15 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE MOST HOLY ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

​BY REV. FR. ALFRED AGBONLAHOR.

1. The Rosary is a mystery bead that transcends this world.

2. The Rosary enables you to have a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the most blessed and purest of all God's creatures.

3. The devotion to the Most Holy Rosary enables virtues to increase and vices to deminish.

4. Meditating and contemplating the mysteries of the most Holy Rosary purifies the soul. It is the right medicine for the soul.

5. When you pray the Rosary together with your family you reproduce something of the atmosphere of the household of Nazareth.

6. Peace and tranquility are inseparable from the Rosary since it consists in the contemplation of Christ, the prince of peace, the one who is our "peace". (Eph 2:14).

7. The Rosary is a "chain" the sweet chain that links us to God and help you to be in tune with Mary the "handmaid of the Lord" (Lk 1:38).

8. The Rosary is a spiritual itinerary in which Mary acts as a Mother, Teacher and Guide, sustaining the faithful by her powerful intercession.

9. To pray the Rosary is to hand over our burdens to the merciful Hearts Christ and his Mother. It is one way of casting our burdens on the Lord.

10. The Rosary enable Mary to show her powerful intercession on your behalf and make your needs known to Jesus as in the case of the wedding of Cana. "They have no wine" (Jn. 2:3).

11. The Rosary is one prayer that will help you in difficult times when you have recourse to it in faith. It is the most valuable resource at every given time.

12. The Rosary is a genuine path to growth in holiness. This is one secret that many Saints discovered.

13. True devotion to the Rosary makes your faith strong and deep, and never shallow.

14. A Rosary well prayed, gives great honour to Blessed Trinity and Our Lady. When we honour Our Lady, God the Father is glorified because we are honouring the most perfect of His creatures; God the Son is glorified because we are praising His Most pure Mother, and God the Holy Spirit is glorified because we are lost in admiration at the graces with which He has filled His Spouse.

15. To the Saints, the was not simply a mothod of prayer, rather it was their most effective tool and weapon in their apostolic work.