To pray the rosary it takes 25-27 minutes. The Irish do it in 7 minutes. They pray so quickly, so fervently, they push the words out in the world with such force one wonders if it is holy or deeply irreverent.

The Irish pray with such urgency, such passion, they pray with the fervent need for God and the angels to hear them. It’s the praying of the mother rushing to the hospital for her child; it’s the praying of a soldier in the middle of combat; it is the praying of the elderly for once more, just once more, to have their old strength save a stranger stuck under a car. The prays are said so quickly, so passionately, so urgently for fear that God won’t hear them in time.

They are prayed so intensely, so that God knows it’s important. The prays are said again and again, in case God forgets what they’re praying for. The prays are said with power and pleading of the Holy Spirit and all the saints and all the angels, so that if God will not hear their prayers, God will hear them repeated to them by those He Loves mosts.

To pray in such a way is to pray with all your heart, mind and soul. It is powerful, God does hear all the angels sing and rejoice. God loves the Irish, and He loves their prayers.

I struggle myself to pray like the Irish when I pray for the Church and its people. It is a gift that God bestowed upon them and them alone. He made them special in that way.

Keep the Faith