What you fail to comprehend is that one best can exude love, wisdom, and holiness NOT by partaking in acts that do nothing to teach love, wisdom, and holiness, BUT RATHER by studying what the Lord actually had to say. It also comes having the discipline to perform RIGOROUS discernment that what you are doing, saying, or espousing actually leads people away from sin, instead of towards it.I would have to disagree with you in part. In our Adoration Chapel (depicted), every single pew carries a hard covered Bible, and people do read them. That being said, Jesus is actually present at Adoration (do you believe this?), so while you can read about Him through Holy Scripture, you can also talk one-on-one regarding His published Word, too. Who better to conduct a Bible Study? I send you back to commentary #34 http://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3106141/posts?page=34#34 and please read all of what Mother Teresa wrote (by clicking on the image). Do you respect her as to what she espoused on the Eucharist/Adoration during her lifetime?
Regarding the recitation of the rosary, you said something very important.
It can also lead one to treat women better, as one must focus on the grace of Mary, and hence of all women.That was beautiful (I mean really beautiful), but then you went on to say:
But I also know first hand that the rosary does absolutely nothing to inform one that espousing socialist politics, supporting lawbreaking by illegal aliens, and ignoring the horror of abortion are leading people to sin.This stopped me in my tracks. ("One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world." --Saint Dominic) I've been praying the rosary (at Adoration Chapels, and just about everywhere else; grocery stores, parks, during walks, in elevators, at stoplights, in waiting rooms, on the highway, before sleeping, and of course, on my website) for the end of abortion for decades (no one knows any better than I do the horror of what abortion does to not just the baby, but the mother as well). There are millions of us who know (and pray)! It IS the rosary, along with Adoration (see my tagline) that will end abortion forever. Could it be that you need to focus less on the sins -- [lack of] "RIGOROUS discernment" -- of others that seems to be distracting you, so that you are focused only on that which is good, and pure, and holy, yourself.
But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power. Tell Him, 'Come to our hearts Lord and stay with us.' Then you will become the instruments of His love, peace and joy. --God bless you, Mother Teresa