The Holy Rosary

Padre Fernando da Riese: “The Rosary was Padre Pio’s favored prayer. He prayed it many times a day, decade after decade. He had always a rosary wrapped around his hand or arm, as it was a jewel or a shield. He had other rosaries under the pillow and on the nightstand. He called the rosary his “weapon”. He had made a resolution years earlier to say “daily no less than five complete rosaries.”” ¹

Padre Pio: “Always recite the rosary and recite it as often as possible.” ²

Padre Alessio Parente asked Padre Pio why he would constantly say the rosary and no other prayers.

Padre Pio: “Because the Madonna never refuses me anything that I ask through the prayer of the rosary.” ³