Originally published at National Catholic Register
“You know what Our Lady said about the Rosary? That the whole world would change if everybody said it. … If my Mother says, ‘Say it,’ I’m gonna say it,” Mother Angelica once shared.
EWTN viewers can pray the Rosary with Mother Angelica on demand via this link. And new to EWTN Religious Catalogue is an illustrated book about the Rosary (and a wide array of rosaries to choose from).
The new year, which begins with the Solemnity of the Mother of God, is an ideal time to start a new prayer routine, including the time-honored Marian prayer.
Franciscan Father Mark-Mary Ames, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, can’t separate the Rosary from the life-changing movements of his heart.
He was only a freshman in college, around 18, when his conversion began, and with it, he took up praying one of the most iconic prayer forms for Catholics: the Rosary.
But something was missing. “I knew what to do, but I hurried through it, and it became more of a task or a burden in time,” the Franciscan friar told the Register.
Around the same period, something profound happened. “I have a clear memory of praying a novena Rosary
