Catholic Replies
Q. How do you respond to a person who rejects the rosary because it allegedly favors Mary over God, with many more prayers to her than to God? — I.L., Kentucky. A. You could point out that at the heart of each Hail Mary is Jesus; that each decade of the rosary concludes with a prayer of praise to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as well as the Fatima prayer, which begins, “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins”; and that all of the twenty mysteries upon which one is supposed to meditate while saying the Hail Marys involve Jesus either explicitly or implicitly. Even though He is not specifically mentioned in the Descent of the Holy Spirit on…Continue Reading