An undated painting St Bartolo Longo. Photo: CNS photo/courtesy of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.
Take up the Sword of the Spirit” St Paul tells us, in order to “stand against the wiles of the devil.” October, the month of the Rosary, recalls how this prayer, entrusted to St Dominic by Our Lady, became the Church’s spiritual weapon. Every Dominican still wears the rosary where a medieval knight would wear…
