American Bishop Joseph Strickland encouraged the prayer of the rosary. He emphasized that it was a powerful service that led us through the life of Jesus Christ. He added that the rosary teaches each 1 of us humility, and can be a "way of life."
Bishop Joseph Strickland, until late the average of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, gave a speech this week at the 3rd yearly rosary rally of St. John Bosco Academy in Cumming, Georgia. Bishop Strickland stressed the importance of the rosary prayer and appealed for its regular refusal. Hierarch pointed out that the rosary could be a “the way of life” for all Christians and is needed in our dark times.
The American bishop emphasized that all Catholic prayers remind us of the redeeming act of Jesus Christ, but that is best done by the rosary prayer, which makes it a powerful service.
“I have learned that the rosary is not just a prayer that I refuse all day, but a way of life. This is the way to travel with Christ," said the bishop. He then reminded the participants of the rosary rally that we, as baptized Christians, are called to life in grace, even if we are not bishops or even priests. 1 way to live in grace is to pray a rosary.
Emphasising that the rosary is simply a journey through Christ's life, the hierarch considered the first mystery of the rosary, An announcement that shows the beginning of our Lord's life. "When the angel Gabriel comes to tell the Blessed Virgin that she was chosen by God to carry Jesus, the boy of God in her womb, Mary says "Yes." Bishop Strickland noted that this is where Jesus' communicative begins, and in the same place our journey in the rosary prayer begins.
Bishop Joseph Strickland then stressed that the pillars of Catholic religion are the Eucharist and the rosary, referring to the imagination of St. John Bosco, in which the Church is simply a ship in a terrible storm. It is anchored to the pillar of Mary and our Eucharistic Lord. "We request these pillars at this time of challenges and foolishness erstwhile besides many say, "We don't request God; we can fix this planet ourselves." We're doing great, aren't we?’
The erstwhile average of the Diocese of Tyler then emphasized how the rosary prayer teaches us humility and appreciation of all life. He highlighted the problem of abortion of unborn children, which affects the full world.
“Like all of us, the boy of God humbled himself to be conceived in the womb of his mother, Mary. There is no more fragile life than a recently conceived human child." Recognising that the boy of God humbled himself to be conceived in the bosom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and died in humility, sacrificing himself on the cross, the bishop said that the rosary reminds us that our life is sacred. “So entering into his life, in the rosary, can aid us learn that our life is sacred. And the life of all kid conceived in the womb is sacred, the life of all female carrying this kid is sacred, the life of all man active in this pregnancy is sacred, the rosary teaches us this if we listen," said Bishop Joseph Strickland.
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
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