The Rosebud-Rosary Apostolate

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The Rosebud-Rosary Apostolate
because our "High-Fives" proposal, optional by design,
then will mandatorily combine a devotional dimension
with a catechetical one, trading the saved time with
more spiritual "flavors and colors". Therefore, it may
become potentially more pleasing to Our Lady and
more fruitful to us than "Low-Tens" if merely prayed
mechanically. St. Teresa of Avila, the great teacher and
doctor of prayer life, in similar words, insists on being
more concerned with the quality than the quantity. For
instance, the EWTN’s Animated Rosary for Kids series,
wisely features just one Hail Mary per Mystery, instead
of ten Hail Mary’s, for obvious reasons, similarly.
However, if daily prayer does not transform your life
for the better, rooting out serious sins, leading to real
Peace and gradual healing, then pray more and/or
change the way you pray. If not enough, please get a
spiritual director, post on your calendar rigorous
deadlines for life-changing decisions, including
someone you trust to hold you accountable, until you
enter/stay in the State of Grace at any price and as
soon as possible.
The secret, as St. Teresa of Avila warned us, is that
"without love for others, interior liberty and humility,
real Prayer is impossible." An authentic mystical
experience of God supports a practical ascetic life on a
daily basis (and vice-versa) similar to the “Little Way “of
St. Therese of Lisieux, which is accessible to all
according to the limits and the state conditions of each
one. They are two sides of the same coin for any
sincere disciple seeking holiness with joy and hope in