{"id":154849,"date":"2019-10-06T10:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T08:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/?p=154849"},"modified":"2019-10-06T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T09:00:04","slug":"english-a-reason-to-say-the-rosary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/en\/english-a-reason-to-say-the-rosary\/","title":{"rendered":"A reason to say the Rosary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In dialogue with Chiara Lubich<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rocca di Papa, Rome, 28 June 1978<\/p>\n

Chiara Lubich to the youth of the Focolare Movement in answer to their question: “Can you tell us what the Rosary means for you?”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“In order to explain this answer, I would like to share with you something that once happened to me. I was in Assisi together with a group of Lutherans. In front of the Basilica, where St Francis is buried, there was a small niche with a rosary, so I showed it to my Lutheran friends, who asked me: ‘Chiara, what meaning does the Rosary hold for you? Why do you keep repeating ‘Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you \u2026 Hail Mary, full of grace … Hail Mary, full of grace …\u201d.<\/p>\n

I answered: When you love someone, you want to continue saying: I love you, I love you, I love you. You have this desire to write it down for them, or to send a message with someone to tell them so. You might even say it through a gift, or through a kiss. Think of your mother – you want to keep saying to her: ‘I love you’.<\/p>\n

So I said: we Catholics love Mary, Our Mother, very much, which is why we repeat: ‘Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; Blessed are you among women; Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus,’. <\/em>This is the prayer of the Rosary. We like to say it over and over again because we love Her. They replied: ‘Now we understand the Rosary.’ “<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> Chiara Lubich Centre<\/a> website<\/p>\n

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