Here is one particular way
that you may like to commence your Holy Rosary. It is a devotional means of praying
one’s Rosary in the Divine Will by invoking the Holy Trinity and by uniting
with the Single Fiat of God, along with the Three Fiat’s of Creation, Redemption
and Sanctification. Often we rush or skip the beginning of the Rosary as if
it were merely something to pass quickly over so that we might begin our meditations.
Yet Our Lady gave to us the Rosary the way it is and so it would be foolish to forgo
sections without any reasonable cause. If one attempts the following method
(and even if one does not) it is most suitable to pray at
a gentle but fluid pace with brief pauses of silence in-between prayers.
The unspoken or implied intentions are simply aids to clarify what one might call to mind when reciting the given prayer. It is not practical or necessary to squeeze everything into our conscious attention when praying any vocal prayer, but sometimes it is best to focus on one or a couple of things; or even bearing a general intention to mean what God would want the prayer to mean etc. After all, sometimes the mind is less able to focus due to human weakness, fragility, weariness, and even according to different temperaments. Sometimes the Lord is leading us down a path where the intellect is not able to effectively meditate in a discursive way, in which case we must rest content with singular meditative foci, and a simple loving intent. Not every time we pray private prayer is it necessarily going to be the same. The Spirit will guide us.
The unspoken or implied intentions are simply aids to clarify what one might call to mind when reciting the given prayer. It is not practical or necessary to squeeze everything into our conscious attention when praying any vocal prayer, but sometimes it is best to focus on one or a couple of things; or even bearing a general intention to mean what God would want the prayer to mean etc. After all, sometimes the mind is less able to focus due to human weakness, fragility, weariness, and even according to different temperaments. Sometimes the Lord is leading us down a path where the intellect is not able to effectively meditate in a discursive way, in which case we must rest content with singular meditative foci, and a simple loving intent. Not every time we pray private prayer is it necessarily going to be the same. The Spirit will guide us.
1.
Prayer
before the Rosary
Come O Supreme Will
and pray in our praying; as we pray this Rosary, united with every Rosary that ever has and will be prayed, on behalf of Adam to the last man
2.
Intentions
for the Rosary
For the intentions
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary especially… (name intentions)
3.
Apostles
Creed (cross)
4.
Our
Father… (large bead)
5.
First
Hail Mary (small bead)
Before Hail
Mary: Eternal
Father, with the lips of Thy Beloved Daughter we kiss Thee and Thy Fiat of Creation.
and after/or instead of...
For the grace of peace and purity of heart,
come O Water of Wisdom.
Unspoken and implied intention:
- One fuses (unites in spirit and intention, with an attitude of adoring the Creator) oneself with every work of creation: i.e. every flower, tree, bird, fish and cloud etc. giving thanks and praise to God on behalf of every created thing. We thus serve as the voice of creation, giving praise to God on behalf of the rest of creation that does not have the gift of a will (excepting the angels of course).
- Surrendering the faculty of one's intellect, with all its understandings, to God
6.
Second
Hail Mary (small bead)
Before Hail
Mary: Eternal
Son, with the lips of Thy Beloved Mother we kiss Thee and Thy Fiat of Redemption.
and after/or instead of...
For the grace of Divine Intimacy, come O Blood of Mercy.
Unspoken and implied intention:
- One fuses oneself with every work of redemption: i.e. every event of Jesus' life; every intention and desire held by Jesus; every drop of Blood, all that He did for us etc.
- Surrendering the faculty of one's memory, with all its memories, to God
7.
Third
Hail Mary (small bead)
Before Hail
Mary: Holy Spirit,
with the lips of Thy Beloved Spouse we kiss Thee and Thy Fiat of Sanctification.
and after/or instead of...
For the grace of Living in Divine Will, come O Fire of Love.
Unspoken and implied intention:
- One fuses oneself with every work of sanctification: i.e. every prayer ever prayed; every Mass; every Holy Hour; every Communion and grace received; every act performed in the Divine Will, all works especially attributed to the Holy Spirit etc.
- Surrendering the faculty of one's will, with all its desires, to God
8.
Glory
be… (large bead)
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all the trust
of Mary into Thee; save all souls, purify and humble all hearts, so that all
creation may abide in the Will of our Father. Amen.
Just for this first ‘Glory be’ one might pray the above prayer while praying the usual Fatima
prayer and the invocation to St. Joseph at the end of each other ‘Glory be’ following each decade. Whatever the case, the Fatima prayer comes expressly from Our Lady and I would not personally forgo it.
9.
Meditation
of the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary…
- Meditations on the Joyful Mysteries (Mon, Sat)
- Meditations on the Luminous Mysteries (Thurs)
- Meditations on the Sorrowful Mysteries (Tues, Fri)
- Meditations on the Glorious Mysteries (Wed, Sun)
This is merely one means of
praying at the beginning of the Holy Rosary, there are many varied ways people
may feel inclined or called to do so. Perhaps this method does not suit you and
that is more than fine. Some might find this a useful means of integrating the
Divine Will spirituality into a devotion par excellence: the Holy Rosary.
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