Today is the feast day for Our Lady of the Rosary.
As such, I would like to issue the 20 Decade Challenge.
Pray all 20 decades of the Holy Rosary today – the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. Pray one set in the morning, one at lunch, one at the end of the workday and one before bed (or anyway you can piece together about an hour of your day).
Offer each decade for a specific intention. Some intentions may include: the Holy Father and his intentions – peace in the world – the Church, our priests and deacons, our bishops, vocations, our fellow parishioners – our spouses, children, godchildren, young people in our lives, parents and family members, coworkers, teachers – the unborn, the end to abortion – our nation, our troops, our political leaders – the unemployed and those suffering economically, those suffering from personal and physical distress – those of other faiths, those who have fallen away from the Church – those who have died and those who mourn their loss, those who have died in natural disasters or accidents – the victims of violence, the victims of our culture – repentance for our sins, conversion of sinners and the souls in purgatory – or whatever or whomever else for which we wish to pray.
There is no shortage of things needing our prayers and the Holy Rosary is prayer on steriods. It’s a direct call to the Blessed Virgin Mary and her beloved Son. The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon against all that ails our world, especially those things caused by man that erode human dignity.
Take the 20 Decade Challenge. Let our Holy Mother hear a multitude of voices today.
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You can read about the battle of Lapento, for which this feast of Our Lady of the Rosary remembers. Link here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWVhYWJmMDJl…
The feast was originally called the "Our Lady of Victory", but was subsequently changed. My point is reminding folks that it is OK to pray and ask that our nation, or even individuals within our lives pray for victory over the forces we face.
Thank you for this post and for this wonderful site! I'm a fellow Catholic Dad and I'm also a fellow blogger. I just started my own pro-marriage site a little over a month ago with a focus on the practical side of creating an awesome marriage. We practice and promote Natural Family Planning and use the site as an outreach tool on that front as well.
Great work and feel free to stop by and say hello!
Said fifteen decades for Our Lady and the conversion of the Infidel yesterday.
Sorry, I don't do the Luminous Mysteries.
Bookmarked