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 1 Int, 1 |            the Spirit of God, is a prayer loved by countless Saints
 2 Int, 1 |           this third millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined
 3 Int, 1 |          at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its
 4 Int, 2 |           great importance to this prayer. Worthy of special note
 5 Int, 2 |         many statements about this prayer, in which he proposed the
 6 Int, 2 |        From my youthful years this prayer has held an important place
 7 Int, 2 |         The Rosary is my favourite prayer. A marvellous prayer! Marvellous
 8 Int, 2 |     favourite prayer. A marvellous prayer! Marvellous in its simplicity
 9 Int, 2 |     dearest to us. Thus the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the
10 Int, 4 |          clear, not only does this prayer not conflict with the Liturgy,
11 Int, 5 |            above all in the art of prayer”.9 Inasmuch as contemporary
12 Int, 5 |         become “genuine schools of prayer”.10 ~The Rosary belongs
13 Int, 5 |          is a typically meditative prayer, corresponding in some way
14 Int, 5 |  corresponding in some way to the “prayer of the heart” or “Jesus
15 Int, 5 |            of the heart” or “Jesus prayer” which took root in the
16 Int    |                                    Prayer for peace and for the family~
17 Int, 6 |       predecessors and myself as a prayer for peace. At the start
18 Int, 6 |            need for commitment and prayer arises in relation to another
19 Int, 7 |         exercise through this same prayer that maternal concern to
20 Int, 7 |         this form of contemplative prayer. I would mention in particular,
21   1    |            Rosary, a contemplative prayer~
22   1, 12|          exquisitely contemplative prayer. Without this contemplative
23   1, 13|           while they are called to prayer in common, must also go
24   1, 13|            panorama of “ceaseless” prayer. If the Liturgy, as the
25   1, 16|            basis for this power of prayer is the goodness of the Father,
26   1, 16|            2-3).~In support of the prayer which Christ and the Spirit
27   1, 16|        maternal intercession. “The prayer of the Church is sustained
28   1, 16|         Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary”.23 If Jesus, the
29   1, 16|        Mediator, is the Way of our prayer, then Mary, his purest and
30   1, 16|           Churches developed their prayer to the Holy Mother of God,
31   1, 16|            supplication. Insistent prayer to the Mother of God is
32   1, 17|          the Rosary shows how this prayer was used in particular by
33   2, 18|          experience of silence and prayer offers the proper setting
34   2, 18|     traditional paths of Christian prayer directed to the contemplation
35   2, 18|          these words: “As a Gospel prayer, centred on the mystery
36   2, 18|       Incarnation, the Rosary is a prayer with a clearly Christological
37   2, 19|    determined by the origin of the prayer, which was based on the
38   2, 19|            essential aspect of the prayer's traditional format, is
39   2, 24|     Ephesians makes this heartfelt prayer for all the baptized: “May
40   2, 25|         the Rosary as my favourite prayer, I used an idea to which
41   2, 25|         said then that “the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the
42   3, 27|          applies to non-liturgical prayer. This is confirmed by the
43   3, 27|            the most characteristic prayer of Christological meditation,
44   3, 27|        favours perseverance in the prayer, it also in some way embodies
45   3, 28|        attracted by those forms of prayer. While the latter contain
46   3, 28| well-established structure of this prayer, are intended to help the
47   3, 29|           as well as the method of prayer proposed by Saint Ignatius
48   3, 31|           before moving into vocal prayer. A discovery of the importance
49   3, 33|            which makes it a Marian prayer par excellence. Yet when
50   3, 33|          in the second half of the prayer, as we entrust to her maternal
51   3, 34|         structure of all Christian prayer.~To the extent that meditation
52   3    |               The concluding short prayer~
53   3, 35|     followed by a brief concluding prayer which varies according to
54   3, 35|       conclude each mystery with a prayer for the fruits specific
55   3, 35|          life. One fine liturgical prayer suggests as much, inviting
56   3, 35|          promise”.38 ~Such a final prayer could take on a legitimate
57   3, 36|          the unfolding sequence of prayer. The life and prayer of
58   3, 36|            of prayer. The life and prayer of believers is centred
59   3, 36|        marking the progress of the prayer, the beads evoke the unending
60   3, 37|        Rosary is then ended with a prayer for the intentions of the
61   3, 37|            need, after saying this prayer and experiencing so profoundly
62   3, 37|            either in that splendid prayer the Salve Regina or in the
63   3, 38|          In this way it fills with prayer the days of many a contemplative,
64   3, 38|          in personal and community prayer, where account needs to
65 Con, 39|       richness of this traditional prayer, which has the simplicity
66 Con, 39|         the theological depth of a prayer suited to those who feel
67 Con, 39|        particular efficacy to this prayer, entrusting to the Rosary,
68 Con, 39|    attributed to the power of this prayer, and Our Lady of the Rosary
69 Con, 39|       entrust to the power of this prayer – as I mentioned at the
70 Con, 40|          Rosary is by its nature a prayer for peace, since it consists
71 Con, 40|          21).~The Rosary is also a prayer for peace because of the
72 Con, 41|                           41. As a prayer for peace, the Rosary is
73 Con, 41|             and always has been, a prayer of and for the family. At
74 Con, 41|           family. At one time this prayer was particularly dear to
75 Con, 41|          to the practice of family prayer and prayer for families,
76 Con, 41|      practice of family prayer and prayer for families, continuing
77 Con, 41|        particularly effective as a prayer which brings the family
78 Con, 42|        fruitful to entrust to this prayer the growth and development
79 Con, 42|   experience this daily “pause for prayer” with the family, is admittedly
80 Con, 42|          by the way they make this prayer their own and recite it
81 Con, 43|            brothers and sisters! A prayer so easy and yet so rich
82 Con, 43|          value of this traditional prayer.~I count on you, consecrated