We have been praying it ever since

My family has been saying the Rosary daily ever since my daughter, Cecilia, was nine years old. I was the editor of the National Catholic Register when she said, “Dad, in the paper you keep talking about how important it is to pray the Rosary. So why don’t we ever do it?’

Ouch.

We have been praying it ever since, and are so grateful that we have. 

We have found over the years that when we pray the Rosary, we grow closer and stronger as a family. The Rosary stops a busy family in its tracks, quiets the world’s noise, gathers us together and focuses us on God and not ourselves. This does wonders for a family psychologically and emotionally. But it does far more.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, when John Paul II called for daily rosaries for peace. In his letter on the Rosary, he added a new, urgent petition for daily rosaries: For the family, under attack worldwide.

The Rosary has proven its power, from the Battle of Lepanto to the collapse of the Soviet Union. 

Even when it is a chore, it’s worth doing. For ourselves, and for the whole world. Every day.

Aleteia