Monday, February 8, 2016

Tools of the Catholic part 3: The Most Holy Rosary of the Virgin Mary





I admit that until only a few months ago I didn't realize the importance nor the power of praying the Holy Rosary. When I first started regularly saying the Holy Rosary I bought different books, looked up sites on the internet to try and learn how to to pray it.  I soon discovered that the best way to learn it was to just simply: do it.  As my guide I use the Catholic Book of Prayers. 

In future posts I intend to delve deeper into the Holy Rosary but for today I will end by listing just a few of the many quotes you can find which tell you why it is so important.

“The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.” - Saint Francis de Sales


“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” - St. Padre Pio

“The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.” - St. Josemaria Escriva

“The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.” - Pope Pius XI

“The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the rosary is beyond description.” - Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.” - Pope Leo XIII

“No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary: either they will give up sin or they will give up the Rosary” - Bishop Hugh Doyle

“Continue to pray the Rosary every day.” - Our Lady of Fatima to Sister Lucia

“Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.” - Saint Louis de Montfort

“You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.” - Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche

“The Holy Rosary is the storehouse of countless blessing.” - Blessed Alan de la Roche

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