very little hope for the future. Meditating on the mysteries, praying the “Our Fathers” and the “Hail Marys” gave them hope, grace, courage, and perseverance. The Rosary was the only method these persecuted [...] practice of the Faith, it is an assured path to greater holiness and love, the saints all promote it, and Mary herself promises that it will help us in our problems and sorrows, as we make our way to the Father’s [...] practical relationship with the Church. Enlisting the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this ongoing effort will ensure the graces we need to be missionary disciples of our Lord Jesus

ted her. "Do you know any others? Can you say another one?" he asked her. The child began the "Hail Mary," but the pastor interrupted her. "That one is not a prayer, because you mustn't pray to a woman [...] the pastor encouraged her this time. However, when she arrived to the words "was born of the Virgin Mary", the child sighed in annoyance and said, "There she is again! What am I to do?" The pastor later [...] two pennies, sent her home and returned to his own abode very upset. There she is again, that Virgin Mary, even in the Creed, which he had recited so many times without noticing the words he was pronouncing

into the Queen of Heaven, and said to him, "Trust me. I will save you." John awoke, recited one Hail Mary with enthusiasm and felt consoled. He walked to be hanged with a firm step. He promised the Good [...] Good Mother to give up soldiering, if she delivered him from this terrible fate... He did not doubt Mary's help for one moment. John, in the gallows, declared his innocence. And added, "I have confidence [...] hands, which he had found in the captain's tent. The latter was condemned and executed on the spot. Mary was trustworthy to her promise. John also kept his word. He gave up his life of soldiering and went

healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." 8. The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a biblical meditation [...] school of Mary, the lamp of faith may shine ever more in the hearts and homes of Christians. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, taken from speeches for the opening and the closing of the Month of Mary, May 3rd [...] meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary. Everywhere this beautiful prayer, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary accompanies and consoles her people, is shared and transmitted. This is what Pope Emeritus Benedict

healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." … The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a Biblical meditation [...] one of the most eloquent signs of love that the young generation nourish for Jesus and His Mother, Mary. In the current world, so dispersive, this prayer helps to put Christ at the center, as the Virgin [...] moments of salvation history are relived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. With Mary the heart is oriented towards the mystery of Jesus. Christ is put at the center of our life, of our

us be honest, it cannot even be said that every Dutch Catholic knows the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary, even if many do still know them). But it is also a profound and meditative prayer. When we pray [...] mysteries… In truth, we look at the life of Jesus, we contemplate it, we consider it with the eyes of Mary, which gives great added value to this meditation on the life of Jesus – with her own eyes, with her

pastor said, "I prayed the Rosary awkwardly and without faith, asking God for forgiveness every ten Hail Marys in case he didn't like my way of praying." The same day, Fernando Casanova was able to see his [...] it. For the newly converted young man, praying the rosary was still hard to do. But as he looked at Mary, he told her that he was ready to do so and asked her for two things: that he could be reconciled

prayer for conversions is the Rosary, according to Father Walshe, because when we pray the many Hail Mary’s of the Rosary, we ask Our Lady to pray for us now and at the hour of our death. “That’s pretty [...] pray for the conversions of ourselves and for others.” There was a holy nun named Venerable Sister Mary Potter (1847-1913) who founded a religious order dedicated to prayer for the dying. “There is none [...] salutary for the saving of souls and people in heaven,” she wrote in her book, Devotion for the Dying: Mary’s Call to her Loving Children. Potter recommended offering sacrifices and putting sinners into the

of Guadalupe.” In this way, the organizers hoped to match a state or protectorate to each of the Hail Marys in a five-decade rosary. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe was chosen for a few reasons. First

any house. Prayer is the thread that binds us to Heaven, and the prayer that patiently prays one Hail Mary after another is almost an umbilical cord with which our Heavenly Mother keeps us alive here and [...] they needed a gesture of hope. So with the Sisters we made an enormous rosary, which is our prayer to Mary to ask her for her help in this moment of difficulty.” The famous gospel song tells us to “Go tell