Stopwatch in hand: the daily rosary that starts at 22:00
How long does a rosary prayed with a stopwatch last? Between 25 and 30 minutes, with no room for improvisation. That is the window set by the daily prayer call that this Sunday 20 September is trinc from Lourdes, in Spanish, and that opens with today's holy gospel: 'The Lord is near to all who call on him.' With the calendar of saints, homily and a list of intentions that fits on a single sheet.
What is prayed and from where it is prayed
The broadcast comes from Lourdes and is offered in Spanish: litanies, the Salve Regina and a sung Hail Mary, with the day's mysteries detailed at the end of the text. The appointment is completed with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, recommended at 15:00 as the Hour of Mercy. And with background readings: the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers, in their Alphabetical Collection, compiled in the 17th century by the Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde and translated into French by Guy, Regnault and the monks of Solesmes.
The intentions: from the Valle de los Caídos to the Pope's salvation
The prayer is not blind. Each day carries its own list: reparation for offenses against God, against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and against the Immaculate Heart of Mary; prayer for priests and their families; for the salvation of Pope Francis; for Pope Leo; for the defense of life from conception to its natural end; for children, young people and families. The list closes with a request for protection for the Cross of the Valle de los Caídos and for all wayside crosses.
The promises attributed to the rosary
Alongside the prayer call, the promises that Marian tradition associates with the rosary are reproduced: protection, special graces and the rosary described as 'a powerful weapon to avoid hell', capable of destroying vices and diminishing sins. Devotional material, with no endorsement other than the tradition that transmits it.
Half an hour on the clock, a list of intentions and an appointment that repeats every night. If constancy were a miracle, the promises would be superfluous here.
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