Also known as Our Lady of Victory, Our Lady of the Rosary originated from a vision given to St. Dominic in Prouille, France in the year 1208 A.D. She instructed St. Dominic in praying the Holy Rosary.
The Manifestation of Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary appears in an atypical and beautiful display of her profound power, usually in robes of blue and white. Surrounding her image, are the mysteries of the Rosary as recited in "The Holy Rosary." There are a total of fifteen mysteries in the Rosary and they are depicted in circular life-like images around her total essence. She is often also wearing a crown – sometimes with twelve stars.
The fifteen mysteries depicted around Our Lady of the Rosary are: (Joyful) The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity, The Presentation, Finding in the Temple, (Sorrowful) Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Carrying of the Cross, The Crucifixion, (Glorious) The Resurrection, The Ascension, The Descent of the Holy Spirit, The Assumption, the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (Luminous) The Baptism of Jesus, The Wedding at Cana, Proclamation of the Kingdom, The Transfiguration and the Institution of the Eucharist.
The Message of Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Dominic had retreated into the forest to pray for the conversion of the Albigensians, a heretical sect in the Catholic Church, when a vision of Our Lady appeared to him. She was accompanied by angels and the Blessed Virgin said to him, “Dear Dominic, do you know which weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world?” Saint Dominic replied that he could not possibly know such a thing and only she could enlighten him on the matter.
“I want you to know that, in this kind of warfare, the battering ram has been the Angelic Psalter which is the foundation stone of the New Testament. Therefore if you want to reach these hardened souls and win them over to God, preach my Psalter. “
Arising from the ground and ready to go, invisible angels gathered the people from around the countryside to listen to St. Dominic preach. Many miracles and wonders occurred during this sermon.
Other apparitions that are held in high esteem in the church include Our Lady of the Pillar and Our Lady of the Roses.
Sources:
- Those who Saw Her: Apparitions of Mary, by Catherine M. Odell.
- Catherine Laboure and the Modern Apparitions of Our Lady, by Abbe Omer Englebert.
- Miraculous Images: Photographs Containing God's Fingerprints, by Marilynn Hughes.
- Medjugorje: Light for the World, by Pietro Jacopini.
- Our Lady Comes to Garabandal, by Joseph A. Pelletier, A.A.
- The Wonder of Guadalupe, by Francis Johnston.
- The Glories of Czestochowa and Jasna, To the Priests Our Lady's Beloved Sons, by Marian Movement of Priests.
- Our Lady of America, by Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil.
- The Thunder of Justice, by Ted and Maureen Flynn.
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