Alan de la Roche

 

The way Alan de la Roche came up with the idea of the Mariam Rosary from his dream of  St. Dominic (who had died 250 years ago) claiming receiving instructions from Mary for spreading the rosary to thwart heresy was something not very convincing . The Pope of his era didn't approved it.

Silly Catholics believed him. Alan de la Roche was a popular Dominican priest and a writer. He propagated his own dream-the Mariam Rosary
It was like Mary asking us " you pray to me lah" ..

In my experience, the Hail Mary is said first, then the Our Father's decade. As you pray the Rosary of the Father, you may "feel or see" the Blessed Mother is pleading with the Father on your behalf and that she is urging Him to grant your request.

This person, Alan de la Roche, defrauds millions of Catholics.  He was able to popularise the Mariam Rosary in the western world since he was a well-known priest and author.

Alan Fe la Roche was a Dominican priest.  Although called blessed, he was never officially beatified.

Alan's works on the rosary were printed after his death by J. A. Coppenstein, OP (B. Alanus de Rupe Redivivus, Freiburg 1619), but this edition exhibits a worked-over text and is uncritical and incomplete. Alan gave the Hail Mary, which existed in various forms, the precise form in which it became popular. He divided 150 Ave's into three series of 50, introduced the Our Father before each 10, and treated in accompanying articles or statements the mysteries of the birth, Passion, and glory of Christ. In 1470 he founded at Douai the first Confraternity of the Rosary.

How did the Mariam Rosary came about?

Alan de la Roche was responsible for establishing the devotion of the Rosary in the western Europe.   Two and half centuries after St. Dominic's death (in 1208 ), a Dominican priest named Alan de la Roche in a dream, he dreamt that St. Dominic , the founder of the Dominican order had been given the mission to teach the Rosary devotion by Our Lady in Prouille, France. I can't believe Catholics can accept this

Then again Alan de la Roche claimed as follows.  I couldn't believe millions could accept these nonsense...

1. "One day when he [Blessed Alan] was saying Mass, Our Lord, who wished to spur him on to preach the holy rosary, spoke to him in the Sacred Host: "How can you crucify me again so soon?" Jesus said. "What did you say, Lord?" asked Blessed Alan, horrified. "You crucified me once before by your sins," answered Jesus, "and I would willingly be crucified again rather than have my Father offended by the sins you used to commit. You are crucifying me again now because you have all the learning and understanding that you need to preach my mother's rosary, and you are not doing so. If you only did this you could teach many souls the right path and lead them away from sin - but you are not doing it."

2. Our Lady also spoke to Blessed Alan, imploring him to preach her Rosary:

"You were a great sinner in your youth," she said, "but I obtained the grace of your conversion from my Son. Had such a thing been possible I would have liked to have gone through all kinds of suffering to save you because converted sinners are a glory to me. And I would have done this also to make you worthy of preaching the rosary far and wide."

3. Finally, St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominicans (and of the Rosary), appeared to him, too, urging Blessed Alan to renew this devotion because preaching the Rosary will bear fruit and will save souls:

4. Saint Dominic appeared to Blessed Alan as well and told him of the great results of his [own] ministry: he [St. Dominic] had preached the holy rosary unceasingly, his sermons had borne great fruit and many people had been converted during his missions. He said to Blessed Alan, "See the wonderful results I have had through preaching the holy rosary! You and all those who love Our Lady ought to do the same so that, by means of this holy practice of the rosary, you may draw all people to the real science of the virtues."
5. After experiencing these visions, Blessed Alan made the renewal of the Rosary devotion his mission in life. He now understood the power of the Rosary as a means, not only to renew the Dominican Order, but to renew the world.

But Blessed Alan also understood the power of the Rosary to help rescue the Holy Souls in Purgatory. According to St. Alphonsus Liguori:

Blessed Alan writes that many of the [Dominican] brethren had appeared to them while reciting the rosary, and had declared that next to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass there was no more powerful means than the rosary to help the suffering souls [in purgatory]. Numerous souls were released daily who otherwise would have been obliged to remain in purgatory for years.

As a Dominican priest whose Order was established by St. Dominic, I got the impression that he craved attention.

Alan Fe la Roche was a Dominican priest.  Although called blessed, he was never officially beatified.

Alan's works on the rosary were printed after his death by J. A. Coppenstein, OP (B. Alanus de Rupe Redivivus, Freiburg 1619), but this edition exhibits a worked-over text and is uncritical and incomplete. Alan gave the Hail Mary, which existed in various forms, the precise form in which it became popular. He divided 150 Ave's into three series of 50, introduced the Our Father before each 10, and treated in accompanying articles or statements the mysteries of the birth, Passion, and glory of Christ. In 1470 he founded at Douai the first Confraternity of the Rosary.