The Rosary of S. Dominic
The New Raccolta, 1903, no. 6Source and notes
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| Printed in | THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS. |
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| Imprint | PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903 |
| Number | 6 |
| Pages | pp. 227–231 |
| Scan | leaf 236, leaf 237, leaf 238, leaf 239, leaf 240 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886. |
| Indulgence | In order to animate all the faithful to have recourse often to the blessed Virgin by making use of this devotion, Benedict XIII., by the brief, Sanctissimus, April 13, 1726, granted to all the faithful who, with devotion and at least contrite heart, shall say either the whole rosary of fifteen decades, or a third part of it, that is, five decades: AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS for every Our Father and every. Hail Mary. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a year, to those who, having said the fifteen decades, or, at least, five decades, every day for a year, on any day when, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Mother Church. The Sovereign Pontiff, Sixtus IV., by a bull, Ea quae ex fidelium, May 12, 1479, granted to all the faithful who shall say a third part of the Rosary AN INDULGENCE OF FIVE YEARS AND FIVE QUARANTINES each time. To gain this indulgence it is not necessary to use a Rosary that has been blessed. His Holiness, Pope Pius IX., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 12, 1851, confirmed these indulgences, and granted, besides, to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say a third part of the rosary in company with others, either at home or in the church, in public or in private oratories: AN INDULGENCE OF TEN YEARS AND TEN QUARANTINES, once a day. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on the last Sunday in every month, to all who are in the habit of saying with others, at least three times a week, the third part of the rosary, provided that, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness. For the obtaining of these indulgences several things are required: 1st, that the rosaries should be blessed by some priest of the Order of Friars Preachers, or other duly authorized priest; 2d, that one of these rosaries should be held in the hand and used in the customary way during the recitation of the prayers—when, however, the rosary is said by two or more persons together, by benign concession of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX. (decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 22, 1858), it suffices if one of them holds the rosary to regulate its recital, and the others, laying aside any other occupation, shall comport themselves respectfully while praying with the one who holds the beads; 3d, that while saying the rosary, meditation should be made upon the mysteries of the birth, passion, death, resurrection, etc., of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of Aug. 12, 1726, approved by Benedict XIII. This Pontiff also declared, in his constitution, Pretiosus, May 26, 1727, § 4, that, for idiots, who were incapable of reflecting upon these mysteries, the devout recital of the rosary will be sufficient to gain the indulgences. At the same time, it was his express will, that such persons should accustom themselves, according to the scope of the rosary, to meditate upon the most holy mysteries of our redemption. |
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- Saints
- St. Dominic
S. Dominic, the founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, in order to stem the flood of the Albigensian heresy, which was spreading far and wide, but especially in France, in obedience to a revelation received from the blessed Virgin, to whom he had recourse for this purpose, instituted, about the year 1206, and spread with great success the devotion of the holy rosary, which, for many centuries, has produced the most marvelous results in the Christian world.
This devotion, also called the Marian Psalter, consists in reciting uninterruptedly, one hundred and fifty Hail Marys (which is the number of the Psalms) separated into fifteen decades or divisions, each one of which begins with an Our Father, and simultaneously meditating upon the principal mysteries of the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In order to animate all the faithful to have recourse often to the blessed Virgin by making use of this devotion, Benedict XIII., by the brief, Sanctissimus, April 13, 1726, granted to all the faithful who, with devotion and at least contrite heart, shall say either the whole rosary of fifteen decades, or a third part of it, that is, five decades:
AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS for every Our Father and every. Hail Mary.
A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a year, to those who, having said the fifteen decades, or, at least, five decades, every day for a year, on any day when, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Mother Church.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Sixtus IV., by a bull, Ea quae ex fidelium, May 12, 1479, granted to all the faithful who shall say a third part of the Rosary
AN INDULGENCE OF FIVE YEARS AND FIVE QUARANTINES each time. To gain this indulgence it is not necessary to use a Rosary that has been blessed.
His Holiness, Pope Pius IX., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 12, 1851, confirmed these indulgences, and granted, besides, to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say a third part of the rosary in company with others, either at home or in the church, in public or in private oratories:
AN INDULGENCE OF TEN YEARS AND TEN QUARANTINES, once a day.
A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on the last Sunday in every month, to all who are in the habit of saying with others, at least three times a week, the third part of the rosary, provided that, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness.
For the obtaining of these indulgences several things are required: 1st, that the rosaries should be blessed by some priest of the Order of Friars Preachers, or other duly authorized priest; 2d, that one of these rosaries should be held in the hand and used in the customary way during the recitation of the prayers—when, however, the rosary is said by two or more persons together, by benign concession of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX. (decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 22, 1858), it suffices if one of them holds the rosary to regulate its recital, and the others, laying aside any other occupation, shall comport themselves respectfully while praying with the one who holds the beads; 3d, that while saying the rosary, meditation should be made upon the mysteries of the birth, passion, death, resurrection, etc., of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of Aug. 12, 1726, approved by Benedict XIII. This Pontiff also declared, in his constitution, Pretiosus, May 26, 1727, § 4, that, for idiots, who were incapable of reflecting upon these mysteries, the devout recital of the rosary will be sufficient to gain the indulgences. At the same time, it was his express will, that such persons should accustom themselves, according to the scope of the rosary, to meditate upon the most holy mysteries of our redemption.
THE FOLLOWING IS ONE OF MANY WAYS OF PROPOSING THE MYSTERIES ON WHICH WE ARE TO MEDITATE WHILE WE SAY THE ROSARY.
The joyful mysteries.
In the first joyful mystery we consider how the archangel Gabriel announced to most holy Mary that she was to conceive and bring forth our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the second joyful mystery we consider how, when Mary heard that Elizabeth was pregnant, she went to her house, and stayed with her for three months.
In the third joyful mystery we consider how, when the time of Mary’s delivery was come, she brought forth, in the city of Bethlehem, our Saviour Jesus Christ at midnight, and laid him in a manger between two brute beasts.
In the fourth joyful mystery we consider how most holy Mary, on the day of her purification, presented Christ our Lord in the temple, and placed him in the arms of the holy old man, Simeon.
In the fifth joyful mystery we consider how the Virgin Mary lost her Son, sought for him for three days, and at the end of the third day found him in the temple amid the doctors, disputing with them, being twelve years old.
The sorrowful mysteries.
In the first sorrowful mystery we consider how our Lord Jesus Christ prayed in the garden of Olivet, and sweated blood.
In the second sorrowful mystery we consider how our Lord Jesus Christ was cruelly scourged in Pilate’s house, and had countless blows laid upon him.
In the third sorrowful mystery we consider how our Lord Jesus Christ was crowned with sharp thorns.
In the fourth sorrowful mystery we consider how Jesus was condemned to die, and, for his greater ignominy and pain, had laid upon his shoulders the heavy tree of the cross.
In the fifth sorrowful mystery we consider how, when Jesus came to Calvary, he was stripped of his garments and nailed with sharp nails to the cross, whereon he died before his sorrowing mother’s eyes.
The glorious mysteries.
In the first glorious mystery we consider how Jesus Christ, our Lord, rose glorious the third day after his death and passion, triumphant over death, and never more to die.
In the second glorious mystery we consider how Jesus Christ, the fortieth day from his resurrection, ascended into heaven with great pomp and triumph, in the presence of his most holy mother and of his disciples.
In the third glorious mystery we consider how Jesus Christ sat on the right hand of the Father, and thence did send the Holy Ghost into the chamber where were assembled the apostles with the most holy Virgin.
In the fourth glorious mystery we consider how, twelve years after our Lord Jesus rose from the dead, his mother herself passed from this mortal life, and was carried into heaven by the angels.
In the fifth glorious mystery we consider how, in heaven, Mary was crowned by her Son: in this mystery we also meditate on the glory of all the saints.