The prayer of the Rosary

 

 

The prayer of the Rosary, so dear to the Dominican tradition, a simple prayer accessible to all, in which we contemplate the mysteries of Christ's life in company with the Virgin Mary his mother.

Our foundress loved to pray Our Lady of the Rosary and she left us, as a rich legacy, her love for the Rosary.

If you wish to listen to a meditated rosary, here are The Luminous Mysteries, inspired by the spirituality of Mother Julienne.

The Virgin Mary

“With Jesus, we have God as our Father and also Mary as our Mother. Since our supernatural life is patterned on our human life, our mother had to be there. Our Lord did not want us to be deprived, so he gave us his own. What a Mother! Do we think about this enough? Hers is a marvellous presence! An attentive presence, full of tenderness and solicitude. Mary, our Mother so near to us, guesses all our needs with understanding and can answer them because of her power over the Heart of her Son.

If we knew how much she loves us! May you profit well from the privilege of having Mary as your Mother, and develop towards her a piety which will become ever more filial, ever more trusting. May you act towards her as towards a mother who sees all, knows all, guesses all, understands all and is able to do all. May you take on this sweet duty of repeating, at least 50 times a day, the greetings that make her smile, reciting them and savouring through them the happiness of being her child…”

Mother Julienne du Rosaire, 10 January 1980

Interesting links on the prayer of the Rosary

  • Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae of Sainte John Paul II on the Rosary.
  • A conference intitled "Praying the Rosary" by Br. Timothy Radcliffe, o.p. given at Lourdes in October 1998.
  • Link to a page of the Dominican student friars of the Province of France where there are answers the question: "The Rosary, what is it?", how to pray the Rosary. It also contains a brief history of the Rosary. (in french)
  • An article from the magazine “Sources” entitled "Le Rosaire et les Dominicains" (The Rosary and the Dominicans), written by Bro Claude Bonaïti, o.p., of the convent of Geneva, who is the promoter of the "Rosary Teams" in French-speaking Switzerland. (in french)
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