The Rosary is a weapon

I was talking with a friend around here the other day and they explained how happy they are that we have been saying the Rosary as friends more. They told me that they feel like it is a powerful "weapon" against what has been plaguing us in our area. [Don't get me wrong there is a lot of good in our local parishes, but our culture is ROTTEN and it pervades every parish on earth... none are immune.] His word of choice was "weapon," his, not mine. I thought about it, and I know I use that term for it... but it shocked me a little to hear this person, use that term. Again, his word, not mine. So I looked up who else describes it as such.

Here is a quick list:

• St. Padre Pio
• Fr. John Corapi
• St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
• Pope Pius XI
• Saint Josemaria Escriva

We are talking some big hitters there, and they use the same term for it. But is this just fantastical wording to invoke passion and meant to incite people? I don't think so. But if this Sacramental is really a weapon, why don't people treat it as such? Why do people fear the Rosary or discount it as "simply a prayer?" Is it not something that should be recited at every opportunity? Should it not be promoted and encouraged by our fellow faithful? Should we not use it at every available instance? Should we not revere and respect it the same way we respect and revere our guns?

Well, that doesn't seem to be the case around here. Recently a group was told they could not recite the Rosary at a certain time, one in which it is traditionally said. 

It was so disturbing to hear this... but then again, the enemy is within, isn't he?

Pray the Rosary... pray it at every opportunity. The devil never rests.