The Virgin Mary answers the anguished questions of our postmodern culture

For many of our contemporaries, the temptation is strong to dismiss the legitimate devotion to Mary as outdated and obsolete. According to some, Marian piety conveys a simplistic, rather emotional faith, marked by superstition or a dolorous, St. Sulpician sensibility, a faith devoid of reason, which takes refuge in religious sentimentalism.

Devotion to the Mother of God is not an outdated piety. The Rosary, in particular, as Pope John Paul II wrote, “in its simplicity and depth (...) remains, even in the third millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined to bear fruits of holiness”.

In frequenting the Virgin Mary, we discover a vision of mankind and salvation history that offers a pertinent response to the anguished questions of our postmodern culture.

Dominique Rey, Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

Le Mystère du Rosaire, Editions de l'Emmanuel, Paris, 2008, page 5