On Wednesday, we begin the month of October, which the Church celebrates as the Month of the Holy Rosary. One of the reasons that October is selected for this purpose is that the Feast of the Holy Rosary falls on Oct. 7.
   
The rosary is both meditative prayer and vocal prayer. As vocal prayer, there is the recitation of the prayers (the Apostles Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be, and the Fatima Prayer.) As meditative prayer, we are to reflect on the various mysteries of the rosary, being drawn into the life, death, and Resurrection of Christ and the role of His Blessed Mother in His life and ministry. It takes some practice to perform both the vocal and meditative aspects of the rosary at the same time, but we can learn to do it.

I encourage everyone to pray the rosary daily, as does Mary herself in many of her apparitions. It will bear great fruit in your life.