Exiit qui seminat
As you might have heard, on Sunday of last week, Daniel Panneton wrote an article in Atlantic magazine entitled, "How Extremist Culture Is Trying to Co-opt the Rosary". The purpose of the article attempts to depict the role of the Rosary as a spiritual weapon as being perverted by "the extremist fringe" as a violent, racist and politicized symbol intended to be a clarion call to overthrow an ever increasing oppressive government and society. It is, in the words of Colonel Sherman T. Potter of the award winning TV show M.A.S.H., "a load of horse hockey". The Rosary is one of the most powerful prayers we have and is very much a spiritual weapon used to combat the presence of evil in our world. While there are always people of faith and Catholics on the fringe that have crazy ideas, to intimate that the Rosary has been usurped by the "alt Right" is the epitome of anti-Catholicism that is still acceptable and allowed in our culture. So our response as Catholic Christians has to be twofold. One: Stand up and be proud of our faith. Catholics have the reputation of being timid because of the concept of "turning the other cheek". Just because we are called to love our enemies and pray for them does not mean that we have to be floormats for discrimination. Two: Pray the Rosary! Padre Pio writes, “Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” Pray for the conversion of hearts and souls. Pray for those who would do us harm. Pray for our Church. Pray for our families and friends that God through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary may keep them safe. Because while some would infer that the Rosary has become intertwined with the 2nd Amendment, it’s actually grounded in the First. So as the Church Militant and Suffering grab a weapon: Pray the Rosary!!!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Fr. Rob Sinatra
