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My Queen and my Mother, I surrender wholly unto thee; and in token of my devotion, I dedicate unto thee this day mine eyes, mine ears, my mouth, my heart, and all my being, without reservation. Wherefore, good Mother, since I am thine, keep me, guard me, as thine own possession. Amen.
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Contemplate the Rosary


Catholic Stand
Dom Cingoranelli

October is the month of the Rosary, but every month should be the month of the Rosary for us. When we pray the Rosary, we’re called to contemplate Christ’s life and to “pray with the heart” by Our Lady. St. John Paul II told us,

“With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love…The Rosary belongs among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation.” (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 1, 5)

How might we pray more deeply with our heart, and more intimately contemplate Christ’s beauty and depth of His love when we pray the Rosary? Other than announcing the mystery of the Rosary as we begin each new one, where might we look for help in contemplating the mystery? So many options exist that it would be impossible to list every one of them. Yet, my wife and I have a few favorites to which we routinely turn in the daily Rosary we pray together.

Contemplate the Rosary with Scripture and with the Saints

Scripture passage represents the primary means available to anyone in contemplating the Rosary. The Dominican Fathers, through the Rosary Center, offer a nice, pocket-sized Scripturally Based Rosary booklet that some may find edifying. The booklet gives brief Scripture passages for each Our Father and Hail Mary, for each of the mysteries of the Rosary. We can never go wrong praying with Scripture and the Rosary together.

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