Apologetical Rosary - understanding indulgences from Scripture

The Apologetical Rosary

You can use
this learning Rosary
when you're exercising
on a treadmill. Just put your
smartphone on the 
book ledge and read along 
as you exercise.

Use the little checkbox

to keep track of your progress.

See the examples below:

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Intention:
By praying this decade, 

may God open our hearts
and minds
to a fuller understanding
of the Doctrines of the Catholic Church.

With the Crucifix
make the Sign of the Cross.

And, since this is

a learning prayer,

let us make the 

Triple Sign:

May the Word of God

be ever on my mind

 (touch the crucifix to your forehead

then your nose

then your your left cheek

then your right cheek) 

On my lips

(touch your nose

your chin

the left corner of your mouth

then the right corner of your mouth)

and in my heart

(cross your heart)

In the name

of the Father,

of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit

(Finish with 

the regular sign 

of the Cross 

i.e. forehead, chest, shoulders)

and still on the Crucifix
pray the Apostle's 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;
the third day
He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God,
the Father almighty;
from thence He shall 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.

On the first big bead
pray the Our Father:

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.

On the next three beads
pray three Hail Mary's:

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 death.
Amen.

For faith:
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith
it is impossible
to please him: ....

Hail Mary...

For hope:
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope:....

Hail Mary...


For love:
Romans 13:10
....love is the fulfilling of the law.

Hail Mary...

On the next big bead
 pray the Glory Be:

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.

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Our Protestant
brethren often
 ask where we
find indulgences
in Scripture.

Indulgences are the
graces which are stored
up in heaven
for the Saints

2 Macc 12:
[45] And because he
considered that they
who had fallen asleep
with godliness,
had great grace
 laid up for them.
[46] It is therefore
a holy and wholesome
thought to pray
for the dead,
that they may
be loosed from sins.

still on the big bead:

Our Father...

First reason:

There is a 
treasury in 
heaven

Matthew 6
20 But lay up
for yourselves
treasures in heaven,
where neither moth
 nor rust doth
corrupt, and where
thieves do not
break through nor steal:
21 For where your
treasure is, there
will your heart be also.

Hail Mary...

Second:

These treasures
are worth more
than gold

Mark 12
43 And he called
unto him his
disciples, and saith
unto them,
Verily I say unto you,
That this poor widow
hath cast more in,
than all they which
 have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did
cast in of their
abundance; but she of
her want did
cast in all that
she had, even
all her living.

Hail Mary...



Third:

We build up
this treasure
by our good deeds

Matthew 19:21
Jesus said unto him,
If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that
thou hast, and give
to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and
come and follow me.

Hail Mary...



Fourth:

We build up 
this treasure
in heaven
when we give 
money to the
Church

Luke 11:41
But rather give
alms of such things
as ye have; and,
behold, all things
 are clean unto you.

Hail Mary…



Fifth:

And we can
give this grace
one to another

1 Peter 4:10
As every man
hath received the gift,
even so minister
 the same one to another,
 as good stewards
of the manifold
grace of God.

Hail Mary...



Sixth:
And the Church
is in charge
of this treasury

Matthew 16
19 And I will give
unto thee the keys
of the kingdom
of heaven:
and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven:
 and whatsoever thou
shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.

Hail Mary...

Seventh:

These treasures
or graces 
will be applied to
us on the day 
of judgment

1 Cor 3
11 For other foundation
can no man lay
than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man
 build upon this
foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood,
hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work
shall be made manifest:
 for the day shall declare it,
 because it shall be
 revealed by fire;
and the fire shall
try every man's work
of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work
abide which he
 hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work
shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss:
 but he himself
shall be saved;
yet so as by fire.

Hail Mary...

Eighth:

They shall be 
applied to us
by Christ, 
the Just Judge

Revelation 22:12
And, behold, I
come quickly; and
my reward is with me,
to give every man
according as his
work shall be.

Hail Mary...

Ninth:

Those who 
honor the Saints
will receive the 
grace of the Saints

Matthew 10:41
He that receiveth
a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall
receive a prophet's reward;
 and he that receiveth
a righteous man
in the name of a
righteous man
shall receive a righteous
man's reward.

Hail Mary…



Tenth:

For we are 
one body
in Christ

1 Cor 12
25 That there should
be no schism
in the body;
but that the members
should have the same
care one for another.
26 And whether
one member suffer,
all the members
suffer with it; or
one member be honored,
 all the members rejoice
 with it.

Hail Mary...



On the next big bead

Glory Be...

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To conclude:

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 vale 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!

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy
 of the promises of Christ.

On the Crucifix,
end with  the Sign of the Cross:

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