The Rosary consists of a chaplet of roses, so to speak, dedicated to Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and earth. She gave the beads the name “Rosary.” As we pray the Rosary, our mind should concentrate on the mystery of Our Lord’s life and death and resurrection His work was something with which the Blessed Virgin was intimately associated.
The Our Father, Apostle’s Creed and Glory be are also said, and the 150 Hail Mary’s, the Angelic Salutation, take the place of saying the 150 psalms.
Although the Rosary has been around for many centuries, The feast of the Holy Rosary was instituted by Pope Pius V to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571, which ended the threat of Muslim domination of the Mediterranean and was ascribed in part to the prayers and processions of the Rosary confraternity in Rome. Pope St. Pius V had asked that the fate of Europe be placed in the hands of Our Lady and had requested all Christians to pray the Rosary and besiege Heaven with the cries for help and Divine Intervention.
We should ask Our Lady to intercede and turn back the challenges before us and restore peace under her Most Immaculate Heart. She has assured us that in the end her Immaculate Heart will triumph! Have faith and pray the Rosary daily.