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  1 Int, 1     |                              1. The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which
  2 Int, 1     |            civilization turn”.1~The Rosary, though clearly Marian in
  3 Int, 1     |             virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people sits
  4 Int, 1     |            of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant
  5 Int        |                   The Popes and the Rosary~
  6 Int, 2     |            in which he proposed the Rosary as an effective spiritual
  7 Int, 2     |         themselves in promoting the Rosary I would mention Blessed
  8 Int, 2     |         Second Vatican Council, the Rosary's evangelical character
  9 Int, 2     |          frequent recitation of the Rosary. From my youthful years
 10 Int, 2     |             Shrine of Kalwaria. The Rosary has accompanied me in moments
 11 Int, 2     |            I frankly admitted: “The Rosary is my favourite prayer.
 12 Int, 2     |             It can be said that the Rosary is, in some sense, a prayer-commentary
 13 Int, 2     |       embrace in the decades of the Rosary all the events that make
 14 Int, 2     |            the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the rhythm of human
 15 Int, 2(4)  |            Apostolic Epistle on the Rosary Il religioso convegno (29
 16 Int, 2     |             the daily rhythm of the Rosary. Today, as I begin the twenty-fifth
 17 Int, 2     |          Blessed Virgin through the Rosary: Magnificat anima mea Dominum!
 18 Int        |       October 2003: The Year of the Rosary~
 19 Int, 3     |           offer a reflection on the Rosary, as a kind of Marian complement
 20 Int, 3     |          Holy Mother. To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to
 21 Int, 3     |             course of this year the Rosary should be especially emphasized
 22 Int, 3     |        October 2003 the Year of the Rosary. ~I leave this pastoral
 23 Int, 3     |             generous reception. The Rosary, reclaimed in its full meaning,
 24 Int, 3(7)  |             community to recite the Rosary for the success of this
 25 Int        |                   Objections to the Rosary~
 26 Int, 4     |             a certain crisis of the Rosary, which in the present historical
 27 Int, 4     |            lesser importance to the Rosary. Yet, as Pope Paul VI made
 28 Int, 4     |          are some who fear that the Rosary is somehow unecumenical
 29 Int, 4     |           Marian character. Yet the Rosary clearly belongs to the kind
 30 Int, 4     |           properly revitalized, the Rosary is an aid and certainly
 31 Int, 5     |     encouraging the practice of the Rosary is that it represents a
 32 Int, 5     |          schools of prayer”.10 ~The Rosary belongs among the finest
 33 Int, 6     |          also make a revival of the Rosary quite timely. First of all,
 34 Int, 6     |          God the gift of peace. The Rosary has many times been proposed
 35 Int, 6     |         violence, to rediscover the Rosary means to immerse oneself
 36 Int, 6     | Consequently, one cannot recite the Rosary without feeling caught up
 37 Int, 6     |           whole. The revival of the Rosary in Christian families, within
 38 Int, 8     |        Saints who discovered in the Rosary a genuine path to growth
 39 Int, 8     |            an excellent work on the Rosary,12 and, closer to ourselves,
 40 Int, 8     |            As a true apostle of the Rosary, Blessed Bartolo Longo had
 41 Int, 8     |         heart: “Whoever spreads the Rosary is saved!”.13 As a result,
 42 Int, 8(12) |                   The Secret of the Rosary.~
 43 Int, 8     |             to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompei, against the background
 44 Int, 8     |          contemplative heart of the Rosary, and received great encouragement
 45 Int, 8     |          Leo XIII, the “Pope of the Rosary”. ~ ~
 46   1, 11    |            memories were to be the “rosary” which she recited uninterruptedly
 47   1, 11    |            In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community
 48   1        |                                 The Rosary, a contemplative prayer~
 49   1, 12    |                             12. The Rosary, precisely because it starts
 50   1, 12    |          Without contemplation, the Rosary is a body without a soul,
 51   1, 12    |        nature the recitation of the Rosary calls for a quiet rhythm
 52   1, 12    |          out certain aspects of the Rosary which show that it is really
 53   1, 13    |              cf.1Thes 5:17)”.16 The Rosary, in its own particular way,
 54   1, 13    |          action par excellence, the Rosary too, as a “meditation” with
 55   1, 14    |     Contemplating the scenes of the Rosary in union with Mary is a
 56   1, 15    |            spiritual journey of the Rosary, based on the constant contemplation –
 57   1, 15    |             on the mysteries of the Rosary and by living the same life
 58   1, 15    |          conformed to Christ in the Rosary, we entrust ourselves in
 59   1, 15    |      motherhood of the Church. ~The Rosary mystically transports us
 60   1, 15    |          Christ”.22 Never as in the Rosary do the life of Jesus and
 61   1, 16    |             no wine” (Jn 2:3). ~The Rosary is both meditation and supplication.
 62   1, 16(25)|            to the Queen of the Holy Rosary was composed by Blessed
 63   1, 16(25)|             first Encyclical on the Rosary, for the spiritual commitment
 64   1, 16    |       without wings”.26 When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the
 65   1, 17    |                             17. The Rosary is also a path of proclamation
 66   1, 17    |          When the recitation of the Rosary combines all the elements
 67   1, 17    |             way too Our Lady of the Rosary continues her work of proclaiming
 68   1, 17    |          Christ. The history of the Rosary shows how this prayer was
 69   1, 17    |           more have recourse to the Rosary, with the same faith as
 70   1, 17    |            have gone before us? The Rosary retains all its power and
 71   2        |                                 The Rosary, “a compendium of the Gospel”~
 72   2, 18    |             of that mystery”.27~The Rosary is one of the traditional
 73   2, 18    |         redemptive Incarnation, the Rosary is a prayer with a clearly
 74   2, 19    |            few are indicated by the Rosary in the form that has become
 75   2, 19    |         Christological depth of the Rosary it would be suitable to
 76   2, 19    |               Consequently, for the Rosary to become more fully a “
 77   2, 19    |             renewed interest in the Rosary's place within Christian
 78   2, 22    |        source of our salvation. The Rosary selects certain moments
 79   2, 23    |            is the Risen One!”29 The Rosary has always expressed this
 80   2, 23    |             Son and the Mother, the Rosary sets before us the third
 81   2, 24    |     meditation proposed by the Holy Rosary are by no means exhaustive,
 82   2, 24    |             of God” (3:17-19). ~The Rosary is at the service of this
 83   2, 25    |        above, where I described the Rosary as my favourite prayer,
 84   2, 25    |            the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the rhythm of human
 85   2, 25    | anthropological significance of the Rosary, which is far deeper than
 86   2, 25    |           in its true light”.32 The Rosary helps to open up the way
 87   2, 25    |            that each mystery of the Rosary, carefully meditated, sheds
 88   2, 25    |              Ps 55:23). To pray the Rosary is to hand over our burdens
 89   2, 25    |       experience it personally: the Rosary does indeed “mark the rhythm
 90   3        |                                 The Rosary, a way of assimilating the
 91   3, 26    |           Christ is proposed in the Rosary by means of a method designed
 92   3, 26    |             a temptation to see the Rosary as a dry and boring exercise.
 93   3, 26    |            thing, however, when the Rosary is thought of as an outpouring
 94   3, 26    |             love. To understand the Rosary, one has to enter into the
 95   3, 26    |        lives in me” (Gal 2:20). The Rosary helps us to be conformed
 96   3, 28    |            and symbolic nature. The Rosary is situated within this
 97   3, 28    |       requirements. ~In effect, the Rosary is simply a method of contemplation.
 98   3, 28    |            there is a risk that the Rosary would not only fail to produce
 99   3, 29    |            various mysteries of the Rosary. Obviously these mysteries
100   3, 29    |            exhaust its content. The Rosary, therefore, is no substitute
101   3, 29    |       mysteries contemplated in the Rosary, even with the addition
102   3, 29    |         Gospel, especially when the Rosary is prayed in a setting of
103   3, 30    |          God can become part of the Rosary's methodology of repetition
104   3, 31    |            in the recitation of the Rosary it is fitting to pause briefly
105   3, 33    |          substantial element in the Rosary and also the one which makes
106   3, 33    |             of the Hail Mary in the Rosary gives us a share in God'
107   3, 33    |          fruitful recitation of the Rosary. Pope Paul VI drew attention,
108   3, 34    |         given due prominence in the Rosary. In public recitation it
109   3, 35    |            mystery. In this way the Rosary would better express its
110   3, 35    |             on the mysteries of the Rosary, we may come to “imitate
111   3, 35    |       already does. In this way the Rosary can be better adapted to
112   3, 35    |         particularly devoted to the Rosary, so that the People of God
113   3        |                                 The Rosary beads~
114   3, 36    |           for the recitation of the Rosary is the set of beads. At
115   3, 37    |          many ways to introduce the Rosary. In some places, it is customary
116   3, 37    | insufficiency. In other places, the Rosary begins with the recitation
117   3, 37    |             equally legitimate. The Rosary is then ended with a prayer
118   3, 37    |          ecclesial dimension of the Rosary that the Church has seen
119   3, 37    |             prayed in this way, the Rosary truly becomes a spiritual
120   3, 38    |                             38. The Rosary can be recited in full every
121   3, 38    |             more than a part of the Rosary, according to a certain
122   3, 38    |        really important is that the Rosary should always be seen and
123   3, 38    |            of contemplation. In the Rosary, in a way similar to what
124 Con        |                             Blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain linking
125 Con, 39    |           prayer, entrusting to the Rosary, to its choral recitation
126 Con, 39    |         prayer, and Our Lady of the Rosary was acclaimed as the one
127 Con, 40    |          for a brighter future.~The Rosary is by its nature a prayer
128 Con, 40    |             clearly the goal of the Rosary – learns the secret of peace
129 Con, 40    |       succession of Hail Marys, the Rosary has a peaceful effect on
130 Con, 40    |           cf. Jn 14:27; 20.21).~The Rosary is also a prayer for peace
131 Con, 40    |           truly meditative way, the Rosary leads to an encounter with
132 Con, 40    |             our eyes on Christ, the Rosary also makes us peacemakers
133 Con, 40    |         ceaselessly” (Lk 18:1), the Rosary allows us to hope that,
134 Con, 40    |          problems of the world, the Rosary obliges us to see them with
135 Con, 41    |             a prayer for peace, the Rosary is also, and always has
136 Con, 41    |     families, continuing to use the Rosary.~In my Apostolic Letter
137 Con, 41    |         wish to do the same for the Rosary. These two paths of Christian
138 Con, 41    |      heartily the recitation of the Rosary. ~The family that prays
139 Con, 41    |            stays together. The Holy Rosary, by age-old tradition, has
140 Con, 41    |            recitation of the family Rosary means filling daily life
141 Con, 41    |             family that recites the Rosary together reproduces something
142 Con, 42    |   development of children. Does the Rosary not follow the life of Christ,
143 Con, 42    |            and despair.~To pray the Rosary for children, and even more,
144 Con, 42    |          could be objected that the Rosary seems hardly suited to the
145 Con, 42    |            without prejudice to the Rosary's basic structure, there
146 Con, 42    |          remarkable results. If the Rosary is well presented, I am
147 Con        |                                 The Rosary, a treasure to be rediscovered~
148 Con, 43    |     experience of the beauty of the Rosary, may you come to promote
149 Con, 43    |             confidently take up the Rosary once again. Rediscover the
150 Con, 43    |          once again. Rediscover the Rosary in the light of Scripture,
151 Con, 43    |           Longo, the apostle of the Rosary. I willingly make my own
152 Con, 43    |            to the Queen of the Holy Rosary: “O Blessed Rosary of Mary,
153 Con, 43    |             Holy Rosary: “O Blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain which
154 Con, 43    |          sweet name, O Queen of the Rosary of Pompei, O dearest Mother,