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NO LONGER Protestant-New Age-Buddhist-Dem. NOW Catholic since 1996. Blogger. Rosary here, Fridays, 7pm CDT; Rosary available on the blog 24/7/365.

May 26, 2023, 50 tweets

+JMJ+ Welcome to our live Rosary thread! Praying to cultivate a civilization of Light, Life, Love, Truth, Goodness & Beauty, for the conversion of sinners & the salvation of souls.

The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for these times. -Padre Pio

#CatholicTwitter #RosaryProject

Prayers offered in the opening & closing of our Live Rosary are optional. Use as many or as few as you like. Skip around, skip them altogether.

The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at

catholicheartandmind.com/twitter-devoti…

And there’s a Rosary you can pray on the blog, too.

catholicheartandmind.com/rosary-project/

Now a time of reflection before praying the Rosary.

God, come to my assistance.
— Lord, make haste to help me.

St. Philip Romolo Neri, St. Eleutherius, pray for us!

I am worn out with crying, with longing for my God, alleluia.
—Antiphon

Save me, O God,
for the waters have risen to my neck.

Art: Stefano Bolognini, Attribution required, via Wikimedia Commons

I have sunk into the mud of the deep

and there is no foothold.
I have entered the waters of the deep

and the waves overwhelm me.

Art: Photo by Ted, CC BY-SA 2.
flickr.com/photos/frted/6…

I needed food and they gave me gall; I was parched with thirst and they gave me vinegar, alleluia.—Antiphon
Save me from the waters of the deep
lest the waves overwhelm me.
Do not let the deep engulf me
nor death close its mouth on me.

Seek the Lord and you will live, alleluia. —Antiphon

As for me in my poverty and pain
let your help, O God, lift me up.

(…it is a commandment we have had from the start): let us love one another. This love involves our walking according to the commandments, and as you have heard from the beginning, the commandment is the way in which you should walk.
From the Second Letter of St. John

Canticle of Mary, the Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55

Rejoice, brothers. Strive for perfection; encourage one another. Live in harmony and peace,
— and the God of peace and love will be with you, alleluia.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through your faith in him.

I’m keeping this group in our Rosary prayer intentions, a symptom of a much larger spiritual problem. Read this:

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…

#CatholicTwitter

Please keep Cardinal Zen in your prayers, too, please.

hudson.org/human-rights/t…

Please pray for Christians in Nigeria. The violence against them there is horrible.

Re persecution of Christians around the world:

hudson.org/policy-centers…

May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life.
— Amen.

Glory be to the Father & to the Son and to the Holy Spirit…

St. Philip Romolo Neri, St. Eleutherius, pray for us!

The Rosary proper begins at the top of the hour. I hope you’ll join me.

In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

St. Philip Romolo Neri, St. Eleutherius, pray for us!

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you have deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children there the treasures of grace hidden…

(There’s a place in this prayer for your personal prayer intention.)

(For those who don’t believe, we pray…)

I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord…

For the Holy Father

For an increase of Faith, Hope, & Charity in our souls & our world

Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
& blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us now
& at the hour of our death.

(Glory be, here and at the end of each decade.)

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

The USCCB asked us (a while back) to fast & pray with special intentions for the Rosary. Look for a screenshot with each Mystery.

usccb.org/news/2022/fait…

1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

Fruit of the Mystery: Contrition, Conformity to the Will of God

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Robert Walter Weir

(The Fatima prayer after each decade)

O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell.

Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most
in need of Thy Mercy.

Art:

2nd Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar

Fruit of the Mystery: Purity, Mortification

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Follower of Giambologna

3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns

Fruit of Mystery: Moral Courage

Our Father
Hail, Mary x10
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Unknown, probably French

4th Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross

Fruit of the Mystery: Patience

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Station, artist ?

5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion

Fruit of the Mystery: Salvation, Self-Denial

Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus

Art: Prospero Fontana

Leonine Prayers of Pope Leo XIII:

Hail, Mary…

Hail, Holy Queen…

Let us pray…

St. Michael, defend us…

Link includes the Latin
chastitysf.com/aftermass.htm

Long form St. Michael Prayer from the Raccolta:

O Glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the
heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers…

taylormarshall.com/2013/09/long-s…

V. Most Sacred Heart of (bow head) Jesus,
R. Have mercy upon us.

V. Most Sacred Heart of (bow head) Jesus,
R. Have mercy upon us.

V. Most Sacred Heart of (bow head) Jesus,
R. Have mercy upon us.

Optional Closing Prayers

O Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here.
Ever this night be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule, and to guide.
Amen.

Optional Closing Prayers

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood Of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, sinners everywhere, in the Universal Church, within my own home…

Optional Closing Prayers

The USCCB asked the faithful to add this prayer after the Rosary (by Pope Leo XIII) during the Year of St. Joseph. I’m keeping it here in our Rosary. 🙏🏻

Read more:
usccb.org/prayer-and-wor…

Optional Closing Prayers

Prayer of Command, from Fr. Ripperger, from Deliverance Prayers:

Optional Closing Prayers

The Collect

Optional Closing Prayers

May the Divine Assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

St. Philip Romolo Neri, St. Eleutherius, pray for us!

+JMJ+ Thank you for praying the Rosary with me. Let us help each other draw ever closer to Him as this Easter season draws to a close, and always, on our way to union with Him, bringing ever more of His Light to shine into this world of darkness. +JMJ+

I’m keeping this group in our Rosary prayer intentions, a symptom of a much larger—and spiritual—problem:

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…

#CatholicTwitter

The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at

catholicheartandmind.com/twitter-devoti…

And there’s a Rosary you can pray on the blog, too.

catholicheartandmind.com/rosary-project/

Roary (and other) books slowly coming along.

About the day:

St. Philip Romolo Neri, Apostle of Rome; St. Eleutherius, Pope and Martyr

catholicculture.org/culture/liturg…

See this also this page re St Philip Neri. (He was fond of cats. I knew I liked him.)

universalis.com/20230526/item.…

And because I love cats, too:

dwightlongenecker.com/for-st-philip-…

ICYMI: Easter 2023: The Complete Guide to the Catholic Season of Easter

hallow.com/easter/

And this: About the season:

Easter Is Not a Secretly Pagan Holiday
'Easter' as a translation of the pagan goddess 'Ishtar' has no basis in reality

catholic.com/magazine/onlin…

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