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Precisely because she was the poorest, the most humble, the simplest God made our Lady the greatest wonder, the connection point between the Earth and the sky.

See what the late and beloved John Paul II teaches us about the importance of the Rosary: “(…) The apostolic zeal, the constant tension for holiness, love the Virgin, which characterized the existence of St. Pius V are for all incentive to live with a stronger commitment to your own personal vocation. In particular, I would like to invite you to imitate him in devotion, discovering the prayer of the Rosary, simple and profound, as I wanted to remember in the apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, helps to contemplate the mystery of Christ: ‘ in the sobriety of its elements, the depth of the whole Gospel message, which is almost a compendium. With him, the Christian people attends the School of Mary, to let them enter in the contemplation of the depth of her love ‘.

Thanks to the fervent recitation of the Rosary, you can get graces through the intercession of the extraordinary celestial mother of the Lord. It was this that persuaded St. Pius V, after the victory of Lepanto, to want to set up purposely the feast of our Lady of the Rosary.

I trusted to Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, in this beginning of the third Millennium, with the recitation of the Rosary the precious commodity of peace and the strengthening of the family institution. I renew this confident Act through the intercession of the great devotee of Mary that St. Pius V was”(Message of the late Pope John Paul II to the Bishop of Alexandria (Italy) on the occasion of the 5th centenary of the birth of St. Pius V).

With my blessing!

Your brother,

Monsignor Jonas Abib
Founder of the Canção Nova community