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英文玫瑰经〈一〉
(2007-07-15 23:30:07)
Pope John Paul II calls the Rosary a "compendium of the Gospel message" in his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, published October 16, 2002. The 5 Mysteries of Light or the Luminous Mysteries were added to the traditional Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries with the publication of this Apostolic Letter.
The Rosary was once thought to originate from the ancient prayer or worry beads of the Middle East and Asia, although those beads largely have 33 beads. Others point to prayer beads that were used to count the 150 Psalms. But it was St. Dominic in 1208 who began to spread devotion to the Rosary.
Domingo de Guzman was a Spanish preacher who went to southern France to preserve the faith against the Albigensian heresy. In 1208 while he was praying for three days in a chapel in Prouille, Dominic saw Mary, who gave him the Rosary and taught him how to pray the Rosary. St. Dominic founded the Dominican Friars, and established monasteries all over the world. The heresy ended during his lifetime. The most famous Dominican was St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274), one of greatest theologians of the Catholic Church, the author of Summa Theologica.
The Blessed Mother also gave 15 promises to St. Dominic for those who faithfully recite the rosary, which included her special protection; the promise that one would not be conquered by misfortune; and the promise that one would not die without the sacraments of the Church or without grace, and shall find during their life and at their death the light of God, the fullness of His grace, and shall share in the merits of the blessed in paradise.
In addition, the Blessed Virgin Mary, during an appearance on December 10, 1925 to Sister Lucy, one of the Fatima children, promised the graces necessary for salvation at the hour of death to all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, went to Confession, Mass, Communion, recited the Rosary, and kept her company for 15 minutes while meditating on the Mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to the Blessed Mother.
Below the Medal are 50 (blue) beads, representing the Hail Mary, separated by 4 (pink) beads, representing the Our Father. Each Our Father and ten Hail Marys comprise one decade of the Rosary, which is said for each of the Five Joyful, Luminous (Mysteries of Light), Sorrowful, or Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. You begin each decade reciting one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, then the Our Father, then ten Hail Marys, then the Glory and Fatima Prayers.
At the end of the Rosary, there are optional prayers that may be said, such as the Hail Holy Queen, the Memorare, and the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. One concludes with a petition and then the Sign of the Cross.
The prayers of the Rosary are now listed, followed by a description of the Mysteries of the Rosary.
He descended to the dead, the third day he arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, Amen.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
Pray for us, Oh Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The Traditional 15 Mysteries are divided up into 3 groups of five each, the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries. The Joyful Mysteries were said Mondays and Thursdays, the Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesdays and Fridays (and daily during Lent), and the Glorious Mysteries were said Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
The new Mysteries of Light, or the Luminous Mysteries, form the fourth group of Mysteries of the Rosary. Looking at the life of Jesus, the Mysteries of Light would fall between the Joyful and Sorrowful mysteries. Pope John Paul II leaves the option of the day for the new Mysteries of Light "a matter of choice for the faithful." We are saying the new Mysteries of Light on Sunday. Some say 15 mysteries of the Rosaries at one sitting, going around the Rosary beads three times, choosing 3 of the 4 groups.
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