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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

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Blessings  |  Month of the Rosary  |  family prayer  |  pray the rosary

The Innumerable Blessings of the Rosary

During a retreat, I was giving on a military base in Alabama, the base's chaplain mentioned the Rosary as a powerful prayer. Although I've heard that message many times before, Father's next statement, "The Rosary ends many wars," sparked something new deep inside my heart. As a Portuguese woman, I've known this on some level from the Blessed Mother's message at Fatima, but what he said next transformed how I relate to the Rosary. After a short pause and with palpable passion, he concluded, "Wars that rage in our world, our minds, our bodies, our spirits, and our families."

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Month of the Rosary  |  how to pray the rosary  |  praytherosary  |  spiritual benefits of the rosary

Reasons We Turn to the Rosary in Prayer

While prayer may not change our circumstances, it will often change our hearts. It brings us closer to God in a way that allows Him to comfort us, guide us, and occasionally reveal His will for us. At the very least, communication with God always brings peace.

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Blessed Virgin Mary  |  Month of the Rosary

Our Mother in Faith

As I write, I am at the Lourdes Sanctuary in France, serving, once again, in our Rosary Center in this holy place. Being here, I give thanks that Mary is our Mother. Particularly here, I have come to grow in my understanding and experience of how she leads us deeper and calls us closer to Christ. She truly is our Mother in Faith. She calls us all to cry out with her, “My soul magnifies the Lord,” in our own lives, now!

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Church History  |  Month of the Rosary

The Victory of a Mother’s Heart: A Tribute to Our Lady of the Rosary

On this Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, we are pleased to offer an account of the history of the Rosary by Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. May it inspire you and your family to gather in prayer with Mary, the Mother of God, and to encourage each other to have recourse to her for all of your needs.

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