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PRAY THE ROSARY FOR PEACE

In his Angelus message on 29 September 2002, John Paul II asked us to dedicate October to the Virgin of the Rosary.  He speaks of the international situations that cause tension in the world and ask us to pray that peaceful solutions may be found.  For the complete text of the Pope's message, Click Here.  To make a pledge now, Click Here.

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ANGELUS: PRAY THE ROSARY FOR PEACE

VATICAN CITY, SEP 29, 2002 (VIS) - Today at noon John Paul II prayed the Angelus with pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of the apostolic palace in Castelgandolfo. Before the Marian prayer, the Holy Father said that the up-coming month of October, traditionally dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, "moves us to discover once again this prayer ... so simple and yet so profound."

"The rosary," he continued, "is a way of contemplating the face of Christ, carried out ... through the eyes of Mary. I want to suggest, therefore, that people, families and Christian communities pray the rosary." After the Pope explained that in order to reinforce that invitation he was preparing a "document that will help us to discover once again the beauty and the depth of this prayer."

"I want to entrust the great cause for peace to the rosary once again. We are faced by an international situation full of tensions, sometimes heated. In some parts of the world where confrontation is more severe, I am thinking in particular about the afflicted land of Christ, it is felt that political attempts are worthless ... if one is not capable of gaining a new outlook ... in order to renew with hope the threads of dialogue. But who can spread these feelings except for God? It is necessary more than ever that the petition for peace rises up to Him from all over the world."

"In this way," the Pope emphasized, "the rosary is an especially appropriate prayer. It constructs peace because, while appealing to God's grace, it plants in those who pray it a good seed which bears the fruits of justice and solidarity in personal and community life."

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