Today we celebrate the Virgin under the advocacy of the Rosary. So many times has She appeared with the “rosary in her hands”! She likes it! The reason is this: although it may seem that the prayer of the Rosary is a manifestation of Marian piety (of course, it is!), however its substantiation is Christological, Jesus Himself. The protagonist of the Holy Rosary is Jesus Christ, the Son of God born of Mary Most Holy! The different mysteries of the Rosary —joyful, sorrowful, glorious and luminous— are like “photographs” of emblematic moments in the life of Jesus as seen with Mary’s eyes.

—The mysteries are mysteries of Christ. With good reason, Blessed Pope Paul VI said of the Rosary that “it is a compendium of the Gospel.” In addition, to the “Hail Mary” —repeated around each one of these mysteries— it contains in its very heart the name of Jesus. Mary is blessed among all women because the fruit of her womb is blessed: Jesus!