The Catholic weapon that can restore America
Beginning October 7, Eternal Christendom will lead a yearlong Rosary campaign for the conversion of cultural leaders who are fallen away Catholics and non-Catholic Christians. Join us as we reclaim the culture for Christ.
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FAQs
Who will you be praying for in the Great Rosary Campaign?
Why are you beginning the Great Rosary Campaign on October 7?
Why pray the Rosary?
The Rosary is the prayer most recommended by the Catholic Church to Her children for both their own salvation, and the salvation of others. Not only has it been recommended by countless Saints and Popes, but by Our Lady Herself, who originally gave the Rosary to St. Dominic, and has asked Catholics to pray it in multiple apparitions, particularly at Her appearance in Fatima, Portugal in 1917.
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Is the Rosary biblical?
Yes, the Rosary is profoundly biblical. Through a series of prayers, the Rosary helps us contemplate the Mysteries of Our Lord’s life, and thus of our own redemption. The two most frequent prayers in the Rosary—the “Our Father,” and the “Hail Mary”—are directly from Scripture. The “Hail Mary,” which recounts the moment of the Incarnation of Our Lord in the flesh, was traditionally prayed 150 times in all fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, to match the number of Psalms (the Rosary was sometimes called “Our Lady’s Psalter”). With the 3 “Hail Marys” prayed at the beginning of the Rosary, the total number reaches 153, which many have connected with St. John’s recounting of the number of fish dragged into shore by St. Peter, representing the number of souls brought into the Church prior to Our Lord’s return (John 21:11).
The Mysteries themselves are divided into four groups: the Joyful Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Glorious Mysteries.
The Joyful Mysteries recount the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, and the Finding of Jesus in the Temple by Mary and Joseph.
The Luminous Mysteries recount Our Lord’s Baptism, the Wedding in Cana, the Proclamation of the Kingdom of God and Call to Repentance, Our Lord’s Transfiguration, and the Institution of the Eucharist.
The Sorrowful Mysteries recount Our Lord’s Agony in the Garden, His Scourging at the Pillar, His Crowning with Thorns, His Carrying of the Cross, and His Crucifixion and Death.
Finally, the Glorious Mysteries recount Our Lord’s Resurrection, Our Lord’s Ascension into Heaven, the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Assumption of Our Lady, and the Coronation of Our Lady as Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Is the Great Rosary Campaign based on anything in the Bible?
Yes! In fact, in many ways it is directly inspired by Our Lady being the New Ark of the Covenant.
Many of us know about the Battle of Jericho recounted in the Bible (Joshua 6). To achieve victory in that battle, God asked the Israelites to march around Jericho with the Ark of the Covenant for seven days. On the seventh, the priests blew the trumpets, and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down.
We will do the same, but this time with Our Lady, the New Ark of the Covenant, and for the sake of the conversion of souls. Each week, beginning on Sunday, we will pray for a new person or group for seven days. We will do so with the hope that on the seventh day, Saturday–traditionally associated with Our Lady–those we are praying for will receive great graces, and the walls that have been preventing their conversion will come tumbling down.
Eternal Christendom talks a lot about the Church Fathers, and intellectual arguments for the Catholic Faith. Why a prayer campaign?
This apostolate exists to cultivate Saints, Sages, and Statesmen through the Great Tradition. While we often do that through intellectual arguments and beauty, we believe prayer and penance are vital to evangelism and apologetics.
The Great Tradition contains more than just the great classics. It contains the great wisdom of the spiritual life modeled for us by so many great souls for two millennia. We can present endless arguments, and create beautiful works that communicate the truths of the Catholic Faith. But it is ultimately God Himself who empowers a soul to see and choose the truth.
He asks us to cooperate in His redemptive work through prayer and sacrifice, through a spiritual life lived in intimate union with Him, for the salvation of souls. We are called to both “always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you” (1 Pet. 3:15), as well as offer “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings…for all men,” and particularly “for kings and all who are in high positions” (1 Tim. 2:1-2).
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About Eternal Christendom
Eternal Christendom is a Catholic apostolate that evangelizes and defends the faith by cultivating Saints, Sages, and Statesmen through the Great Tradition. Rooted in a deep love for the Church and its traditions, Eternal Christendom seeks to strengthen the faith of Catholics while reaching out to non-Catholics with the fullness of the Gospel. Through initiatives like The Great Rosary Campaign, Eternal Christendom seeks to remind people that evangelism and apologetics is not just about winning souls through arguments, but through prayer, penance, and the spiritual life–particularly devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Rosary.