The Rosary during Lent

Lent is a time of penance conducive to the choice of good resolutions to stimulate our spiritual life. The meditation of the rosary is one of the choices we have which responds to the call of Our Lady. She often asked during her apparitions that we recite the rosary incessantly. That's what the Blessed Virgin had asked the little shepherds of Fatima: "pray the rosary every day! ”

Thus, this prayer will bring us into the life of Jesus and Mary, and we can be animated by a missionary zeal in order to make the prayer of the rosary known by encouraging our entourage to meditate on it.

Living Lent with Mary

Lent is a path to Easter. Mary walked with Jesus, especially at the moment of his passion. She was standing at the foot of the cross alongside Saint John. During Lent, we can choose to walk with the Blessed Virgin and for her to help us enter the holy days that lead us to the day of the resurrection. This can be done in particular by meditating on the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. 

How can we pray the Rosary during Lent?

Originally, the rosary was a prayer to the Virgin Mary. First known as the rosary because it was about reciting 150 Ave Maria. This prayer underwent a number of adjustments, most recently in 2002 with the apostolic letter of John Paul II.

The proposed mysteries

We can pray the rosary with the help of the mysteries offered by the Church.

There is a day specific to each series of mysteries.

• Monday and Saturday: The Joyful Mysteries
• Tuesday and Friday: the Sorrowful Mysteries
• Wednesday and Sunday: The Glorious Mysteries
• Thursday: The Luminous Mysteries

We have the choice to keep the meditation of the mysteries as they are presented with the corresponding days or we can focus on the sorrowful mysteries or choose to meditate on the sorrowful mysteries during Holy Week.

The agony of Jesus in Gethsemane, the whipping, the crowning of thorns, the bearing of the cross and the crucifixion will lead us to realize what is happening on Good Friday.

The process of the rosary

We can pray the rosary individually or as a group. We can follow the steps and start with this prayer and entrust a prayer intention. We can then start with:

• an I believe in God
• an Our Father
• three Hail Marys

After each mystery meditation we say a decade of the rosary starting with an Our Father, then ten Hail Marys and ending with a Glory Be. 

At the end of each decade, we can conclude with the prayer of the children of Fatima taught by the angel : “My God, I believe, I love, I hope and I love you. I beg your forgiveness for those who do not believe, who do not worship, who do not hope and do not love you.”

Which rosary to pray during Lent?

There are different rosaries that we can meditate on during Lent.

The Rosary of Divine Mercy is a rosary that makes us meditate on the passion of Christ, and it was revealed to Saint Faustina. This rosary can be recited on Fridays at 3 p.m. in memory of the death of Christ on Calvary. 

The Rosary of the 7 Sorrows of the Virgin invites us to meditate with the Blessed Virgin on the different sorrowful stages from the birth to the death of her Son. This prayer will help us to better understand the different sorrows of the Virgin, especially at the time of the passion. 

Lent with Hozana

You can spend Lent in one or more communities of your choice on Hozana. There’s something for all tastes and for all ages. For example, there is a lenten community to pray with Pope Francis.

You can also spend Lent with Saint Teresa of Avila, even if she was not there at the foot of the cross, she will have something to teach us about Jesus and to energize our spiritual life in Lent. 

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