An Admirable Union of Hearts

Ven. Pope Pius XII in his Encyclical Ingruentium Malorum:

The custom of the family recitation of the Holy Rosary is a most efficacious means. What a sweet sight - most pleasing to God - when, at eventide, the Christian home resounds with the frequent repetition of praises in honor of the High Queen of Heaven! Then the Rosary, recited in the family, assembled before the image of the Virgin, in an admirable union of hearts, the parents and their children, who come back from their daily work. It unites them piously with those absent and those dead. It links all more tightly in a sweet bond of love, with the most Holy Virgin, who, like a loving mother, in the circle of her children, will be there bestowing upon them an abundance of the gifts of concord and family peace.

Hymn: O Queen of the Holy Rosary

O Queen of the Holy Rosary,

O bless us as we pray,

And offer thee our roses

In garlands day by day,

While from our Father's garden,

With loving hearts and bold,

We gather to thine honor

Buds white and red and gold.

O Queen of the Holy Rosary,

Each myst'ry blends with thine

The sacred life of Jesus

In ev'ry step divine,

Thy soul was His fair garden,

Thy virgin breast His throne,

Thy thoughts His faithful mirror,

Reflecting Him alone.

O Queen of the Holy Rosary,

We share thy joy and pain,

And long to see the glory

Of Christ's triumphant reign.

Oh, teach us holy Mary,

To live each mystery,

And gain by patient suff'ring

The glory won by thee

Ven. Pope Pius XII: We do not hesitate to affirm again publicly that We put great confidence in the Holy Rosary for the healing of evils which afflict our times. Not with force, not with arms, not with human power, but with Divine help obtained through the means of this prayer, strong like David with his sling, the Church undaunted shall be able to confront the infernal enemy, repeating to him the words of the young shepherd: "Thou comest to me with a sword, and a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of armies . . . and all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear, for this is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands" (I Kings 17, 45-47) Ingruentium malorum