Maria Rosa Mystica

Maria Rosa Mystica Diocesan Devotion

Summary of devotion

The devotion of Maria Rosa Mystica consists of leading a life of prayer, penance, and sacrifice for our priests and religious. The image of the Rosa Mystica has three roses in the chest of our Virgin Mary, one white, one yellow and one red. Each rose in Mary’s image has a meaning:

• White = Prayer
       Pray the Rosary and Adoration. Pray for others.

• Yellow/Gold = Penance
      Reparation, repentance of sins. Sacrament of reconciliation.

• Red = Sacrifice
      The act of giving up something in reparation for sins committed against

  the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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These three roses (prayer, penance, and sacrifice) are to relieve the pain inflicted by three piercing swords caused by consecrated souls betraying their vows, being in mortal sin, and abandoning their vows all together.

The devotion to Maria Rosa Mystica calls for the following:

• A pilgrim statute with novena prayers

• A special observance on the 13th of each month

• An hour of reparation from noon to 1 pm on December 8th, the Feast of the

  Immaculate Conception

• A special celebration on July 13th, the Rosa Mystica Feast Day

• Celebration of the Eucharist on October 13

Pilgrim Statues

A key component of the devotion is an especially blessed Rosa Mystica (RM) statue that travels from home to home for a nine-day novena. The novena consists of a rosary, RM novena prayers and litany prayers. This novena is geared towards the reparations, protection and strengthening of consecrated souls and more specifically, our priests. Many graces and blessings will be bestowed upon the diocese that hosts the pilgrim statute, including growth in vocations and holy priests.

For more information, please email mariarosamysticaevv@gmail.com and request the pilgrim statute instructions manual.

Observance of 13th of every month

The 13th of each month, a day of Marian prayer with a special solemnity should be celebrated. It is recommended that this be held in a Church within the diocese (or several churches if the diocese covers a large territory). The format for these celebrations is as follows:

• Have the pilgrim statue or any other Rosa Mystica statue

• If possible, start with Mass

• Pray the Rosary and Novena prayers used with Pilgrim Statue. If the Pilgrim

  Statue is being used at the Church, use the prayers for the day of the Novena the statue is currently at. If not, default to Day 1.

   

Celebration on July 13th of each year

Our Lady Maria Rosa Mystica has requested that an annual feast day for this devotion be celebrated on the 13th of July each year. On this day it is customary to bring the pilgrim statue or another special Rosa Mystica Statue in procession to a shrine, Church or Cathedral and celebrate the Feast Day. If possible, it would bring great benefit to have the diocese’s Bishop preside the Mass and consecrate all vocations to Maria Rosa Mystica.

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Hour of Reparation on December 8th

Great spiritual fruits are derived from the celebration on December 8th, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, where our Lady has asked for what she called “an hour of grace, penitence and prayer” in favor of conversions, especially for religious souls. The MRM devotion calls for followers to dedicate the hour from noon to 1 pm to pray, preferably in front of the Blessed Sacrament, for the conversion and protection of consecrated souls.

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Celebration of Eucharist on October 13th

October 13th should be celebrated as the world-wide day of the Repairing Communion.

For more information on feast days, please email mariarosamysticaevv@gmail.com and request additional details.

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The Maria Rosa Mystica Knights is a lay association started in Evansville, Indiana with the purpose of developing and spreading this devotion throughout the Evansville diocese and beyond. If you would like to bring this devotion to your parish or diocese, please contact us by sending an email to mariarosamysticaevv@gmail.com

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