Pope Francis has called for a rediscovery of the Rosary’s ability to evangelise the Church, in his letter commemorating 150 years since the painting of Our Lady of the Rosary arrived at the Italian Shrine of Pompeii. Source: Vatican News.
“The Rosary, a simple tool accessible to everyone, can support the renewed evangelisation to which the Church is called today,” Pope Francis wrote in his message to Pompeii Archbishop Tommaso Caputo, the papal delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.
The ecclesial community in Pompeii is preparing to celebrate a Jubilee Year with various pastoral initiatives to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the revered image of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Pope Francis began his message noting he spiritually unites with all those who will celebrate this significant occasion and will pause in prayerful recollection at the Marian temple of Pompeii, to find comfort and hope in the sweet face of the Heavenly Mother.
The Pope called it “providential” that the jubilee of the painting of Our Lady of Pompeii coincides with the imminent Jubilee Year, centred on Jesus our hope, and with the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which gave particular emphasis to the divine-human mystery of Christ in the light of the Trinity.
“It is wonderful,” the Pope said, “to rediscover the Rosary in this perspective, to assimilate the mysteries of the life of the Saviour, contemplating them with the eyes of Mary.
“The Rosary, a simple tool accessible to everyone,” he continued, “can support the renewed evangelisation to which the Church is called today.”
The Pope stressed how important it is to rediscover the beauty of the Rosary within families and homes. He emphasised the importance of ensuring young people “may not perceive [the Rosary] as repetitive and monotonous,” but as “an act of love that never tires of pouring itself out.”
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Pope Francis: ‘Families and homes must rediscover the Rosary’s beauty’ (By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
