A Weapon Against Yourself

Only later on, when I was looking back on the incident, did I realize that I had used Rosary as a weapon, not against any external force, but against myself. And I think this is ultimately what the saints of the past eight centuries have meant when they speak of the devotion in martial terms. It’s of a piece with one of the central dramas of maturation. When you’re a child, you imagine that you will do battle with the worst evils of the world; when you grow up, you realize many of them are already inside you.  Read Full Article »