History of the Rosary

         Another website can better give you the History so I will give you the link for this site and then just give you a few personal comments. The site is   http://www.erosary.com/rosary/about/history.htm

 Please go there and read it for yourself. Just click the link and you are there . No need to search .

         The Rosary is one of those things I could not find in the Bible. It was hard for me to accept at first but now I am devoted to it. I think it is one of the most powerfull prayers we can pray. As you will see at the rosary site it started by monks repeating the 150 psalms. The common people could not read or remember all the psalms so eventually they replaced the psalms with the "Our Father" then again latter the " Hail Mary " was added. This is interesting stuff. It shows that it's not a conspiracy from the Holy Catholic Church.

          But before you go let me show you from scripture that it's alright to repeat prayers because Jesus did and the angels in Heaven does to. First Jesus repeats a pray that sounds almost like the "Our Father" He gave us to pray.

Matthew 26:41-44

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

 ⁴²He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

 ⁴³And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

 ⁴⁴And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

         Jesus prayed three times saying the same words. That's why we should not listen to people but read and study things for ourselves. God our creator will lead us. All these people critisizing others for nothing. That's why Jesus said do not judge because most of the time you will be wrong. Now lets look and see if it's O.K. to repeat prayers in heaven.

Revelation 4:6-11

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁶And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
 ⁷And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

 ⁸And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

 ⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
 ¹⁰The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

 ¹¹Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

        Noticed how they do not rest day and night repeating the same prayers. The " Our Father" and the " Hail Mary" both gives glory to God our creator. The Hail Mary reminds us that God loved us so much that He became a man through the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Our Father reminds us that we are totally dependant on God our Creator. To learn more click on the link for the " Our Father" and " Hail Mary " on my home page.

         Now click the link above and learn for yourself where the rosary come from. I think you will agree with me that Our God gave us this prayer so we could say it any time, any where, whether you rich or poor, educated or not . It is our Love song to our Creator. God Bless you.

Rosary, Mary, intercessor

      The hardest thing for me to accept when I came back to the Catholic Church was saying the rosary. I had already made up my mine that the Holy Catholic Church is the one church which truely follows the Bible. So I prayed the rosary as the Church recommends and asked God to have mercy on me if I was wrong.
      I learned that repeating the Our Father and Hail Mary is like quoting scripture. Except for the last part of the Hail Mary these prayers are almost direct quotes from the Bible. The angel Gabriel said " Hail, thou art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amoung women." This sounds like the Hail Mary I say. In luke 1:41 & 42 St. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and said " Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
     The Hail Mary goes like this " Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death."
     The scripture says in Luke 1:48 that Mary said "from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed". Catholics are fulfilling scripture when we say the Rosary. From generation to generation we are repeating, "Blessed art thou amoung women".
     Remember the wedding, they ran out of wine and Mary told Jesus. John 2:4 "Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." That's strange that Jesus would call his mother Woman, could she be the same woman of revelation ch. 12 Who is clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: What ever the reason, after telling her it was not His hour, He went ahead and changed the water into wine because He chose to honor His mother just as He commands us to honor our mothers. So we Catholics ask The Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede with her son Jesus for us to help us in our daily life here on earth. We know that it's hard for Him to say no to His mother and we also know She will not ask Him to do something that is against the Father's will.
     Why all the anger against the Catholics for us praying to Mary. These so called Bible believers surly never read Luke 6:35 "Love you enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again". Jesus said that we will know them by their fruits. Jesus also said that not he who says unto me, Lord, Lord, but those that does the will of my Father will enter into the kingdom of heaven. If we, myself included, could just learn to forgive and love each other perhaps God would draw closer to us and grant us peace.
      Genesis 5:23 "Enoch walked with God and he was not; for God took him. " 2 King 2:11 " Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." These two men are thought to have gone to heaven while they were still alive. We believe that Mary died and was then taken up into heaven by God body and soul. Now we are criticized for this because it's not in the Bible. For the Catholic God has not quit speaking to His people. He speaks to us through the Church. For others God has not spoken again sent the scriptures were written, how odd.
       I cannot and am not speaking officially for the Church. I might not be totally correct in representing the teaching of the Church. I Love God and His people so I wish to make you think ( outside the box). Don't follow blind men, meditate on the scriptures then do your best to follow them, praying always as Paul says. Trust that God will lead you in all good things. My journey back to the Holy Catholic church started when I tried my best to live by this scripture; St. Matthew 5:44 - 45 "But I say unto you,Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you:    That you may be children of your Father which is in heaven" I said to myself that the Bible is either God's true words or not and by following this scripture I should be able to determine which one it was. May God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless you and give you peace.