October is one of the quiet times in the Church; it was only in the course of the last century that it acquired its special character as the Month of the Rosary, the month of quiet prayer. Today, however, the notion of praying in church has, to a large extent, ceased to be a matter of course; we must rebuild the path that leads to the hearing and speaking God—or better: we must let this path be given us anew. Where better to begin our meditation than with the Rosary? Why, exactly,