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Our Lady of Families Sodality Our Lady of Families Sodality “Sodality is a Door to Spirituality & a Channel to Service.” HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC PARISH Prayer Booklet What is Sodality? The Sodality is a group of Catholic individuals with similar ideas who work together in the service of the Church and the world. The objective of the Sodality is to promote a closer relationship with Jesus through adoration and emulation of His Mother. The Sodality provides a channel through which Sodalists speak as a group to bring the Church’s values to issues in religion, education and civic affairs. The Sodality assists each member in fulfilling a personal vocation as a witness for Christ in one’s daily actions and the use of one’s talents on behalf of the Church, the community and the world. As the primary function of the Sodality, this is accomplished through a well-developed prayer life which fosters service in the family, Church and community. The Sodality is organized under two principal missions: Spiritual Life and Apostolic Life, i.e., prayer and service. The suggested prayer life includes daily Mass, the Rosary, Scripture reading, the Liturgy of the Hours, spiritual formation, retreats and days of recollection, and other personal devotions. Apostolic activities include service to the Church and programs that care for the sick, the elderly, the poor, the homeless, important legislation and concern for Christian education. [1] A Brief History of Sodality Midway through the sixteenth century (1563), a young Jesuit priest named Father John Leontius was teaching a small class at the Jesuit College in Rome when one day, around a little altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary, he gathered what seemed to have been his prized pupils. He sketched out a single program that appeared to fit instinctively into precisely the needs of that time when the Church was being persecuted. These young students bound themselves in faith, hope and love to Christ Jesus. As active, militant Catholics, they were to be recognized as followers of Christ by their military zeal, charity and service. They found in Mary the great inspiration to give themselves to the service of Christ. They loved her for what she was and did for the Lord, and showed her special veneration, placing their groups in her loving protection. This was the beginning of the first structured Sodality. Later in the century (1584), Pope Gregory XIII acknowledged the Sodality in the Roman College, and granted it a list of special indulgences. This Sodality was made the Mother Sodality for the world, and was given the title “Prima Primaria.” Sodalities were quickly organized throughout Europe and later in America. About two hundred years later [2] (1751), women and girls were finally admitted to the Society by Pope Benedict XXIV. The Sodality came to North America in 1739 when Pope Clement XII issued a Papal Bull approving the Sodality founded in 1730 at the Ursuline School in New Orleans, Louisiana. George- town University was the site of the first Sodality in the newly formed United States of America. Sodalities exist today in states from coast to coast and internationally in 60 countries, as of 2005. (Excerpt from Manual of the Sodality Union of the ADW.) The Sodality of Our Lady of Families The Sodality of Our Lady of Families was installed as an organization of Holy Family Catholic Church on June 18, 2017 at 9:30 AM Sunday Mass. It was instituted to provide another avenue for parishioners to enhance or develop their prayer life and to attain a closer relationship with Jesus through devotion to his Mother. As a group the Sodalists monthly attend the 9:30 AM Mass on the 4th Sunday from September to December and from February to May. The Rosary is prayed prior to Mass and the General Meeting is held immediately after Mass in the classroom at the Parish Hall. The General Meetings are open [3] to all who wish to attend. Membership is open to all Catholics, women and men. If you are seeking affiliation with an organization that will enhance your prayer life and provide opportunities for service to the Church and community, then come to a meeting or activity so as to explore if the Sodality is for you. If you would like additional information about the Sodality of Our Lady of Families, please leave your name and contact information at the Rectory (301) 249-2266 and you will be contacted by a Sodality member. RECITATION OF THE ROSARY In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Apostles’ Creed I BELIEVE IN GOD, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. / I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. [4] OUR FATHER, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. / Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Recite the Hail Mary on the following three beads for an increase in faith, hope and charity. HAIL MARY, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. / Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen. GLORY BE to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. / As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 1. The Annunciation 1. The Resurrection 1. The Visitation 2. The Ascension 2. The Nativity 3. The Descent of the Holy 3. The Presentation Spirit 4. Finding Jesus in the 4. The Assumption Temple 5. The Coronation THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES 1. Agony in the Garden 1. Baptism of the Lord 2. Scourging at the Pillar 2. The Wedding at Cana 3. Crowning with Thorns 3. Proclamation of the 4. Carrying of the Cross Kingdom of God 5. The Crucifixion 4. The Transfiguration 5. Institution of the Eucharist Fatima Aspiration – O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy. [5] Reflect upon each Mystery and recite the Our Father on the next large bead or the bead that is alone. On each of the ten small beads which follow, recite the Hail Mary. Recite the Glory Be on the space before the next large or solitary bead. The Fatima Aspiration can also be said after the Glory Be. HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. [6] The Angelus The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary… And the Word was made Flesh. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary… Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. The Regina Caeli Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen, as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. Let us pray. [7] O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Immaculate Mary Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing, You reign now in heaven with Jesus, our King. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria, Ave, Ave Maria.
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