Our Lady of the Rosary

The Church pays official attention to Mary's constant plea to make the rosary part of our daily prayer. Stemming from a victorious sea battle over the Turks in 1571, attributed to the recitation of the rosary, this commemoration was first known as Our Lady of Victory, then moved to the universal Church as Our Lady of the Rosary. Because the recitation of the rosary allows for a peaceful lifting of heart and mind to God, and constantly reviews events in the lives of Jesus and Mary, it enables us, by thus spending time with them each day, to become like them. Pope John Paul II wrote, "To pray the rosary is to hand over our burdens to the merciful hearts of Christ and his Mother. The rosary does indeed mark 'the rhythm of human life,' bringing it into harmony with the 'rhythm of God's own life', in the joyful communion of the Holy Trinity, our life's destiny and deepest longing. Through the rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer."
One of our students told me he has grown to love the rosary more and more as his spiritual life develops and recites it as he drives home or to work after school, praying for his fellow students that they may receive the light of Christ. Another student came in asking for instruction on how to say the rosary. We will be praying it with facutly and students after school today and ask you to join us wherever you are or whenever you can. If this prayer can overturn the Ottoman fleet, and move the hearts of today's teens, what can it do for us? Let's pray it and see.
Bro. Rene