譯者:林豪
Devil says, “Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head.”
魔鬼說：「每一遍聖母經就像是在我頭上打一拳。」
Father Gabriel Amorth, chief exorcist (驅魔 ) of the Vatican says: “One day a colleague of mine heard the devil say during an exorcism: “Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head. If Christians knew how powerful the Rosary was, it would be my end.” The secret that makes this prayer so effective is that the Rosary is both prayer and meditation. It is addressed to the Father, to the Blessed Virgin, and to the Holy Trinity, and is a meditation centred on Christ.
梵蒂崗首席驅魔神長亞摩斯．佳播說：「有一天我的同事在一次驅魔過程中聽到魔鬼說：『每一遍聖母經就像是在我頭上打一拳，如果基督徒瞭解玫瑰經有多大的力量，將會是我的末日。』使玫瑰經如此有效的秘密，是因為它是祈禱也是默禱。它向天父、童貞聖母及天主聖三問候，是一項以基督為中心的默禱。
“Today more than ever, the world is in need of prayer and meditation. It is in need of prayer because people have forgotten God, and without God the world has put itself on the edge of a precipice. This is why in Her messages, Our Lady insists so much on prayer. Without God’s help, Satan wins. The world is also in need of meditation because if the great Christian truths are forgotten, souls become void. This void is grabbed up by the enemy, and he fills it with his lies. And today we see the results with widespread belief in superstition and occultism.
今日更勝於往昔，這世界迫切需要祈禱及默禱，因為人們已忘記了天主，所以需要祈禱，這世界若沒有天主，將陷其本身於絕境，這也是為什麼聖母所傳達的訊息，一直是在祈禱上得堅持，沒有天主的助佑，撒旦將獲勝，這世界也需要默禱，因為如果基督徒偉大的真理被遺忘了，靈魂將變得空虛，這樣的空虛將被魔鬼逮住，牠以謊言取代之，結果放眼望去今天迷信及神秘學四處橫行。」
“The most obvious danger for our society today is the downfall of the family. The rhythm of today’s world has broken the family unity. Little time is spent together, and even when the family is together, its members don’t speak because the television speaks. Where are the families which recite the Rosary together in the evenings? Pope Pius XII insisted in his own time: “If you pray the Rosary together, you will experience peace in your families; you will get on together.” “The family that prays together, stays together,” would say Father Peyton, the untiring apostle of the family Rosary. “Satan wants war,” Mary said one day in Medjugorje. Well, the Rosary is the weapon which is able to guarantee peace for the world, because it is a prayer and a form of meditation able to transform hearts and defeat the enemy.”
「今天我們的社會最明顯地危機就是家庭的向下沈淪，今日世界的節奏已破壞了家庭的合一，相聚的時間甚短，而且甚至於當家庭成員聚在一起時，家人並不交談，因為電視在說話，有哪些家庭在晚上一同念玫瑰經呢？教宗碧岳十二世在位時曾說：『如果你們一同念玫瑰經，你們將經驗到家庭的平安，你們會確保合一。』佩騰神父（Father Peyton）曾說：『家庭一同祈禱，將保有合一』且孜孜不倦地倡導家庭玫瑰經。」有一天聖母在默主歌耶(Medjugorje)曾說：「撒旦渴望戰爭，而玫瑰經是為世界帶來和平的武器，因為它是一項祈禱及一種默禱形式，能夠改變人心及擊敗敵人。」
