The Simplicity of the Rosary

It may seem a little strange that a prayer as simple as the Rosary should be particularly associated with Dominicans. Dominicans are not often thought of as very simple people. (...) But why is this simple prayer so dear to Dominicans? Perhaps it is because at the center of our theological tradition is a longing for simplicity. St Thomas Aquinas said that we cannot understand God because God is utterly simple - simple beyond all our conceptions. There is a false simplicity, which we must leave behind. (...) And there is the true simplicity, the simplicity of heart, the simplicity of the clear eye. And that, we can only arrive at slowly, with God's grace, as we draw near to God's blinding simplicity. The Rosary is indeed simple, very simple. But it has the deep and wise simplicity for which we hunger, and in which we will find peace.