will.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the Agony of Jesus, descend into my
soul and make it truly contrite and in accordance with the will of God.
Seventh Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this seventh decade in honor of your holy Flagellation. And we ask
you, through this mystery and through the intercession of your Blessed Mother,
perfect mortification of our senses.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the Flagellation of Jesus, descend
into my soul and make it truly mortified.
Eighth Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this eighth decade in honor of your painful Crowning with
Thorns. And we ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession
of your holy Mother, a great contempt for the world.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Crowning with
thorns of Jesus, descend into my soul and make it truly opposite to the world.
Ninth Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this ninth decade in honor of your Cross on your shoulders. And we
ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession of your Blessed
Mother, patience to carry the cross behind You every day of our lives.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Cross in tow,
descend into my soul and make it truly patient.
Tenth tenth. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this tenth decade, in honor of your Crucifixion on Calvary. And we
ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession of your Blessed
Mother, great horror of sin, love of the Cross and a good death for us and for
those who are now in agony.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the passion and death
of Jesus Christ, descend into my soul and make it truly holy.
Glorious Mysteries.
158) Eleventh Ten. We offer you, our Lord
Jesus Christ, this eleventh decade in honor of your triumphant
Resurrection. And we ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession
of your Blessed Mother, a living faith.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Graces of the Resurrection, descend into my
soul and make it truly faithful.
Twelfth Ten. We offer you, our Lord Jesus
Christ, this twelfth decade in honor of your glorious Ascension. And we
ask you, for this mystery and for the intercession of your
Blessed Mother, a firm hope and a great desire
from heaven.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the mystery of the Ascension of
Jesus Christ, descend into my soul and make it truly heavenly.
Thirteenth Ten. We offer you, Holy
Spirit, this thirteenth decade, in honor of the mystery of Pentecost. And
we ask you, through this mystery and through the intercession of Mary, your
faithful wife, the divine wisdom to know, taste and practice the truth and make
the whole human race participate in it.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Graces of Pentecost, descend into my soul and
make it truly wise according to God.
Fourteenth Ten. We offer you, our Lord
Jesus Christ, this fourteenth decade in honor of the Immaculate Conception and
the Assumption of your Blessed Mother, body and soul into heaven. And we
ask you, through these mysteries and through her intercession, a true devotion
to Her, in order to live and die well.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
Thanks to the Immaculate Conception and the
Assumption of Mary, descend into my soul and make it truly devoted to Mary.
Fifteenth Ten. We offer you, our Lord
Jesus Christ, this fifteenth and last decade in honor of the Coronation of your
most holy Mother in heaven. And we ask you for this mystery and for his
intercession, progress and perseverance in virtue until death and the eternal
crown that is prepared for us. We ask you the same grace for all
our benefactors.
An Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, glory.
159) We ask you, oh good Jesus, through the
fifteen mysteries of your life, passion, death and glory and the merits of your
Blessed Mother, that you convert sinners, help those
dying, free the souls from purgatory and give
us all your grace to live and die well and your glory to see you face to face
and love you for eternity. Amen.
Second and shorter method to celebrate the
life, death and glory of Jesus and Mary by praying the Holy Rosary and to
diminish the distractions of the imagination.
160) To each Hail Mary in ten, we must add a
little word that brings to mind the mystery that is celebrated in the
ten; add this word to the middle of the Hail Mary, after the name
"Jesus".
1st Ten And blessed is the fruit of your womb,
Jesus incarnate.
2nd Ten Sanctifying Jesus.
3rd Decade Jesus poor child.
4th Ten Jesus sacrificed.
5th Decade Jesus Holy of Holies.
6th Ten Agonizing Jesus.
7th Decade Jesus scourged.
8th Ten Jesus crowned with thorns.
9th Decade Jesus carrying the cross.
10th Ten Jesus crucified.
11th Decade Jesus risen.
12th Ten Jesus ascending to heaven.
13th Ten Jesus who fills you with the Holy
Spirit.
14th Ten Jesus who raises you.
15th Ten Jesus who crowns you.
At the end of the first crown, it is said:
Graces of the joyful mysteries, descend into our souls and make them truly
holy.
At the end of the second: Graces of the
painful mysteries, descend into our souls and make them truly patient.
At the end of the third: Graces of the
glorious mysteries, descend into our souls and make them eternally blessed.
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