In October, 2002, Pope John Paul II proclaimed the Year of the Rosary in his letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, in which he encouraged the faithful to pray this ancient prayer often because, as he says, “to recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ.” He reminds us that “when prayed well in a truly meditative way, the Rosary leads to an encounter with Christ in his mysteries and so cannot fail to draw attention to the face of Christ in others, especially in the most afflicted.” In today’s world which is afflicted by violence and hatred and the weakening of families, the Rosary can indeed result in “training in holiness” of the church.
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