October 26 - Beatification of Bartolo Longo, apostle of the Rosary, by John Paul II, who quotes him five times in his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae

“By meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, we can become similar to Jesus and Mary”

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In the spiritual journey of the Rosary, based on the constant contemplation – in Mary's company – of the face of Christ, this demanding ideal of being conformed to him is pursued through an association which could be described in terms of friendship. We are thereby enabled to enter naturally into Christ's life and as it were to share his deepest feelings. In this regard Blessed Bartolo Longo has written: “Just as two friends, frequently in each other's company, tend to develop similar habits, so too, by holding familiar converse with Jesus and the Blessed Virgin, by meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary and by living the same life in Holy Communion, we can become, to the extent of our lowliness, similar to them and can learn from these supreme models a life of humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience and perfection”.

Saint John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (On the Most Holy Rosary)  #15, October 2002

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