I too sometimes wonder off when I meditate. minsan pa nga nakakatulog ako. Pero you know what, kahit tulog ako nanaginip ako na nagdadasal, half awake and half asleep kumbaga.

Naku, ginawa bang borloloy ang rosaryo haha. Hindi naman amulet yun o charm eh. Ako kahit wala dala rosary I pray with my fingers. Gawin mo kayang apostolate yan bro. Magsimula ka dyan sa mga tao dyan.

Ikaw una nasa isip ko mommy kengs when I was writing this. Actually I was touched when you told me that you are praying the rosary everyday. There are so many miracles mommy kengs when you pray the rosary. JPII once said that when we pray the Rosary, expect that the mother of God would always protect us from harm. And many times I have proven this. ayan kinikilabutan ako. Goosebumps again.

Mary is true to her words. Such a very powerful prayer. Such a very loving mother. No words to describe my awe.

I hope it would be available in Germany, as much as I am hoping that it will be available here. Pag nakita ko sa youtube mommy kengs, email kita agad.

BTW, I receive your email. and yes po, the prayer is extended. walang expiration ang prayer. Lets always pray for one another mommy kengs. Salamat na din sa mga kapwa ko Prayer warriors na parati nandyan na nagdadasal para sa atin. And I am happy it turned out good. Natuwa talaga ako when I read your email.

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Development of the Rosary

Ireland 800-900 AD
Historians trace the origin of the Rosary back to ninth century Ireland. Today, as then, the 150 Psalms of the Bible, The Book of Psalms of King David, were an important form of monastic prayer. Monks and clergy recited or chanted the Psalms as a major source of hourly worship. People living near the monasteries realized the beauty of this devotion. But unable to read or memorize the lengthy Psalms, the people were unable to adapt this form of prayer for their use.

First stage
An Irish monk suggested to the people around the monastery that they might pray a series of 150 Our Fathers in place of the 150 Psalms. At first, pebbles were carried in a pouch to count the 150 Our Fathers; later ropes with 150 or 50 (1/3 of 150) knots were used. Eventually string with 50 pieces of wood was used.

Second stage
Next the Angelic Salutation (Lk 1:28) was added. St. Peter Damian (d. 1072) was the first to mention this form of prayer. Soon the Angelic Salutation replaced the 50 Our Fathers.

Third stage
Some medieval theologians considered the 150 Psalms to be veiled mysteries about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. They began to compose “Psalters of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” – 150 praises in honor of Jesus. Soon psalters devoted to 150 praises of Mary were composed. When a psalter of 150 praises in Mary’s honor numbered 50 instead of 150, it was called a rosarium, or bouquet.

c. 1365
The salutations were grouped into decades and an Our Father was put before each decade. This combined the Our Father and the Angelic Salutation for the first time.

1409 AD
Special thoughts – meditations – were attached for each Hail Mary bead.

1470 AD
The Dominican Order spread the form of the “new rosary” throughout Western Christendom.

1400 – 1500 AD
The thoughts or meditations on the 150 Hail Mary beads took the form of woodcuts (graphic pictures). This exhausted the practice easily because of the volume of pictures. Picture rosaries were shortened to one picture/thought for each Our Father as it is today.

1700′s
St. Louis de Montfort wrote the most common set of meditations for the rosary used today.

Early 1900′s
A movement was begun attempting to return to a form of the medieval rosary – one thought for each Hail Mary.

2000′s
The present devotion, differing from the medieval version, is composed almost entirely of direct quotations from the Bible. It is appropriately called “the Scriptural Rosary.” An explanation of this devotion can be obtained from The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights for Praying the 20 Mysteries, by Edward P. Sri, published by Charis Books.

2002
In his Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae (Rosary of the Virgin Mary), Pope John Paul II encouraged the use of the Rosary in prayer to Jesus. He proposed adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional pattern.

Source: Catholic Apologetics

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kinilabutan ako. alam mo whenever i start praying the rosary and i do it everyday, sometimes twice a day pa.. naiiyak ako, hay. ang drama no? kasi siguro kapag hawak ko na yung beads a i already start to open up…

i want to watch this and have this!

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