OCTOBER 5, 2017
11:00 AM ORDINARY FORM (ENGLISH) MASS (ALL SCHOOL)
Today we're celebrating Our Lady of the Rosary as a votive Mass. The real feast day is on Saturday, October 7. But even better: the entire month of October is dedicated to the Rosary. So, this month is a good opportunity to get into a more regular practice of praying the Rosary.
Technically, the word "Rosary" means a crown of roses, or a wreath of roses. Rosaries usually come in five sets of ten beads with an additional separate bead in-between. These groupings of 10 are called "decades" – like in history where a decade is 10 years, a decade is 10 beads, or 10 prayers. Traditionally, there are 3 sets of 5 mysteries, and each mystery gets a decade. 3 times 5 times 10 equals 150 - which is the same as the number of psalms in the Bible. So, sometimes, the Rosary is called "Mary's Psalter" because there would be 150 Hail Mary's.
The sets of mysteries are traditionally Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious. St. John Paul II added another set, called the Luminous mysteries. The mysteries are from Jesus' childhood, His Passion, or from the Gospels or the Acts of the Apostles.
The mysteries are as follows:
JOYFUL MYSTERIES
The Annunciation. Fruit of the Mystery: HumilityThe Visitation. Fruit of the Mystery: Love of NeighbourThe Nativity. Fruit of the Mystery: Detachment from the things of the worldfThe Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Fruit of the Mystery: ObedienceThe Finding of Jesus in the Temple. Fruit of the Mystery: Piety
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
The Agony in the Garden. Fruit of the Mystery: Sorrow for SinThe Scourging at the Pillar. Fruit of the Mystery: PurityThe Crowning with Thorns. Fruit of the Mystery: Moral CourageThe Carrying of the Cross. Fruit of the Mystery: PatienceThe Crucifixion and Death of our Lord. Fruit of the Mystery: Perseverance
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
The Resurrection. Fruit of the Mystery: FaithThe Ascension. Fruit of the Mystery: HopeThe Descent of the Holy Spirit. Fruit of the Mystery: Love of God,The Assumption of Mary. Fruit of the Mystery: True Devotion towards MaryThe Coronation of the Virgin. Fruit of the Mystery: Trust in Mary's Intercession
LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Fruit of the Mystery: Docility to the Holy SpiritThe Wedding at Cana. Fruit of the Mystery: To Jesus through MaryJesus' Proclamation of the Kingdom of God. Fruit of the Mystery: Call to ConversionThe Transfiguration. Fruit of the Mystery: Desire for Holiness.The Institution of the Eucharist. Fruit of the Mystery: AdorationFinally, the prayers are:
The Creed, wherein we proclaim our basic Christian beliefsThe Hail Mary, wherein we echo the words of the Angel at the Incarnation in St. LukeThe Our Father, wherein we pray the prayer Jesus taught His disciplesThe Glory Be, wherein we give glory to the Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
