{"id":5079,"date":"2016-05-14T03:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T08:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbookblogger\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2016-05-09T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:15:11","slug":"the-power-of-the-rosary-mary-day-298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbookblogger\/2016\/05\/14\/the-power-of-the-rosary-mary-day-298\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of the Rosary, Mary: Day 298"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"year_with_mary_pope_pius_xii\"<\/a>The power of the Rosary<\/h4>\n

There are many ways to approach Mary, Venerable Pope Pius XII notes. But<\/em> the Rosary holds a special place in Marian devotion, for several important<\/em> reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

We well know the Rosary\u2019s powerful efficacy to obtain the maternal aid<\/p>\n

of the Virgin. By no means is there only one way to pray to obtain this aid. How- ever, we consider the holy Rosary the most convenient and most fruitful means, as is clearly suggested by the very origin of this practice, heavenly rather than human, and by its nature.<\/p>\n

What prayers are better adapted and more beautiful than the Lord\u2019s Prayer and the angelic salutation, which are the flowers with which this mystical crown is formed? With meditation on the sacred mysteries added to the vocal prayers, there emerges another very great advantage, so that all, even the most simple and least educated, have in this a prompt and easy way to nourish and preserve their own faith.<\/p>\n

Truly, from the frequent meditation on the mysteries, the soul little by little and subtly draws and absorbs the virtues they contain, is wondrously enkindled with a longing for things immortal, and becomes strongly and easily impelled to follow the path that Christ himself and his mother have followed. The recitation of identical formulas repeated so many times, rather than rendering the prayer sterile and boring, has on the contrary the admirable quality of infusing confi- dence in him who prays and brings to bear a gentle compulsion on the motherly heart of Mary.<\/p>\n

\u2014Venerable Pope Pius XII, Ingruentium Malorum<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>IN GOD\u2019S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do I find myself sometimes feeling that, as Pope Pius says, the recitation of prayers in the Rosary is \u201csterile and boring\u201d? How might I be able to refresh my appreciation of this devotion, so that instead my soul, \u201clittle by little and subtly,\u201d absorbs the virtues contained in the mysteries?<\/p>\n

CLOSING PRAYER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of<\/em> Christ!<\/em><\/p>\n

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