In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray in their home by reciting the Rosary: "We need to return to the ...

Hail, Queen, Mother of mercy, - Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, sacred Virgin. - Give me strength against thy enemies. - Pray for us, Queen of the most holy Rosary, - That we may be made worthy of ...

Widespread and popular, this prayer, which is attributable to Mary directly, and thus took on special importance and authority, has not been sanctioned by the Church as far as is known to us. In other ...

The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying. "Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the Rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours." Although obviously Marian in ...