"The Feast of the Holy Rosary, now officially called the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, is celebrated on October 7th in the Roman Catholic Church and commemorates the Holy League's naval victory over the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. This victory, attributed to the power of the Rosary, is seen as a turning point in the history of Christendom. The feast was established by Pope Pius V to thank God for the Christian victory and to honor the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary"

Matt Fradd gives his guide to the Rosary and it's informative and really well done. With all the spiritual warfare going on, I think if more of us commit to this we can turn the tide as was done in 1571.

For our Protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, he provides an outline for you that shouldn't find contradictory to your views on the faith so that you might also enjoy the prayer. Start around 10:13 of the video above.

Fradd states one of the objections to the Rosary as "The rosary is vain repetition. No, why think that at all. The angels are incessantly praying 'Holy, Holy, Holy' before the throne of God. Is that vain repetition?... From Josemaria Escriva 'blessed be the monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies you from the monotony of your sins'".

Raised Baptist…now Catholic

The veneration of Mary was a moderate stumbling block for me

Until I realized that she said yes to everything that I never could…and, end result known, probably no one ever could

To know it…and to bear it…is hard to comprehend

Hail Mary…most certainly full of grace…thank you for the perfect yes to the will of the Father

You said yes…when all people of all time would have said no

From God…through the Holy Spirit…through your perfect "yes"…Jesus offers salvation to all of man for all time.

Hail Mary, indeed