…throughout
the whole Church, October is the month dedicated to the Rosary.
The
Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity
and in its depth. In this prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin
Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth. The whole
Church joins in these words. It can be said that the Rosary is, in a certain
way, a prayer-commentary on the last chapter of the Constitution "Lumen Gentium" of Vatican II, a chapter which deals
with the wonderful presence of the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and
the Church.
In
fact, against the background of the words "Ave Maria" there pass
before the eyes of the soul the main episodes in the life of Jesus Christ. They
are composed altogether of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries, and
they put us in living communion with Jesus through—we could say—his Mother's heart.
At
the same time our heart can enclose in these decades of the Rosary all the
facts that make up the life of the individual, the family, the nation, the
Church and mankind. Personal matters and those of one's neighbor, and
particularly of those who are closest to us, who are dearest to us. Thus the
simple prayer of the Rosary beats the rhythm of human life.
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