The Rosary

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

 

My mother is a catholic and prays the rosary everyday. I was curious as to the

origins of the rosary, as I was told it was told to one of the little girls who

saw Mother Mary at Fatima.

 

Has Shri Mataji every talked about the rosary or anything about the " hail Mary "

prayer? As I think about it now it seems more like something the church thought

up, due to it's content and what we know about the " born sinners doctrine " the

church is built around, then something Mary Mahalaxshmi would say.

 

Any insights would be very helpful.

 

Thank you

 

Kyyan( Krishna)

[Guest guest]

Dear Krishna and all,

 

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia regarding the Marian (Shri Mary) apparitions,

and Wikipedia also gives a bit of a history on the rosary:

 

" The need to pray the rosary and its power has been reported in Marian

apparitions for centuries. As a recent example, in the reported messages of Our

Lady of Akita, Sister Agnes Sasagawa stated that in 1973 she was told by the

Virgin Mary: " Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. I alone am able still to

save you from the calamities which approach. " In 1988 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

(later Pope Benedict XVI) gave definitive judgement on Our Lady of Akita

messages as reliable and worthy of belief.[51]

 

The rosary was also prominently featured in the Lourdes apparitions in 1858,

where Saint Bernadette Soubirous stated that in the initial meeting of Our Lady

of Lourdes: " The Lady took the rosary that she held in her hands and she made

the sign of the cross " .

 

The apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima are sometimes also called Our Lady of the

Rosary because the children related that the Lady in the apparition specifically

identified Herself as " the Lady of the Rosary. " The three children at Our Lady

of Fátima stated that the Lady asked them to say the Rosary every day,

reiterating many times that the Rosary was the key to personal and world peace.

She had also asked that it be prayed every day, and that its mysteries be

meditated on.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary

 

 

In 'A Collection Of Prayer and Praise' by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, on page 14

it says the prayer to Shri Mary:

 

HAIL MARY

 

HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE

THE LORD IS WITH THEE,

BLESSED ART THOU AMONGST WOMEN

AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS.

AMEN.

 

Shri Mataji has clearly told us that she is the incarnation of Mother Mary. A

fuller prayer/praise of the Holy Mother is given on page 15 in 'A Collection of

Prayer and Praise', which says:

 

OUR HOLY MOTHER

 

OUR HOLY MOTHER, RESIDING EVERYWHERE

HOLY IS YOUR NAME.

TRULY YOU ARE NIRMALA [iMMACULATE]

AND THE THREE WORLDS SING YOUR FAME.

YOU ARE MAHASHAKTI, YOU ARE KALKI

YOURS IS THE LAST JUDGMENT.

YOU ARE THE CREATOR AND THE PRESERVER,

TO DESTROY THE EVIL YOU CAME.

 

YOU ARE THE TEACHER, YOU ARE THE KNOWLEDGE

YOU ARE THE LITERATURE TO UNDERSTAND THE KNOWLEDGE.

YOU ARE THE POETRY, YOU ARE THE LITERATURE

YOU ARE THE SPEECH, YOU ARE THE SILENCE.

 

YOU ARE THE SUN, YOU ARE THE MOON

YOU ARE THE STAR THAT SHINES IN THE DOOM

YOU ARE THE LIVING, YOU ARE THE LIFE

AND YOU ARE THE EARTH THAT BEARS LIFE.

 

YOU ARE JOY, YOU ARE HAPPINESS

AND THE ONE WHO PRAYS TO YOU RECEIVES ETERNAL HAPPINESS.

THE MOTHER OF LORD GANESHA, KARTIKEYA AND JESUS ARE YOU.

O MOTHER ACCEPT US SAHAJA YOGIS AS YOUR CHILDREN TOO.

 

OUR HOLY MOTHER, RESIDING EVERYWHERE

HOLY IS YOUR NAME.

HOLY IS YOUR NAME.

 

GURU PURNIMA 1982

 

violet

 

 

, " krishna_volk " <krishna.deha

wrote:

>

> Dear all,

>

> My mother is a catholic and prays the rosary everyday. I was curious as to the

origins of the rosary, as I was told it was told to one of the little girls who

saw Mother Mary at Fatima.

>

> Has Shri Mataji every talked about the rosary or anything about the " hail

Mary " prayer? As I think about it now it seems more like something the church

thought up, due to it's content and what we know about the " born sinners

doctrine " the church is built around, then something Mary Mahalaxshmi would say.

>

> Any insights would be very helpful.

>

> Thank you

>

> Kyyan( Krishna)

>