Lesson 5 - Holy Rosary Flashcards
Why do we need to pray the Rosary?
to show our love to Mary and Jesus
When did praying the rosary begin?
According to the 3 historical personalities, it can be traced way back in 1215
HISTORY OF ROSARY (3 KNOWN FIGURES)
Saint Dominic
Saint Bernadette
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady showed Dominic a wreath/crown of roses, representing the rosary through what?
A vision
What did Our Lady say to Dominic?
to say the rosary daily, teach it to all who would listen, and eventually the true faith would win out.
one of the first people to begin to pray the rosary.
Saint Dominic
spread devotion to it and used it
to strengthen his spiritual life.
Saint Dominic
year when Our lady appeared to St. Dominic
1215
old name of rosary
Angelic Psalter
under which pope did the Turkish
Muslims were actively seeking to conquer Christian Europe (ottoman empire)
Pope Pius V
on October 7, 1571,
the Christian forces defeated the Turkish fleet and effectively ended the threat of conquest by the Muslims.
Battle of Lepanto
comes from the Latin rosarius, which
means “garland” or “bouquet of flowers.”
rosary
apt word for a bouquet of prayers offered to God.
rosary
apt word for a bouquet of prayers offered to God.
rosary
an Old English term that originally meant “a prayer.”
bead
on February 11, 1858, a very
beautiful Lady appeared to her
above a rose bush in a grotto
called Massabielle.
St. Bernadette
the lady was what?
God’s Mother, the Blessed
Virgin Mary. She appeared to Bernadette seventeen
other times and spoke with her. (but to no avail)
what did Our lady tell Bernadette to do in order for others to believe her?
dig in the mud; when spring of
water began to flow. The next day it continued to grow larger
and larger.