2023-10-07 02:00:00
“Rosary” means “crown of roses” and, as Saint Pius V himself defined it, “it is a most pious way of prayer, available to everyone, which consists of repeating the greeting that the angel gave to Mary; interposing an Our Father between every ten Hail Marys and trying to meditate meanwhile on the life of Our Lord”.
At the dawn of the 21st century, Saint John Paul II – who added the “luminous mysteries” to the prayer of the Holy Rosary – pointed out in his apostolic letter “Rosary of the Virgin Mary” that this Marian prayer “in its simplicity and depth, continues to be also in this barely begun third millennium a prayer of great significance, destined to produce fruits of holiness.” The Rosary is the propitious prayer for these difficult times for the world and the Church.
The Pilgrim Pope concludes his document with this beautiful prayer composed by Blessed Bartholomew Longo, the “Apostle of the Rosary”:
Oh blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain that unites us with God,
bond of love that unites us to the Angels,
tower of salvation against the assaults of hell,
Safe harbor in the common shipwreck, we will never leave you.
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