Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon

by Donald H. Calloway

Lucifer knows that the sword of the rosary has the power to slay him, and he hates it.

and defend what is called the pious

“The Hail Mary is a sharp and flaming shaft which, joined to the Word of God, gives the preacher the strength to pierce, move and convert the most hardened hearts.”

Pope Leo XIII: “There is no language so fit to lead us to the majesty of God as the language of the Lord’s Prayer.”

Because Mary was understood to be the dove of beauty from the Song of Songs and the seat of wisdom from the Book of Proverbs, the 150 psalms began to take on a Marian dimension as well.

The Cistercians deserve credit for being the originators of the Marian Psalter.

According to their doctrine, each person’s soul is imprisoned in an evil body. If a person wants to experience “salvation,” they need to be freed from the material prison of their flesh.

The mission of the Dominicans would be to set the world on fire with a love for Jesus through zealous preaching on the sacred mysteries of Christianity.

To pray the rosary is to pray the Word of God.