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502 2, 19 | the prayer's traditional format, is meant to give it fresh
503 Int, 3 | personal contemplation, the formation of the People of God, and
504 1, 17 | presentation, capable of forming Christians according to
505 Int, 3 | invitation, prompted by the forthcoming 120th anniversary of the
506 Int, 3 | another anniversary: the fortieth anniversary of the opening
507 Int, 5 | most effective means of fostering among the faithful that
508 Con, 43 | to discover the Biblical foundations, the spiritual riches and
509 Int, 2 | election to the See of Peter, I frankly admitted: “The Rosary is
510 3, 36 | the bond of communion and fraternity which unites us all in Christ.~
511 3, 38 | Thursday would then be free for meditating on the “mysteries
512 Int, 2 | have often encouraged the frequent recitation of the Rosary.
513 1, 15 | written: “Just as two friends, frequently in each other's company,
514 Int, 1 | years, has lost none of the freshness of its beginnings and feels
515 3, 38 | mysteries”, Tuesday and Friday to the “sorrowful mysteries”,
516 1, 15 | has written: “Just as two friends, frequently in each other'
517 1, 15 | be described in terms of friendship. We are thereby enabled
518 3, 35 | express their full spiritual fruitfulness if an effort were made to
519 3, 28 | distorting their meaning and function.~
520 Con, 42 | impoverished method of praying it. Furthermore, without prejudice to the
521 3, 26 | is Christ and to die is gain” (Phil 1:21). And again: “
522 3, 28 | situated within this broad gamut of religious phenomena,
523 2, 22 | our first parents in the Garden of Eden. And the cost of
524 2, 23 | of the Church as a family gathered together with Mary, enlivened
525 1, 10 | features. When at last she gave birth to him in Bethlehem,
526 3, 33 | saw all that he had made” (Gen 1:31), we can find here
527 2, 19 | the form that has become generally established with the seal
528 Int, 4 | longer taught to the younger generation. There are some who think
529 3, 33 | recall how, in the Book of Genesis, God “saw all that he had
530 1, 12 | up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think they
531 3, 27 | which images, words and gestures are all, so to speak, superseded
532 2, 22 | meditations begins with Gethsemane, where Christ experiences
533 1, 14 | for us in abundance the gifts of the Holy Spirit, even
534 Int, 2(5) | Angelus: Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, I (1978): 75-76.~
535 2, 20 | for joy” (cf. Lk 1:44). Gladness also fills the scene in
536 3, 33 | could be said to give us a glimpse of God's own wonderment
537 Con, 42 | mass communications and globalization, everything has become hurried,
538 3, 34 | Christ and for Mary, the glorification of the Trinity at the end
539 2, 21 | Tabor. The glory of the Godhead shines forth from the face
540 Int, 3 | reclaimed in its full meaning, goes to the very heart of Christian
541 1, 17 | faith as those who have gone before us? The Rosary retains
542 1, 16 | this power of prayer is the goodness of the Father, but also
543 Con, 40 | situations of conflict and those governing the destinies of nations,
544 Int, 2 | to do the same. How many graces have I received in these
545 Int, 1 | of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second
546 1, 15 | the Holy Spirit in Baptism grafts the believer like a branch
547 3, 37 | the Church has seen fit to grant indulgences to those who
548 1, 9 | human life, and then to grasp the divine splendour definitively
549 Con, 40 | 40. The grave challenges confronting the
550 3, 33 | amazement we acknowledge the greatest miracle of history. Mary'
551 Con, 40 | sisters weighed down by grief or crushed by despair? Finally,
552 Con, 42 | enthusiasm typical of their age group.~
553 Con, 42 | of their children as they grow to maturity. In a society
554 1, 16 | beginning with the Gospel, has grown ever more firm in the experience
555 Int, 1 | second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit of God, is
556 3, 37 | acts as Mother, Teacher and Guide, sustaining the faithful
557 Con, 40 | from on high, capable of guiding the hearts of those living
558 1, 14 | clearly presents Mary in the guise of a teacher, as she urges
559 1, 15 | tend to develop similar habits, so too, by holding familiar
560 3, 35(38)| concede, quaesumus, ut haec mysteria sacratissimo beatae
561 2, 25(33)| Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses, III, 18, 1: PG 7, 932.~
562 3, 33 | make to her in the second half of the prayer, as we entrust
563 Con, 42 | objected that the Rosary seems hardly suited to the taste of children
564 Int, 1 | destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness. It blends easily
565 3, 37 | to my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me”, as if to nourish
566 2, 25 | we allow ourselves to be healed and transformed by the Holy
567 1, 12 | Christ: 'In praying do not heap up empty phrases as the
568 2, 24 | the Ephesians makes this heartfelt prayer for all the baptized: “
569 Con, 41 | of families to recommend heartily the recitation of the Rosary. ~
570 1, 11 | the joyful songs of the heavenly Jerusalem, the reasons for
571 2, 21 | sake (cf. 2Cor 5:21), the heavens open wide and the voice
572 Con, 42 | the lure of an unbridled hedonism, the temptation to violence,
573 3, 34 | the mind as it were to the heights of heaven and enabling us
574 Int, 2 | youthful years this prayer has held an important place in my
575 Con, 43 | against the assaults of Hell, safe port in our universal
576 3, 30 | to our meditation, it is helpful to follow the announcement
577 1, 12 | rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual to meditate
578 3, 33 | here finds its fulfilment: “Henceforth all generations will call
579 1, 17 | Church due to the spread of heresy. Today we are facing new
580 | hers
581 | herself
582 1, 15 | life of humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience and perfection”.18~
583 3, 34 | important that the Gloria, the high-point of contemplation, be given
584 Int, 4 | aid and certainly not a hindrance to ecumenism!~
585 3, 33 | gravity in the Hail Mary, the hinge as it were which joins its
586 1, 15 | similar habits, so too, by holding familiar converse with Jesus
587 1, 15 | growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables
588 2, 25 | Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis: “it is only in the mystery
589 Int, 4 | that “when the Mother is honoured, the Son ... is duly known,
590 3, 35 | communities. It is to be hoped, then, that appropriate
591 Int, 6 | down the dividing wall of hostility” (Eph 2:14). Consequently,
592 Con, 41 | celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours by the lay faithful in the
593 2, 22 | found in Christ, the God who humbles himself out of love “even
594 1, 14 | the Annunciation: to ask humbly the questions which open
595 1, 15 | supreme models a life of humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience
596 3, 29 | spirituality, the veneration of icons and the many devotions appealing
597 2, 25 | favourite prayer, I used an idea to which I would like to
598 2, 18 | that clear intuition of his identity: “Flesh and blood has not
599 Int, 6 | disintegration on both the ideological and practical planes, so
600 3, 29 | prayer proposed by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in the Spiritual
601 Int, 2(4) | Apostolic Epistle on the Rosary Il religioso convegno (29 September
602 1, 16(25)| Catholics in combating social ills. It is solemnly recited
603 3, 30 | word can be appropriately illustrated by a brief commentary.~
604 3, 29 | attention. The words direct the imagination and the mind towards a particular
605 3, 29 | make use of visual and imaginative elements (the compositio
606 1, 14 | commands (cf. Jn 2:5). We can imagine that she would have done
607 3, 35 | Rosary, we may come to “imitate what they contain and obtain
608 3, 35(38)| Virginis Rosario recolentes, et imitemur quod continent, et quod
609 Con, 43 | inspiration as they look to the immediate future.~I turn particularly
610 Int, 6 | rediscover the Rosary means to immerse oneself in contemplation
611 1, 13 | salutary contemplation. By immersing us in the mysteries of the
612 Con, 42 | youth which is positive, impassioned and creative – as shown
613 2, 23 | in history. This can only impel them to bear courageous
614 Int, 6 | First of all, the need to implore from God the gift of peace.
615 1, 15 | through her intercession, imploring upon them the inexhaustible
616 Int, 8 | 8. It would be impossible to name all the many Saints
617 Con, 42 | objection is directed to an impoverished method of praying it. Furthermore,
618 1, 11 | The memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always
619 Int, 5 | in the art of prayer”.9 Inasmuch as contemporary culture,
620 2, 21 | 3-13; Lk 7:47- 48): the inauguration of that ministry of mercy
621 2, 19 | communities, could broaden it to include the mysteries of Christ'
622 3, 38 | series of mysteria lucis is included – that many people will
623 3, 33 | actually emphasizes and increases it. The first part of the
624 Int, 7 | 7. Many signs indicate that still today the Blessed
625 2, 19 | Christ's life, only a few are indicated by the Rosary in the form
626 2, 18 | s confession of faith by indicating the source of that clear
627 Int, 5 | culture, even amid so many indications to the contrary, has witnessed
628 3, 37 | Church has seen fit to grant indulgences to those who recite it with
629 3, 27 | superseded by an intense and ineffable union with God, it normally
630 1, 15 | imploring upon them the inexhaustible outpouring of the Spirit.
631 2, 21 | 21. Moving on from the infancy and the hidden life in Nazareth
632 3, 30 | not a matter of recalling information but of allowing God to speak.
633 3, 33 | to the mystery of Christ inherent in the repetition of the
634 Con, 41 | not to lose this precious inheritance. We need to return to the
635 1, 15 | 1Cor 12:12; Rom 12:5). This initial unity, however, calls for
636 Int, 3 | pastoral proposal to the initiative of each ecclesial community.
637 Con, 40 | and experience in their innermost depths, and to spread around
638 2, 21 | descends into the waters, the innocent one who became “sin” for
639 Int, 6 | which witnesses every day innumerous parts of the world fresh
640 2, 24 | inspired by knowledge of the inseparable bond between Christ and
641 3, 38 | mysteries of light” be inserted? If we consider that the “
642 1, 12 | to consider this profound insight of Paul VI, in order to
643 1, 16 | invited us to turn to God with insistence and the confidence that
644 1, 11 | praise remain unchanged. They inspire her maternal concern for
645 3, 37 | humble awareness of their own insufficiency. In other places, the Rosary
646 3, 28 | be improved. Such is the intent of the addition of the new
647 3, 37 | ended with a prayer for the intentions of the Pope, as if to expand
648 1, 14 | standpoint, the Spirit is the interior teacher who leads us to
649 Int, 4 | to participate fully and interiorly in it and to reap its fruits
650 1, 16 | rise in our hearts, Mary intervenes with her maternal intercession. “
651 3, 32 | wants us to share in his intimacy with the Father, so that
652 2, 18 | the source of that clear intuition of his identity: “Flesh
653 2, 21 | Spirit descends on him to invest him with the mission which
654 1, 14 | mystery of her Son's life, she invites us to do as she did at the
655 3, 35 | diminishing the value of such invocations, it is worthwhile to note
656 2, 24 | Mother, even when they do not involve her directly, for she lives
657 2, 24 | easily to a profound and inward knowledge of Christ. We
658 2, 25(33)| Cf. Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses,
659 2, 20 | sign of contradiction” for Israel and that a sword will pierce
660 Int, 6 | another critical contemporary issue: the family, the primary
661 3, 37 | truly becomes a spiritual itinerary in which Mary acts as Mother,
662 1, 9 | the three Apostles Peter, James and John appear entranced
663 1, 16 | because we ask wrongly” (cf. Jas 4:2-3).~In support of the
664 1, 11 | joyful songs of the heavenly Jerusalem, the reasons for her thanksgiving
665 Int, 7 | Woman, behold your son!” (Jn19:26). Well-known are the
666 3, 33 | the hinge as it were which joins its two parts, is the name
667 2, 20 | of the Kingdom. Mary and Joseph, fearful and anxious, “did
668 Con, 41 | the centre, they share his joys and sorrows, they place
669 3, 33 | wonder and pleasure: in jubilant amazement we acknowledge
670 Int, 3 | after the experience of the Jubilee, I invited the people of
671 3, 29 | elements (the compositio loci), judged to be of great help in concentrating
672 Int, 2 | particular at the Shrine of Kalwaria. The Rosary has accompanied
673 3, 28 | which at times leads to a keen interest in aspects of other
674 3, 38 | many a contemplative, or keeps company with the sick and
675 1, 11 | treasuring his every word: “She kept all these things, pondering
676 2, 20 | of God.~Exultation is the keynote of the encounter with Elizabeth,
677 Con, 43 | of death: yours our final kiss as life ebbs away. And the
678 1, 16 | seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to
679 2, 25 | the problems, anxieties, labours and endeavours which go
680 1, 10 | in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger” (Lk2:7).~
681 Int, 6 | peace, especially in the land of Jesus, still so sorely
682 | latter
683 3, 38 | there are those who most laudably do so. In this way it fills
684 Con, 41 | Liturgy of the Hours by the lay faithful in the ordinary
685 1, 11 | heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various
686 2, 20 | her womb cause John to “leap for joy” (cf. Lk 1:44).
687 Con, 40 | the goal of the Rosary – learns the secret of peace and
688 3, 29 | therefore, is no substitute for lectio divina; on the contrary,
689 2, 19 | traditional pattern which, while left to the freedom of individuals
690 2, 22 | piety, especially during the Lenten devotion of the Way of the
691 Int, 2(3) | Cf. Acta Leonis XIII, 3 (1884), 280-289. ~
692 Int, 4 | necessarily entails giving lesser importance to the Rosary.
693 1, 17 | again and again at different levels of the Christian experience.
694 2, 22 | and to experience all its life-giving power.~
695 Int, 2 | anima mea Dominum! I wish to lift up my thanks to the Lord
696 3, 32 | natural for the mind to be lifted up towards the Father. In
697 Int, 8 | ashes as a witness to the lights and shadows of classical
698 1, 9 | are being changed into his likeness, from one degree of glory
699 1, 14 | that she would have done likewise for the disciples after
700 3, 38 | indication is not intended to limit a rightful freedom in personal
701 1, 16 | expresses it marvellously in the lines sung by Saint Bernard: “
702 1, 12 | for a quiet rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual
703 Con | Rosary of Mary, sweet chain linking us to God”~
704 3, 36 | also as a “chain” which links us to God. A chain, yes,
705 2, 20 | his divine wisdom as he listens and raises questions, already
706 3, 37 | the Salve Regina or in the Litany of Loreto? This is the crowning
707 2, 18 | characteristic element, in fact, the litany- like succession of Hail
708 3, 33(37)| Direttorio su pietà popolare e liturgia. Principi e orientamenti (
709 1, 10 | and laid him in a manger” (Lk2:7).~Thereafter Mary's gaze,
710 Int, 5(10) | Ibid., 33: loc. cit., 289.~
711 3, 35 | which varies according to local custom. Without in any way
712 3, 29 | elements (the compositio loci), judged to be of great
713 3, 29 | corresponds to the inner logic of the Incarnation: in Jesus,
714 3, 30 | related Biblical passage, long or short, depending on the
715 2, 25 | life's destiny and deepest longing. ~ ~
716 3, 33 | at the dawn of creation, looked upon the work of his hands”.36
717 2, 20 | favour with which the Father looks upon Mary and makes her
718 3, 37 | Regina or in the Litany of Loreto? This is the crowning moment
719 Int, 1 | two thousand years, has lost none of the freshness of
720 Int, 7 | Church, the apparitions of Lourdes and of Fatima;11 these shrines
721 Con, 43 | Apostolic Letter to the loving hands of the Virgin Mary,
722 1, 15 | become, to the extent of our lowliness, similar to them and can
723 3, 29 | proposed by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in the Spiritual Exercises,
724 Con, 42 | of the drug culture, the lure of an unbridled hedonism,
725 2, 25(33)| Cf. Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses, III,
726 2, 23 | appeared – the Apostles, Mary Magdalene and the disciples on the
727 3, 28 | as some kind of amulet or magic object, thereby radically
728 Con, 41 | communicating. Families seldom manage to come together, and the
729 1, 10 | cloths, and laid him in a manger” (Lk2:7).~Thereafter Mary'
730 1, 16 | on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries”.24 At
731 Con, 42 | temptation to violence, and the manifold expressions of meaninglessness
732 Int, 2 | nations, the Church, and all mankind. Our personal concerns and
733 3, 28 | this Letter regarding its manner of recitation. These suggestions,
734 Int, 2 | background of the words Ave Maria the principal events of
735 3, 35(38)| mysteria sacratissimo beatae Mariae Virginis Rosario recolentes,
736 2, 20 | joyful mysteries”, are marked by the joy radiating from
737 3, 36 | As a counting mechanism, marking the progress of the prayer,
738 1, 14 | of water into wine at the marriage in Cana – clearly presents
739 1, 16 | poet Dante expresses it marvellously in the lines sung by Saint
740 3, 33 | as he contemplates his “masterpiece” – the Incarnation of the
741 3, 30 | No other words can ever match the efficacy of the inspired
742 3, 30 | well known. It is not a matter of recalling information
743 Con, 42 | children as they grow to maturity. In a society of advanced
744 Int, 2 | Rosary: Magnificat anima mea Dominum! I wish to lift
745 3, 33 | mystery that is the sign of a meaningful and fruitful recitation
746 Con, 42 | manifold expressions of meaninglessness and despair.~To pray the
747 1, 12 | runs the risk of becoming a mechanical repetition of formulas,
748 3, 31 | technology and the mass media is the fact that silence
749 1, 16 | Mary”.23 If Jesus, the one Mediator, is the Way of our prayer,
750 2, 25 | of the Rosary, carefully meditated, sheds light on the mystery
751 2, 22 | relive them. The sequence of meditations begins with Gethsemane,
752 Con, 43 | count on you, consecrated men and women, called in a particular
753 Int, 6 | of society, increasingly menaced by forces of disintegration
754 2, 25 | over our burdens to the merciful hearts of Christ and his
755 Con, 42 | greater. The most diverse messages and the most unpredictable
756 2, 20 | linked to an invitation to messianic joy: “Rejoice, Mary”. The
757 3, 28 | among these approaches are methods aimed at attaining a high
758 Con, 43 | agents in your different ministries: through your own personal
759 3, 35(38)| promittunt assequamur”. Missale Romanum 1960, in festo B.M.
760 2, 20 | heart (cf Lk 2:34-35). Joy mixed with drama marks the fifth
761 1, 15 | learn from these supreme models a life of humility, poverty,
762 1, 15 | enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care, until
763 3, 38 | According to current practice, Monday and Thursday are dedicated
764 1, 10 | the Holy Spirit. In the months that followed she began
765 1, 10 | cf. Jn 19:26-27). On the morning of Easter hers would be
766 3, 38 | especially pronounced, could be moved to Saturday. Thursday would
767 Con, 41 | Christian contemplation are not mutually exclusive; they complement
768 1, 15 | the Church. ~The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's
769 2, 24 | in the life of Christ, as narrated by the Evangelists, is resplendent
770 1, 15 | thereby enabled to enter naturally into Christ's life and as
771 2, 21 | the sins of all who draw near to him in humble trust (
772 Int, 4 | Vatican Ecumenical Council, necessarily entails giving lesser importance
773 1, 13 | power flows”,15 it is also necessary to recall that the spiritual
774 Int, 2 | concerns and those of our neighbour, especially those who are
775 | neither
776 | nevertheless
777 Int, 7 | are the occasions in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries
778 3, 27 | person. The same applies to non-liturgical prayer. This is confirmed
779 | nor
780 3, 27 | ineffable union with God, it normally engages the whole person
781 3, 37 | haste to help me”, as if to nourish in those who are praying
782 3, 35 | spiritual riches and find nourishment for their personal contemplation.~
783 Int, 7 | continue to be visited by great numbers of pilgrims seeking comfort
784 Int, 2 | 2. Numerous predecessors of mine attributed
785 1, 14 | in order to end with the obedience of faith: “Behold I am the
786 Con, 42 | underestimated. It could be objected that the Rosary seems hardly
787 Con, 42 | of today. But perhaps the objection is directed to an impoverished
788 Int | Objections to the Rosary~
789 Con, 40 | of the world, the Rosary obliges us to see them with responsible
790 2, 20 | the Incarnation and on the obscure foreshadowing of the mystery
791 1, 15 | subordinated to it, “in no way obscures or diminishes the unique
792 1, 14 | consider that she teaches by obtaining for us in abundance the
793 Con, 40 | responsible and generous eyes, and obtains for us the strength to face
794 3, 29 | mysteries of the Rosary. Obviously these mysteries neither
795 2, 21 | briefest reference to her occasional presence at one moment or
796 3, 38 | pastoral needs and of the occurrence of particular liturgical
797 2, 19 | of the Heart of Christ, ocean of joy and of light, of
798 Con, 40 | peace can be won. Far from offering an escape from the problems
799 1, 13 | exercise of the priestly office of Christ and an act of
800 Int, 2 | Encyclical Supremi Apostolatus Officio,3 a document of great worth,
801 Int, 6 | Rosary means to immerse oneself in contemplation of the
802 | onto
803 1, 16 | find; knock, and it will be opened to you” (Mt 7:7). The basis
804 3, 33 | Marian character is not opposed to its Christological character,
805 1, 15(21)| First Radio Address Urbi et Orbi (17 October 1978): AAS 70 (
806 Con, 41 | the lay faithful in the ordinary life of parish communities
807 3, 33(37)| popolare e liturgia. Principi e orientamenti (17 December 2001), 201,
808 2, 18 | a clearly Christological orientation. Its most characteristic
809 2, 25 | Nazareth, they learn the original truth of the family according
810 | Otherwise
811 3, 29 | mysteria lucis, do no more than outline the fundamental elements
812 Con, 43 | confirming the direction outlined in my Apostolic Letter Novo
813 | overall
814 3, 33 | centre of gravity can be overlooked, and with it the connection
815 1, 12 | quiet rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual
816 Int, 8 | and, closer to ourselves, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, whom
817 1, 13 | is part of this varied panorama of “ceaseless” prayer. If
818 Int, 2(5) | Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, I (1978): 75-76.~
819 1, 16(26)| Divina Commedia, Paradiso XXXIII, 13-15.~
820 Con, 41 | in the ordinary life of parish communities and Christian
821 1, 17 | communal celebration in parishes and shrines, it can present
822 Int, 4 | Liturgy, enabling people to participate fully and interiorly in
823 1, 13 | is not limited solely to participation in the liturgy. Christians,
824 2, 21 | sacramental expression of the Paschal Mystery.~Each of these mysteries
825 1, 17 | catechetical opportunity which pastors should use to advantage.
826 3, 33 | find here an echo of that “pathos with which God, at the dawn
827 1, 15 | humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience and perfection”.18~In this
828 1, 12 | disclosed”.14 ~It is worth pausing to consider this profound
829 Con, 40 | Marys, the Rosary has a peaceful effect on those who pray
830 Con, 40 | the Rosary also makes us peacemakers in the world. By its nature
831 1, 10 | 48); it would always be a penetrating gaze, one capable of deeply
832 2, 25 | his life cannot fail to perceive in him the truth about man.
833 1, 10 | Jesus, even to the point of perceiving his hidden feelings and
834 Int, 1 | of the prayerof Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work
835 1, 15 | and consecrates us most perfectly to Jesus Christ. Now, since
836 3, 34 | decade, far from being a perfunctory conclusion, takes on its
837 3, 31 | attention for a suitable period of time on the mystery concerned,
838 3, 27 | while this practice favours perseverance in the prayer, it also in
839 2, 25 | everyone to experience it personally: the Rosary does indeed “
840 3, 34 | mystery of the three divine Persons, to whom all praise, worship
841 3, 26 | in terms of the feeling pervading them.~In Christ, God has
842 Con, 40 | nature as an insistent choral petition in harmony with Christ's
843 2, 25(33)| Adversus Haereses, III, 18, 1: PG 7, 932.~
844 2, 21 | mysteries – during this phase of Christ's life, I think
845 3, 28 | broad gamut of religious phenomena, but it is distinguished
846 2, 18 | In the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus responded to Peter'
847 1, 12 | praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for
848 3, 27 | his complex psychological, physical and relational reality.~
849 1, 10 | sense his presence and to picture his features. When at last
850 2, 20 | Israel and that a sword will pierce his mother's heart (cf Lk
851 3, 33(37)| Sacraments in its Direttorio su pietà popolare e liturgia. Principi
852 Int, 8 | ourselves, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, whom I recently had the
853 1, 14 | incomparable example of her own “pilgrimage of faith”.17 As we contemplate
854 Int, 7 | visited by great numbers of pilgrims seeking comfort and hope. ~
855 Int, 8 | closer to ourselves, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, whom I recently
856 Int, 6 | ideological and practical planes, so as to make us fear for
857 3, 27 | of rites which bring into play all the dimensions of the
858 1, 16 | When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the sanctuary
859 Int, 3 | new evangelization. I am pleased to reaffirm this also in
860 3, 33 | in God's own wonder and pleasure: in jubilant amazement we
861 1, 16 | Christian people. The supreme poet Dante expresses it marvellously
862 1, 12 | as Pope Paul VI clearly pointed out: “Without contemplation,
863 2, 24 | the mysteries of Christ, pointing out that “everything in
864 1, 10 | human resemblance which points to an even greater spiritual
865 Int, 2 | during my recent visit to Poland, and in particular at the
866 1, 11 | She kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:
867 3, 33(37)| its Direttorio su pietà popolare e liturgia. Principi e orientamenti (
868 Con, 39 | has the simplicity of a popular devotion but also the theological
869 Con, 43 | the assaults of Hell, safe port in our universal shipwreck,
870 3, 29 | using a suitable icon to portray it, is as it were to open
871 1, 15 | models a life of humility, poverty, hiddenness, patience and
872 3, 31 | is one of the secrets of practicing contemplation and meditation.
873 3, 33(37)| custom has also been recently praised by the Congregation for
874 Int, 2 | Rosary is, in some sense, a prayer-commentary on the final chapter of
875 1, 17 | experience. Its form is that of a prayerful and contemplative presentation,
876 Int, 1 | compendium.2 It is an echo of the prayerof Mary, her perennial Magnificat
877 Con, 41 | Rosary. ~The family that prays together stays together.
878 1, 15 | the Church, indeed her “pre-eminent and altogether singular
879 Con, 41 | important not to lose this precious inheritance. We need to
880 3, 28 | ultimately unacceptable premises. Much in vogue among these
881 Int, 3(7) | During the years of preparation for the Council, Pope John
882 1, 14 | marriage in Cana – clearly presents Mary in the guise of a teacher,
883 2, 20 | final two mysteries, while preserving this climate of joy, already
884 3, 29 | divina; on the contrary, it presupposes and promotes it. Yet, even
885 1, 13 | as the exercise of the priestly office of Christ and an
886 Con, 43 | my dear Brother Bishops, priests and deacons, and to you,
887 Int, 6 | contemporary issue: the family, the primary cell of society, increasingly
888 Con, 40 | contemplation of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the one who is “
889 Int, 2 | the words Ave Maria the principal events of the life of Jesus
890 3, 33(37)| pietà popolare e liturgia. Principi e orientamenti (17 December
891 1, 15 | This is the luminous principle expressed by the Second
892 2, 23 | beforehand, by a unique privilege, the destiny reserved for
893 3, 33 | Christ. ~From Mary's uniquely privileged relationship with Christ,
894 Con, 42 | not the solution to every problem, but it is a spiritual aid
895 2, 20 | the song of the angels and proclaimed to the shepherds as “news
896 3, 28 | Rosary would not only fail to produce the intended spiritual effects,
897 Con, 40 | fruits of charity which it produces. When prayed well in a truly
898 3, 26 | completely to Christ, the true programme of the Christian life. Saint
899 Int, 3 | and consolidate pastoral programmes of the Particular Churches.
900 3, 36 | counting mechanism, marking the progress of the prayer, the beads
901 3, 29 | is prayed in a setting of prolonged recollection.~
902 3, 35 | contain and obtain what they promise”.38 ~Such a final prayer
903 3, 35(38)| quod continent, et quod promittunt assequamur”. Missale Romanum
904 3, 29 | contrary, it presupposes and promotes it. Yet, even though the
905 Int, 2 | distinguished themselves in promoting the Rosary I would mention
906 Int, 3 | highlighting this invitation, prompted by the forthcoming 120th
907 Int, 2 | who on 1 September 1883 promulgated the Encyclical Supremi Apostolatus
908 3, 38 | s presence is especially pronounced, could be moved to Saturday.
909 2, 18 | succession of mysteries proposes to us now as the Son of
910 Con, 43 | hands of the Virgin Mary, prostrating myself in spirit before
911 Int, 2 | Holy Mother, under whose protection I have placed my Petrine
912 2, 25 | and he will sustain you” (Ps 55:23). To pray the Rosary
913 3, 37 | with the opening words of Psalm 70: “O God, come to my aid;
914 2, 19 | number 150, the number of the Psalms in the Psalter.~I believe,
915 2, 19 | number of the Psalms in the Psalter.~I believe, however, that
916 3, 28 | by using techniques of a psychophysical, repetitive and symbolic
917 2, 24 | continually nourished by the pure source of the Gospel. Every
918 1, 16 | our prayer, then Mary, his purest and most transparent reflection,
919 1, 15 | being conformed to him is pursued through an association which
920 3, 36 | A “filial” chain which puts us in tune with Mary, the “
921 3, 35(38)| concede, quaesumus, ut haec mysteria sacratissimo
922 1, 10 | At times it would be a questioning look, as in the episode
923 1, 12 | of the Rosary calls for a quiet rhythm and a lingering pace,
924 1, 15(18)| I Quindici Sabati del Santissimo Rosario,
925 2, 20 | are marked by the joy radiating from the event of the Incarnation.
926 2, 20 | s affairs proclaims the radical nature of the Gospel, in
927 1, 15(21)| Cf. First Radio Address Urbi et Orbi (17
928 2, 20 | wisdom as he listens and raises questions, already in effect
929 3, 34 | proper contemplative tone, raising the mind as it were to the
930 Con, 42 | unpredictable experiences rapidly make their way into the
931 Con, 41 | to come together, and the rare occasions when they do are
932 1, 14 | of learning from her to “read” Christ, to discover his
933 2, 20 | the fiat with which she readily agrees to the will of God.~
934 Int, 3 | evangelization. I am pleased to reaffirm this also in the joyful
935 1, 13 | Consequently, while it must be reaffirmed with the Second Vatican
936 2, 20 | joy. It is to focus on the realism of the mystery of the Incarnation
937 2, 23 | anticipation and the supreme realization of the eschatological state
938 2, 22 | moments of the Passion, realizing that here is found the culmination
939 Int, 4 | interiorly in it and to reap its fruits in their daily
940 2, 22 | flesh would be tempted to rebel. There Jesus encounters
941 3, 30 | known. It is not a matter of recalling information but of allowing
942 2, 18 | Jesus that each Hail Mary recalls is the same Jesus whom the
943 2, 25 | in whom man's path is “recapitulated”,33 revealed and redeemed,
944 Int, 3 | find a ready and generous reception. The Rosary, reclaimed in
945 Con, 41 | Mother. The family that recites the Rosary together reproduces
946 Int, 3 | generous reception. The Rosary, reclaimed in its full meaning, goes
947 Int, 7 | Christians and the authoritative recognition they have received from
948 3, 35(38)| Mariae Virginis Rosario recolentes, et imitemur quod continent,
949 Con, 41 | pastoral care of families to recommend heartily the recitation
950 3, 31 | as moments of silence are recommended in the Liturgy, so too in
951 2, 21 | through the Sacrament of Reconciliation which he has entrusted to
952 2, 20 | the aged Simeon; it also records the prophecy that Christ
953 1, 17 | should we not once more have recourse to the Rosary, with the
954 2, 25 | recapitulated”,33 revealed and redeemed, believers come face to
955 2, 25 | since the Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis: “it is only in
956 2, 21 | Gospels make only the briefest reference to her occasional presence
957 3, 33 | the addition of a clause referring to the mystery being contemplated.37
958 1, 11 | with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of
959 Con, 43 | Pompei, O dearest Mother, O Refuge of Sinners, O Sovereign
960 Con, 41 | eyes towards Jesus, also regain the ability to look one
961 3, 28 | usually said, could come to be regarded as some kind of amulet or
962 3, 28 | proposing in this Letter regarding its manner of recitation.
963 3, 37 | splendid prayer the Salve Regina or in the Litany of Loreto?
964 2, 18 | Father” (Mt 11:27). In the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus
965 3, 33 | to the custom in certain regions of highlighting the name
966 2, 20 | invitation to messianic joy: “Rejoice, Mary”. The whole of salvation
967 1, 11 | in which she continues to relate her personal account of
968 3, 30 | with the proclamation of a related Biblical passage, long or
969 Int, 6 | commitment and prayer arises in relation to another critical contemporary
970 3, 27 | psychological, physical and relational reality.~This becomes apparent
971 1, 11 | of those mysteries will release all their saving power.
972 Int, 2(4) | Epistle on the Rosary Il religioso convegno (29 September 1961):
973 3, 28 | within this broad gamut of religious phenomena, but it is distinguished
974 1, 11 | thanksgiving and praise remain unchanged. They inspire
975 Con, 42 | capable of achieving quite remarkable results. If the Rosary is
976 1, 13 | approach to those events: to “remember” them in a spirit of faith
977 3, 36 | the beads is to let them remind us of our many relationships,
978 Int, 2 | spiritual life. I was powerfully reminded of this during my recent
979 2, 20 | secret of Christian joy, reminding us that Christianity is,
980 3, 33 | of the Hail Mary. When we repeat the name of Jesus – the
981 3, 34 | this way to the end, we repeatedly encounter the mystery of
982 Int, 7(11) | is well-known and bears repeating that private revelations
983 3, 28 | techniques of a psychophysical, repetitive and symbolic nature. The
984 3, 29 | these mysteries neither replace the Gospel nor exhaust its
985 Int, 5 | of the Rosary is that it represents a most effective means of
986 Con, 41 | recites the Rosary together reproduces something of the atmosphere
987 3, 26 | in which the insistent request and the corresponding reply
988 3, 37 | those who recite it with the required dispositions.~If prayed
989 3, 28 | to specifically Christian requirements. ~In effect, the Rosary
990 1, 10 | receiving from her a human resemblance which points to an even
991 2, 23 | unique privilege, the destiny reserved for all the just at the
992 Con, 42 | failure of their children to resist the seductions of the drug
993 Con, 40 | mysteries of light, without resolving to bear witness to his “
994 1, 17 | to be a valuable pastoral resource for every good evangelizer.~ ~
995 2, 24 | narrated by the Evangelists, is resplendent with the Mystery that surpasses
996 2, 18 | Caesarea Philippi, Jesus responded to Peter's confession of
997 1, 16(25)| Bartolo Longo in 1883 in response to the appeal of Pope Leo
998 Con, 40 | obliges us to see them with responsible and generous eyes, and obtains
999 3, 29 | expansive reflection on the rest of the Gospel, especially
1000 Int, 8 | charism. His path to holiness rested on an inspiration heard
1001 3, 32 | to the Father, for as he rests in the Father's bosom (cf.