Oct 07 2009
The Power of Prayer
Today is the Feast of Out Lady of the Rosary. For those who do not know:
Feast of Out Lady of the Rosary is an annual feast to commemorate the victory of Lepanto. The victory was attributed to Our Lady, as a rosary procession was offered on that day in St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the success of the mission of the Holy League to hold back Muslim forces from overrunning Western Europe. First instituted in 1571 Pope Pius V as “Our Lady of Victory”, the name was changed to “Feast of the Holy Rosary” in 1573 by Pope then to “Our Lady of the Rosary” in 1969 by Pope Paul VI.
The event that this feast celebrates shows how powerful the power of prayer is.
This seems to have been lost in the modern day. With all the affronts to life and liberty that is happening due to the plagues of Liberalism, Socialism, Materialism, Relativism, and Global Capitalism, we must consider prayer as part of the battle against those plagues. For without prayer, the battle will be lost.
