#Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

[thepastisalreadywritten]

On October 7, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the yearly feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Known for several centuries by the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” the feast day takes place in honor of a 16th-century naval victory, which secured Europe against Turkish invasion.

Pope St. Pius V attributed the victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was invoked on the day of the battle through a campaign to pray the Rosary throughout Europe.

The feast always occurs one week after the similar Byzantine celebration of the Protection of the Mother of God, which most Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics celebrate on October 1 in memory of a 10th-century military victory, which protected Constantinople against invasion after a reported Marian apparition.

Pope Leo XIII was particularly devoted to Our Lady of the Rosary, producing 11 encyclicals on the subject of this feast and its importance in the course of his long pontificate.

In the first of them, 1883's “Supremi Apostolatus Officio,” he echoed the words of the oldest known Marian prayer (known in the Latin tradition as the “Sub Tuum Praesidium”), when he wrote:

“It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary."

“This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven,” Pope Leo continued, “has never shone forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of God has seemed to be endangered by the violence of heresy … or by an intolerable moral corruption, or by the attacks of powerful enemies.”

Foremost among such “attacks” was the Battle of Lepanto, a perilous and decisive moment in European and world history.

Troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire had invaded and occupied the Byzantine empire by 1453, bringing a large portion of the increasingly divided Christian world under a version of Islamic law.

For the next hundred years, the Turks expanded their empire westward on land and asserted their naval power in the Mediterranean.

In 1565, they attacked Malta, envisioning an eventual invasion of Rome. Though repelled at Malta, the Turks captured Cyprus in the fall of 1570.

The next year, three Catholic powers on the continent – Genoa, Spain, and the Papal States - formed an alliance called the Holy League, to defend their Christian civilization against Turkish invasion.

Its fleets sailed to confront the Turks near the west coast of Greece on 7 October 1571.

Crew members on more than 200 ships prayed the Rosary in preparation for the battle — as did Christians throughout Europe, encouraged by the Pope to gather in their churches to invoke the Virgin Mary against the daunting Turkish forces.

Some accounts say that Pope Pius V was granted a miraculous vision of the Holy League's stunning victory.

Without a doubt, the Pope understood the significance of the day's events, when he was eventually informed that all but 13 of the nearly 300 Turkish ships had been captured or sunk.

He was moved to institute the feast now celebrated universally as Our Lady of the Rosary.

“Turkish victory at Lepanto would have been a catastrophe of the first magnitude for Christendom,” wrote military historian John F. Guilmartin, Jr., “and Europe would have followed a historical trajectory strikingly different from that which obtained.”

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴. 𝘐 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜."

[fiat-veritas]

Hopefully you also get to learn a new Marian title or two from this poll… I did a lot of research!

Please reblog for bigger sample size :)

[sag-dab-sar]

Today is Our Lady of Sorrows' Feast Day

I cannot participate with anything today due to medical procedure. But I at least want to share the Rosary I got for Mater Dolorosa.

Here are the Prayers of the Rosary/Chaplet for Our Lady of Sorrows

When I was a child in Latino Catholicism (Dominican & Puerto Rican based on the neighborhood) we lit 7 Day Candles, they were available at the small "Spanish Market" in their own aisle (like these). I wanted to take a image of Our Lady of Sorrows, print it on printer sticker paper, and attach it to a blank 7 Day Candle. However, I don't have the energy right now unfortunately (and my room is in ruins moving things so no space to work properly on the project) This is what I have for her right now!

[ricisidro]

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[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

Our Lady of the Rosary

Feast Day: October 7

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, despite the gravity of your sins 'you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.' Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as a sorcerer do who practices black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-- and mark well what I say-- if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death to know the truth and obtain contrition and pardon for your sins." -St. Louis de Montfort from The Secret of the Rosary.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

[anastpaul]

Vigil of All Saints Day or All Hallow’s Eve: Eve of the Feast of All Hallows, that is, All Saints Day. Halloween is a day on which many quaint customs are revived. It is popular in the United States and Scotland and in the US has become the second largest secular holiday of the year. Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Río Blanco y Paypaya de Jujuy / Our Lady of the Rosary of Rio Blanco (of the White River) and Paypaya, Argentina, 17th Century – 31 October: HERE: https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/31/solemnity-of-christ-the-king-vigil-of-all-saints-day-nuestra-senora-del-rosario-de-rio-blanco-argentina-and-memorials-of-the-saints-31-october/

(via Vigil of All Saints Day or All Hallow’s Eve, Nuestra Señora del Rosario / Our Lady of the Rosary, Argentina, 17th Century and Memorials of the Saints – 31 October – AnaStpaul)

[bylagunabay]

Unseen Warfare

THE EXORCIST, THE ROSARY & THE DEVIL

(3-min read)

It happened last October 7th in Milan, Italy. Don Ambrogio Villa, exorcist priest of the diocese of Milan, forced the devil, Belzebul, during the exorcism to confess to the spiritual secrets of the Holy Rosary.

Don Ambrogio - O Virgin, today is your feast, that of the Holy Rosary. I would like this "Belzebul" to give us a catechesis on the Holy Rosary. So I ask you, Madonna, we have already heard some catechesis, but today is a special feast. I ask you that for a few minutes, or for many minutes, he be forced by you to speak about the Holy Rosary. Therefore, with Mary's permission and by order of Heaven, I command you to speak to us about the Holy Rosary and its power against you. In the name of God, I command you to speak. Speak well, in clear Italian, and tell us many things and beautiful things. Speak. In correct Italian.

Belzebul - That crown (of the Rosary) destroys me.

Don Ambrogio - Speak better, in correct Italian. You are capable. Go ahead.

Belzebul - Every Hail Mary blows my mind.

Don Ambrogio - Speak, without me having to tell you. Our Lady wants you to tell us the power of the Holy Rosary against you.

Belzebul - It is a simple prayer that not everyone does. But the one who makes it is united to the life of Christ and Mary. And it blows my mind to hear that refrain. I can't stand it. I also get annoyed when people hold it in their hands, even when they're not praying it. I can't stand it. But she loves this prayer.

Don Ambrogio – Continue.

Belzebul - And he who prays it in the family has a special protection from Her. I can't go into that house. I have not been given permission. Because the power of the Holy Rosary in the family crushes me.

Don Ambrogio - Go on.

Belzebul - And in those families, if there is only one person who prays it, he can save the others in the family.

Don Ambrogio - Oh Mary, I thank you for forcing this demon Belzebul to do this publicity, this catechesis on the Rosary. O Mary, I would like to share it with many people, with your permission. Force him to speak. Go on.

Belzebul - Her favorite mysteries are those of the Passion of Christ. For there is all the salvation of mankind.

Don Ambrogio - And the Glorious ones are not?

Belzebul – Also

Don Ambrogio - Continue.

Belzebul - But to whomever recites the Rosary, I come to disturb him.

Don Ambrogio - How?

Belzebul - With thoughts. Distractions.

Don Ambrogio - But Our Lady thanks him anyway, right?

Belzebul - Yes.

Don Ambrogio - Go ahead.

Belzebul - You should pray with the children. Teach them this prayer before I come to bother them, because afterwards I steal their purity, that is, mothers should pray it for the children because I want to destroy the family and the young people.

Don Ambrogio - O Virgin, we thank you because you have given us the Rosary that you continue to recommend every time you appear. But we also thank you for these words of 'Belzebul' that in this exorcism I, your priest, am carrying out with the help and participation of six collaborators who pray and are at my side. Thank you, O Mary, if you still want to force Beelzebub to tell us something, I ask you to force him to continue.

Belzebul - To whomever prays the rosary, she gives many thanks. Really many, many. And I can't stand it. Even the novenas are blowing my mind. I can't stand them. Above all, the novena to the Virgin Undoer of Knots.

Don Ambrogio - We like Litanies a lot. I used to notice that you suffered from them. What do you say about Litanies?

Belzebul - They crush me, they annoy me!

Don Ambrogio - Why?

Belzebul: Because it is a continuous praise, praise, praise.

Don Ambrogio - But She deserves it.

Belzebul: For you!

Don Ambrogio - But is She really your Queen, even if you don't recognize Her? Or not?

Belzebul – Yes

Don Ambrogio - And after the Litanies, what else can you tell us? Because not everyone says it when they finish the Rosary.

Belzebul - I know, I know. Those who don't pray them are mistaken.

Don Ambrogio: Oh, how many beautiful things, Virgin, that you give us unexpectedly. Also through this devil whose name -at least he said the name- is Belzebul. We praise you, O Mary. Does she tell you to tell us something yet, or are you finished? Answer!

Belzebul: I am finished.

Don Ambrogio: Then we pray, O Mary. (They pray the Hail Mary). O Mary, on this day of the Holy Rosary, today, October 7, 2019, we give you thanks I am your priest, exorcist from Milan. I thank you for this gift you have given us for your glory. So be it. Amen.

[jeppiner]

Oct 7th Feast Day

Today in the Catholic calendar is the Feast of the Holy Rosary instituted by Pope Pius V to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571, which ended the threat of Muslim domination of the Mediterranean and was ascribed in part to the prayers and processions of the Rosary confraternity in Rome. Later the feast was moved to the fixed date of 7 October. It is interesting that this feast day to celebrate the end of Muslim warlords in the Mediterranean coincides with the date other Muslim warlords entered Israel to maim and murder. Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for your people Israel on this first anniversary of that horrible day. Pray that the innocent are returned, that the innocents on both sides in the midst of war will not be harmed, that Muslim terrorism in the Middle East will have an end, and that enduring peace for all peoples would finally be found. Amen.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

On October 7, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the yearly Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Known for several centuries by the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” the feast day takes place in honor of a 16th-century naval victory, which secured Europe against Turkish invasion.

Pope St. Pius V attributed the victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was invoked on the day of the battle through a campaign to pray the Rosary throughout Europe.

The feast always occurs one week after the similar Byzantine celebration of the Protection of the Mother of God, which most Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics celebrate on October 1 in memory of a 10th-century military victory that protected Constantinople against invasion after a reported Marian apparition.

Pope Leo XIII was particularly devoted to Our Lady of the Rosary, producing 11 encyclicals on the subject of this feast and its importance in the course of his long pontificate.

In the first of them, 1883's “Supremi Apostolatus Officio,” he echoed the words of the oldest known Marian prayer (known in the Latin tradition as the “Sub Tuum Praesidium”), when he wrote:

“It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary."

"This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven,” Pope Leo continued, “has never shone forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of God has seemed to be endangered by the violence of heresy … or by an intolerable moral corruption, or by the attacks of powerful enemies.”

Foremost among such “attacks” was the Battle of Lepanto, a perilous and decisive moment in European and world history.

Troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire had invaded and occupied the Byzantine Empire by 1453, bringing a large portion of the increasingly divided Christian world under a version of Islamic law.

For the next hundred years, the Turks expanded their empire westward on land and asserted their naval power in the Mediterranean.

In 1565, they attacked Malta, envisioning an eventual invasion of Rome.

Though repelled at Malta, the Turks captured Cyprus in the fall of 1570.

The next year, three Catholic powers on the continent — Genoa, Spain and the Papal States — formed an alliance called the Holy League to defend their Christian civilization against Turkish invasion.

Its fleets sailed to confront the Turks near the west coast of Greece on 7 October 1571.

Crew members on more than 200 ships prayed the Rosary in preparation for the battle — as did Christians throughout Europe — encouraged by the Pope to gather in their churches to invoke the Virgin Mary against the daunting Turkish forces.

Some accounts say that Pope Pius V was granted a miraculous vision of the Holy League's stunning victory.

Without a doubt, the Pope understood the significance of the day's events, when he was eventually informed that all but 13 of the nearly 300 Turkish ships had been captured or sunk.

He was moved to institute the feast now celebrated universally as Our Lady of the Rosary.

“Turkish victory at Lepanto would have been a catastrophe of the first magnitude for Christendom,” wrote military historian John F. Guilmartin, Jr., “and Europe would have followed a historical trajectory strikingly different from that which obtained.”

[myremnantarmy]

You are the highest honor of our race.

[thewahookid]

October 7th is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and the month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary.

The devotion so beloved among the Catholic faithful that we call the Holy Rosary originates with St Dominic in the late 12th - early 13th centuries.

'Rosary' means literally 'a crown of roses' - the rose being regarded as the 'Queen of flowers'. In many cultures, garlands of flowers are presented as symbols of honour, affection and esteem. Spiritually, the Holy Rosary is a garland of praise, woven in love, in honour of the mysteries by which we are redeemed and saved.

The form of repetitive prayer, as a means of stilling the mind and heart, was already firmly established in Christian tradition since the earliest times. In particular, prayerfully repeating the Holy Name of Jesus.

St Dominic simply took a form of prayer already familiar and enhanced it further - adding to its beauty - thus giving us a simple and effective means of uniting ourselves with God, at any time and in any place.

The Holy Rosary consists of 5 Our Fathers, 50 Hail Marys and 5 Glorias. The prayer is divided into five decades - each decade taking a mystery of the Gospel for meditation. The prayers are counted on a string of beads - familiar to many as Rosary beads.

The prayer of the Rosary engages body, mind and heart. With our lips we repeat the words which Jesus gave us as the formula for all prayer (Our Father or Pater noster) and we announce the salvation of the world as it was proclaimed to Mary (the Hail Mary or Ave Maria) - see Luke Chapter 1, verse 28 and verse 42.

At the end of each decade we adore the Most Blessed Trinity in the doxology (from the Greek which means 'words of glory') - 'Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit .....'

We use our fingers to count the prayers and our lips to repeat the sacred words. At the same time, with our minds we meditate on the mystery from the Gospel and, in our hearts, as Mary did, we worship God and ponder His marvellous work of salvation (Luke 2:19).

The prayer of our lips, the meditation of our minds and the adoration of our hearts is offered, through the hands of Mary our Mother, to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity. In the Holy Rosary, united with Mary, we contemplate the wonderful things God has done in saving us through His Son.

The mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary are as follows:

The Joyful Mysteries (prayed on Mondays and Saturdays): The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity, The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple, The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.

The Sorrowful Mysteries (prayed on Tuesdays and Fridays): The Agony in the Garden, The Scourging at the Pillar, The Crowning With Thorns, The Carrying of the Cross, The Crucifixion.

The Luminous Mysteries (prayed on Thursdays): The Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, The Wedding Feast at Cana, The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God, The Transfiguration of Jesus, The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper.

The Glorious Mysteries (prayed on Wednesdays and Sundays): The Resurrection, The Ascension, The Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, The Assumption of Mary in to Heaven, The Coronation of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

"O God, Whose Only-Begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life: grant, we beseech you, that by meditating upon these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise. Through Christ our Lord".

[xdivinedecay]

temple talks!

I didn't get to do a whole lot for yesterday's feast day for Our Lady of the Rosary, but I have gotten the base work done on my St. Joan d'Arc pocket shrine chaplet.

19 beads, one for each year of her life. it includes angelite beads (connection with the angels, protection, dispelling fear), kyanite beads (expansion of mind and consciousness; healing and cleansing; its original name used to be Disthene which meant "two strengths" that I deeply connected to the idea of Jehanne), and blue-reflecting moonstone statement heads (which is super interesting as rainbow moonstone is closer to being a white labradorite than a true moonstone, thus making it ideal for emotional intelligence and controlling feelings, again very relevant to Jehanne, and labradorite especially is good for magic, hidden messages, and intuition. u/redianne on Reddit made a very informative description about this). more than just for spiritual connection, I value her as a reference to meditate on the importance on knowing when to approach a situation with a sword, or with diplomacy, given the culmination of events that lead to her unfortunate capture.

my connector and St. Joan pendant have not arrived yet, and I completely forgot to get some silver chain to incorporate, so this won't be finished for a little while. I've just started a tin box pocket shrine for her and will keep this chaplet in it. once I'm actually designing it, I will share!

I always associate white and silver with her which works well with angelite, and adding a dark blue for her coat of arms/fleur de lis was a perfect opportunity. 🙏🏻 I'm really excited to finish this soon.

[hcpenot]

hi guysss it's me the adventurous devotee again. i would like to share a blog about my experience in the 42nd Intramuros Grand Marian Procession held this year.

short trivia and information, basically this blog is about the grandest marian procession in the Philippines held in the streets of walled city of intramuros, manila every year in early december. a grand marian procession is the procession of the different images of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of one true God under different titles from different places in our country. devotees and delegates from different parishes across the country gathers at intramuros to start a solemn and grandiose procession in honor of the feast of the principal patroness of our country, the immaculate conception every first sunday of december every year. the chariots bearing different images of BVM participants are exclusive to those who are invited by the Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion de Intramuros.

let me start to share my experience. so i am from rosario, cavite, but my name is listed in the chariot/galleon carozza of our lady of solitude of porta vaga, cavite city because she is my patroness. together with the cofradia de la virgen de la soledad de porta vaga, we travelled from cavite city to intramuros to participate in the procession in honor of our virgin of solitude. the 350+ painted image of our lady of solitude of porta vaga is greatly venerated and payed respect at plaridel st. san roque cavite city. she is hailed as the queen and protectress of our province. the procession of the our lady of solitude of porta in intramuros started at 6pm, her silver galleon carozza is escorted by the altar servers, the flags, the philippine army, republica filipina reenactment group, the Cofradia, and the devotees. she graced the historic walls of intramuros in full solemnity through the recitation of the spanish rosary and the wearing of black clothes together with candles that lights up the street. the experience is one of a kind considering this event only happens once a year out of town. the procession concluded at muralla street by dismantling of the galleon carozza through the help of cofradia and care takers at 8pm in preparation of the coming home of the venerated painting of the our lady of solitude of porta vaga. i could say that this is the best religious procession I've ever attended. the surreal feeling and experience is unexplainable and beyond words. you could literally feel the presence of our lady just by attending the procession of her image. if i were to asked to rate it, i would rate it infinity over ten. it was an incomparable experience, I'd like to remember it that way.

[portraitsofsaints]

Our Lady of Fatima

Feast day: May 13

May 13th, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to 3 Portuguese children in the small town of Fatima. She appeared six times and identified Herself as “Our Lady of the Rosary”, asking that they pray the rosary daily for the conversion of sinners. Mary also spoke of observing first Saturdays, devotion to her Immaculate Heart and the conversion of Russia. During the final apparition, the dance of the sun took place in front of 70,000 people. 

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[tinyshe]

As Christian and Turkish forces met in battle in the Gulf of Lepanto (near Greece) on Oct. 7, 1571, Pope Pius V asked Mary to protect Catholic lands and Catholics to pray the rosary. The ensuing Christian victory was attributed to Our Lady of the Rosary. In 1572 the pope allowed some celebrations of Our Lady of Victory on the first Sunday in October; in 1573 the feast was changed to Our Lady of the Rosary, and in 1716 the feast became universal. The Oct. 7 date was fixed in 1913.

More Saints of the Day October 07

St. Artaldus

St. Adalgis

St. Apuleius

St. Augustus

St. Canog

St. Dubtach

St. Helanus

St. Justina of Padua

Pope St. Mark

St. Osyth

St. Palladius

St. Sergius & Bacehus

St. Sergius