The Rosary by Blessed James Alberione

So that Christ may live in us

“The rosary helps us to be conformed ever

more closely to Christ until we attain true

holiness.” (RVM n. 26). St. John Paul II

Right from the beginning of his foundations, Blessed James Alberione made this program the hinge of the human, spiritual and apostolic formation of many young people, men and women religious, priests, families and laity, inviting them to imitate the Apostle Paul in his love for Christ and in his passion for the Gospel.

To whoever desires to travel through “the way of conformation to Christ”, he points out two vital springs:

the Word of God and the Eucharist celebrated and silently adored. It is here that the Spirit molds the

hearts of the “new apostles,” making them a place in which dwells a “living” Christ, and acting with

determination and creativity.

We need to attach ourselves to the

rosary like a rope that is held by the hand of Mary and

then, we climb upwards, toward

heaven!” (ASGbp 1957, 438).

“The rosary is a short theology if it is considered as a whole; it is a summary of the

catechism…. You could also call it the little theology of Jesus and of Mary. Together with the truths of the faith is interwoven the life of

Jesus, the life of Mary” (APddm 1961, 234).

“In the rosary is reflected

as in a mirror the consideration of a truth (Jesus

is the Truth for the mind), the practice of a virtue

(Jesus is the Way for the will), a grace to ask for

(Jesus is Life for the heart).

So it is for each mystery. Yours are rosaries that

bring the intelligence to understand, the will to

practice, the heart to love and to unite itself

to God!” (APDDM 1946-47, 357).

Thoughts of Blessed Alberione

© 2016