J.M.J. From the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (October 16, 2002) of Saint John Paul II:
"5. But the most important reason for strongly
encouraging the practice of the Rosary is that it represents a most
effective means of fostering among the faithful that commitment to the contemplation of the Christian mystery which I have proposed in the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte as a genuine 'training in holiness': 'What is needed is a Christian life distinguished above all in the art of prayer'.(9)
Inasmuch as contemporary culture, even amid so many indications to the
contrary, has witnessed the flowering of a new call for spirituality,
due also to the influence of other religions, it is more urgent than
ever that our Christian communities should become 'genuine schools of
prayer'.(10)
"The Rosary belongs among the finest and most
praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation. Developed in the
West, it is a typically meditative prayer, corresponding in some way to
the 'prayer of the heart' or 'Jesus prayer' which took root in the soil
of the Christian East."
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