The church has asked us to rediscover the power of the rosary as we enter into the month of October.
The church ask us to pray, to rebuild the path that leads to the hearing and speaking God. Where better to begin than with the Rosary.
Why the rosary? Why do we greet Mary?
Many would suggest that this course is a detour, why go to MAry when we can go straight to Christ!
First of all to greet Mary is to fulfill the gospel prophecy and hence a command of the Holy Spirit, "surely from now on all generations will call be blessed" (Lk1:48).
Also, we are reminded that the eternal and invisible God reveled himself in this world through the instrumentality of men, who at the same time gave him his name: the God of Abraham, of ISaac, of JAcob. Through men we come to know the face of God.
When we remember the human beings who God has used to make himself known, such as Mary, and remember them with gratitude, we praise God himself. Thus,we suppress something of his glory when we fail to praise those through whom he manifested himself.
We praise him in those who became a vessel of his grace; they do not supplant him but point the way to him.
"Hail full of grace, the Lord is with you."
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, JEsus."
Rediscover the path ways of prayer. Take up the beads and let your lips sing God's praises.
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