The Rosary: Not Just Our Own Secret

BY BEN BROUSSARD

Our Lady asked us to pray the rosary daily when she appeared at Fatima. America Needs Fatima’s home visits are good opportunities to remind people that the rosary isn’t a secret just for ourselves—we must also be rosary promoters.

While bringing this up at a home this past summer in Arlington, Texas, a lady named Rose spoke up to share a recent experience:

“I know exactly what you mean. Earlier this year, I carried an extra rosary when coming to work. One of my coworkers, a young man named David in his twenties, arrived a short time later. David had some bad friends leading him astray, and he had gotten involved in many sins.

“I walked up to him and offered him my extra rosary. He took one look at the rosary and said, ‘Get that away from me; I don’t need any of that religion nonsense.’ I took the rosary back but started praying my daily rosary for him.

“A few weeks later, David came into work, and I could tell his day was off to a bad start.

He walked right up to me, put out his hand, and said, ‘Where is that rosary? I need it today.’

“I handed him the rosary and taught him how to pray it on our lunch break. We started praying together every day at lunch. Over time, David was able to cut off bad friendships and turn his life around. We’re still praying the rosary together, and he asked me for more rosaries to give away.”

A few weeks after hearing Rose’s story, I learned that David started classes to become Catholic. If all goes well, he will be received into the Church at the Easter vigil in 2024.

The simple act of offering a rosary worked real miracles in this young man’s life. May Our Lady work many more miracles like these as we spread the rosary around America.■