Revival of Rosary in family will evangelize society

In this regard, Bl. Bartolo Longo said that "whoever spreads the Rosary is saved" (n. 8). John Paul II echoes him when he says:  "the revival of the Rosary in Christian families, within the context of a broader pastoral care of the family, will be an effective aid to countering the devastating effects of this crisis typical of our age" (n. 6).

One writer said that in the evangelized nations in every family, at nightfall, the recitation of the Rosary rose like a symphony. Why should we not strive to restore this witness, imbuing the domestic church with the Word that all may savour, sharing it with children like bread, in an attitude that will evangelize a society that is in danger of growing cold and falling away from God?
"As a mother who teaches her children to speak and so to understand and communicate, the Church our Mother teaches us the language of faith in order to introduce us to the understanding and life of faith" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 171). This is also what praying the Rosary does.

ALFONSO Card. LÓPEZ TRUJILLO
President of the Pontifical Council for the Family