Part 1 - How to Profit from the Rosary - Fr. Hugh Thwaites

Make the rosary more than just words that you say. If this series does not help you pray the Rosary more effectively and devoutly...nothing will. Listen to Fr. Hugh Thwaites in this short, simple, yet epic methodology to allow you to actually profit from the rosary.

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Tribute to Rev. Fr. Hugh Thwaites S.J. written on his 95th Birthday 2012

One of England’s best-loved priests will celebrate his 95th birthday on July 21. Known for his bright smile and infectious missionary spirit, Fr Hugh Thwaites is a symbol of what one priest’s unflagging commitment to evangelisation can achieve.

Fr Hugh knows what it is to convert to Catholicism. He converted from Anglicanism when he was a passenger aboard a troop ship bound for Singapore during World War II. He spent three punishing years as a Japanese prisoner of war, which gave him insight into human nature. “To see men in such extreme conditions is to see the very roots of their character,” he has said. In order to survive in the prison camp Fr Hugh sold his watch. After the war he was ordained a Jesuit.

The zeal of the convert has never left Fr Hugh and he first asks new people he meets: “Are you a Catholic?” If they reply “no” then he asks: “But you would like to be, wouldn’t you?” Fr Hugh is a champion of the Legion of Mary, an ardent supporter of the Extraordinary Form and renowned for his tenacity in spreading devotion to the rosary. In his startling booklet, Our Glorious Faith and How to Lose It, Fr Hugh links the abandonment of the rosary with losing the faith. He explains that Our Lady has asked us to say the rosary. “If we want in any way to be like Jesus,”he says, “we must do what His Mother asks. If we do not, can we expect things to go right? We cannot with impunity disobey the Mother of God.” Fr Hugh may be advanced in years and describes himself as “living on the edge of eternity”. But his many talks are available online and blogs are buzzing with lively discussions about how he brought new people into the Church.

[Rev. Fr. Hugh Thwaites S.J. died on 21st August 2012, Requiescat in pace]
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[ogedieobi]

Rest in peace Fr Thwaites. Wedded my parents and baptised myself and my siblings

[lisastockholm]

I can’t even believe you have FATHER THWAITES here!!!! This is a goldmine. May his beautiful soul Rest In Peace.

[hicnar]

Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ was instrumental in bringing the Traditional Latin Mass to the church where I go every week. As one of few priests in the UK he had the indult required to celebrate the TLM during the difficult times.

Requiem æternam dona ei,
Domine Et lux perpetua luceat ei
Requiescat in pace.
Amen.

[anng.]

RIP Father Hugh Thwaites, SJ (1917-2012). Son of Mary, faithful to the true Jesuit charism.

[paulskillman]

Should we make a profit from God? I have recited the rosary many times in my 81 yrs of life. Did it help me? I don't know. I am still alive. Was it because I recited the Rosary? I don't know!

[lezmajz]

In October 2002 Pope John Paul II in an Apostolic letter introduced the Luminous Mysteries, In this series about the Rosary I don't see Fr Thwaites mention them. can you tell us why, please ?

[paulskillman]

Ah, the Latin Mass. When it is recited in English it just does not sound the same.