POPE Ua kapa ʻo John Paul II i ka Rosary "ke kula o Mary".
Ehia mau manawa i hoʻopiha nui ʻia wau e ka hoʻoluhi a me ka hopohopo, e hoʻopili wale ʻia wau i ka maluhia nui ke hoʻomaka wau e pule i ka Rosary. A no ke aha e pīhoihoi ai kēia iā mākou? ʻO ka Rosary ka mea ʻē aʻe akā he "compendium of the Euanelio" (ʻO Rosarium Virginis Mariae, JPII). A ʻo ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua ka "living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb 4: 12).
Makemake ʻoe e ʻoki i ke kaumaha o kou puʻuwai? Makemake ʻoe e hou i ka pouli i loko o kou ʻuhane? A laila e lawe i kēia Pahi kaua i ke ʻano o ke kaulahao, a me ia, e noʻonoʻo ka maka o Kristo i nā mea pohihihi o ka Rosario. Ma waho o nā Sakarameta, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kekahi ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i kekahi ke hoʻonui koke i nā paia o ka hemolele, hoʻomālamalama ʻia i ka lunamanaʻo, lawe ʻia i ka mihi, a wehe ʻia i ka ʻike o ke Akua, ma mua o kēia pule liʻiliʻi a ke Kauoha wahine.
A e like me ka mana o kēia pule, pēlā nō nā hoʻowalewale aole e pule aku ia. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hakakā wau me kēia haipule ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Akā ʻo ka hua o ka hoʻomanawanui hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mea nāna e ʻeli no nā haneli mau kapuaʻi ma lalo o ka ʻili a hiki i ka wā i wehe aʻe ai ʻo ia i kahi mine gula.
Inā i ka Rosary, hoʻohoka ʻia ʻoe i nā manawa he 50, a laila hoʻomaka e pule hou iā ia i kēlā me kēia manawa. Ua hāʻawi wale aku ʻoe i 50 mau hana aloha i ke Akua. –Fr. ʻO Bob Johnson, ʻO Madonna House Apostolate (koʻu alakaʻi ʻuhane)
