The Rosary:" A sustaining prayer in the battle against the evil one and his accomplices"

	The Rosary: "A sustaining prayer in the battle against the evil one and his accomplices"   The passage from Revelation presents the vision of the struggle between the woman and the dragon. The figure of the woman, representing the Church, is, on the one hand, glorious and triumphant and yet, on the other, still in travail. And the Church is like that: if in heaven she is already associated in some way with the glory of her Lord, in history she continually lives through the trials and challenges that the conflict between God and the evil one, the perennial enemy, brings. And in the struggle that the disciples must confront—all of us, all the disciples of Jesus, we must face this struggle—Mary does not leave them alone. The Mother of Christ and of the Church (…) struggles with us, sustains Christians in their fight against the forces of evil. Prayer with Mary, especially the Rosary—but listen carefully: the Rosary. Do you pray the Rosary every day? But I am not sure you do (the people shout “Yes!”)… Really? Well, prayer with Mary, especially the Rosary, has this “suffering” dimension, that is of struggle, a sustaining prayer in the battle against the evil one and his accomplices.
	Pope Francis Excerpt of his homily on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Castel Gandolfo, August 15, 2013