The Holy Rosary:spiritual sword of Our Lady
Nothing exemplifies the power of prayer like the Holy Rosary. Through the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the popes and many saints, it has been lauded over the centuries for spiritual protection and the power of conversion.
Pope St. John Paul II said to recite the Rosary “is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary.” Pope St. Pius X said among all the Church’s devotions, “none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary.” Noted Marian scholar Fr. Donald Calloway calls the Rosary “the most powerful, fearsome-looking sword you can possibly imagine.”
Read on to see what others have said about the Most Holy Rosary.
BLESSED POPE PIUS IX
“Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.”
St. Padre Pio
“The Rosary is the weapon for these times.”
“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.”
ST. JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA
“The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.”
POPE PIUS XI
“The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin. …If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.”
ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
“Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.”
VEN. ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN
“The Rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the Rosary is beyond description.”
POPE ADRIAN VI
“The Rosary is the scourge of the devil.”
ST. DOMINIC