The Seven Rejoices of Mary

The images do not exactly depict what is in the lyrics; rather, the form of the Seven Joys of Our Lady that is usually prayed:
i. The Annunciation by the Angel Gabriel
ii. The Visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth
iii. The Birth of Christ
iv. The Adoration of the Magi
v. The Finding of Jesus in the temple
vi. The Resurrection of Christ
vii. The Assumption of Mary into heaven

It was the Franciscans who encouraged the devotion to the Seven Joys or Seven Delights of Mary; thus, the Rosary (Chaplet) of the Seven Joys is also called the Franciscan Crown.

Additional info from Fr. Patrick Shaughnessy, OSB, STD:

"The use of this rosary was begun in the Order of St. Francis in 1422. It is said that a certain novice, before joining the Order, was accustomed to place a crown on a statue of the Blessed Virgin. When he was not allowed to continue this practice he resolved to leave the Order. Then Mary appeared to him and dissuaded him, telling him he could offer a much more pleasing crown by reciting a rosary of 7 decades in honor of her Seven Joys. This is the most highly indulgenced of all the types of rosaries.

The Franciscan Rosary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary is composed of seven decades of 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Marys each. At the end 2 Hail Marys are added, and is concluded with the Our Father and Hail Mary. The last Our Father and Hail Mary are said for the intention of the Pope in order to gain the indulgence. The 72 Hail Marys commemorate the seventy-two years the Blessed Virgin Mary is supposed to have lived on earth. The seven decades need not be recited at once, but the single decades may be separated provided that the whole Rosary is said on the same day. It is not necessary to meditate on the mysteries of this Rosary, it suffices to say the single decades in honor of the respective mystery."

Albeit it is said that that, "It is not necessary to meditate on the mysteries of this Rosary, it suffices to say the single decades in honor of the respective mystery", I think it would be more lovely if you do so otherwise.

More on the Seven Joys:
http://franciscan-sfo.org/sts/S0826sj...

Feast of the 7 Joys:
Aug. 26 (Traditional)
May 7

Mirakli Ewkaristici - Bolsena/Orvieto

Holy Mary, the Spouse of the Holy Spirit !

 



NITOLBU FLIMKIEN....EJJA SPIRTU QADDIS, EJJA PERMEZZ TAL-INTERCESSJONI QAWWIJA TAL-QALB IMMAKULATA TA' MARIJA, L-GHARUSA MAHBUBHA TIEGHEK

WE PRAY....COME HOLY SPIRIT, COME BY THE POWERFUL INTERCESSION OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, YOUR BELOVED SPOUSE


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TALBA LIT-TRINITÀ QADDISA - IL-MISSIER, L-IBEN U L-ISPIRTU S-SANTU

 

TALBA LIT-TRINITÀ QADDISA   

IL-MISSIER, L-IBEN U L-ISPIRTU S-SANTU

 

Missier hanin, Alla ta’ mhabba bla qies, f’gieh Ibnek il-Wahdieni li sar ghalina bniedem bhalna, ghex fostna, bata, miet u rxoxta ghas-sahha u l-fidwa taghna, u bil-qawwa ta’ l-Ispirtu s-Santu dawl u tama taghna, isma’ nitolbuk it-talb umli taghna, ahna midinbin niedma, u aghti:-
 

Il-fejqan lil min hu marid u s-sahha lil min idur bil-morda; il-ferh u l-hajja lill-anzjani, u l-hlewwa u s-sabar lili min jiehu hsiebhom; il-hila u t-tjieba lit-tobba li jfejquna, u lil kull min ghandu xi professjoni ohra fil-hajja ghas-servizz taghna; it-tama lil min qata’ xi ftit qalbu mis-soluzzjonijiet li joffru l-bnedmin; il-helsien veru u l-bidla lil dawk li jinsabu f’xi facilita’ korrettiva, u l-imhabba lil dawk li jghinu lil persuni b’xi dizabilita’. Lil dawk li waslu fl-ahhar jiem tal-hajja, aghtihom il-farag ta’ mewta tajba, u lill-ohrajn li diga hallewna u ltaqghu mal-hniena tieghek, aghtihom nitolbuk il-mistrieh ta’ dejjem.
 

Ieqaf, O Alla taghna, mal-Knisja tieghek, mal-Papa, l-Isqfijiet, u s-Sacerdoti, kif ukoll ma’ l-erwieh ghalik ikkonsagrati. Sahhah il-fidi taghna l-imghammdin u heggeg lil dawk hutna impenjati ghalik. Bierek lil Malta u ‘l Ghawdex taghna u l-isqfijiet li jmexxu dawn id-djocesijiet gheziez taghna. Bierek lil President, lill-Parlament, lill-qrati, lill-partiti, u l-ghaqdiet kollha taghna. Kattar fostna l-ghaqda u s-sliem u zomm ‘l boghod minna kull forma ta’ mard, guh, dizgrazzji, glied u firda. Sahhah fil-ghaqda u l-ferh lill-familji kollha taghna u ara lill-familja maltija tibqa’ dejjem dak li kienet ….il-familja nisranija.
 

Saffi l-imhabba ta’ bejn l-gharrajjes u l-mizzewgin; kabbar fihom il-hila tad-djalogu u l-ftehim, ftehim bejniethom, ma wliedhom, ma qrabathom, u mal-girien taghhom biex jaghrfu jghixu fil-paci u jghinu fis-sahha ta’ xulxin. Regga lura ghall-mahfra u l-ftehim lil dawk kollha miggieldin, u ghaqqad mill-gdid lill-mifrudin. Ibghat trabi b’sahhithom lil dawk li m’ghandhomx u aghti s-sahha lil ommijiet tqal biex iwasslu sa l-ahhar u jwelldu fil-ferh meta jaslilhom il-waqt Kun ma’ dawk il-genituri li jhossuhom ddisappuntati. Kattar il-fidi, it-tama u l-imhabba fill-mizzewgin godda u ehlishom mill-bizgha tal-futur.
 

Mulej, Alla taghna, aghtina hafna vokazzjonijiet tajbin u zommhom shah fis-sejha sa’ l-ahhar. Ieqaf mas-sacerdoti taghna biex jamministrawlna s-Sagramenti u l-Liturgija bil-qalb u jwasslulna l-Kelma tieghek bil-kuragg b’mod car u prattiku. Ahfer lil min hu niedem u igbed lejn qalbek lil midinbin kollha. Wassal ghall-qdusija lil dawk kollha li jridu jhobbuk u jaqduk bla qies u bla ebda kundizzjoni. Aghmel kuragg lit-tajbin biex ma jibzghux jixhduk quddiem kulhadd. Aghti s-serhan lil min hu mifni bit-tigrib, bit-tentazzjonijiet, bl-iskrupli, u ixghel dawl gdid lil min tilef il-fidi, tbieghed mill-Knisja u ma jridx jaf aktar bik.
 

Filwaqt li norbtu r-rieda taghna mar-rieda qaddisa tieghek, ilqa’ nitolbuk Mulej it-tifhir ckejken taghna u t-tajjeb zghir u l-gid li llum stajna ghamilna mal-proxxmu taghna ghalik. Ohloq ix-xoghol ghal min hu qieghed, jew li xoghol ghandu fiti. Bieghed lill-haddiema taghna minn kull dizgrazzja u minn kull inkwiet bla bzonn fuq ix-xoghol, l-aktar lil dawk li jkollhom jahdmu fil-periklu biex jaqdu lilna u lill-pajjiz, u lil dawk li jkollhom ukoll jiccahdu mill-mistrieh tal-hadd u tal-Festi biex ikomplu is-servizz taghhom ghall-htigijiet taghna. Mulej ipporvdi ghixien xieraq lil min mhux ilahhaq mal-hajja, ara Int il-problemi taghna u aghtina Int is-soluzzjoni ghalihom.
 

Liz-zghar u liz-zghazagh taghna, kabbarhom fil-ferh, fis-sahha, fit-tieba u fit-twemmin. Ghin ukoll lill-istudenti taghna u ‘l min jghallimhom biex jirnexxu fl-ezamijiet u jimxu ‘l quddiem fil-hajja. Ibghat Int sieheb tajjeb jew siehba tajba lil min qed ifittex l-imhabba fil-fidi u fis-sewwa. Lil min ihossu wahdu, ibghatlu hbieb tajba u li fihom isib tezor u jressquh lejk. Sabbar lir-romol kollha kif ukoll lil dawk li tilfu lil xi hadd ghaziz ghalihom u li huma kienu tant habbew.
 

Nehhi, O Alla, minn mohh kulhadd il-hsibijiet koroh tal-qtil, tal-abort, tal-ewtenasja, tas-serq, tad-divorzju, ta’ l-infedelta’, u ta’ kull dnub u ta’ kull hazen iehor. Nitolbuk trazzan lix-xitan u taghti qawwa kbira lil kull min hu ivvizzjat biex jaghmel rebha shiha fuq il-vizzju tieghu, rebha fuq id-droga, id-dagha, ix-xorb, il-loghob ghall-flus, is-sess barra minn postu, it-tipjip bla qies, u l-bqija. Aghti nitolbuk Mulej, nifs gdid lil min saritlu xi ingustizzja fil-hajja, min kien imwarrab, imweggha, malafamat, imsawwat jew ukoll gie abbuzat. Ferrah lil min mhux ikkalkolat jew mhux apprezzat, lil min hu mifhum hazin jew mitluq u abbandonat.

Ghin lil dawk kollha li jiehdu post il-genituri fit-trobbija tat-tfal, fosthom dawk in-nanniet, ir-religjuzi, u l-ghaqdiet taghna li joffru dan is-servizz. Ipprovdi edukazzjoni tajba ghal kulhadd.
 

U int, o Marija, Qaddejja tar-rieda t’Alla u Ghajnuna taghna l-Insara, ghina naghrfu r-rieda t’Alla w ghallimna naghmluha u nhallu f’idejh. Missier, jekk jista’ jkun bieghed minna dan il-kalci, dan is-salib; ghalik, Missier, kollox jista’ jkun u m’hemm xejn li ma’ jistax ikun, b’dankollu, mhux dak li rridu ahna, ‘ma biss dak li trid Int, Missier, ikun fina dejjem maghmul! Ammen.

Miktuba minn Dun Frans Zammit, Salesjan ta’ Dun Bosco, bis-sehem tas-semmiegha tieghu fuq Radju Marija – 2008. Tinkiseb mill-Librerija Taghlim Nisrani, 81, Dingli Street, Sliema.
http://www.salesjani.org/content/talba_lit_trinita_qaddisa_il_missier_l_iben_u_l_ispirtu_s_santu

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