“…(T)o all young married couples: here is your model, your prototype, you Divine Imaginal.  From these two spouses, who loved as no couple on earth has ever loved, learn that it takes not two to love, but three: you and you and Jesus.  Do you not speak of “our love” as something distinct from the love of each one of you?  That love, outside of both of you, and which is more than the addition of your two loves, is the love of God.

“Married couples ought to say the Rosary together each night, for their common prayer is more than the separate prayers of each.  When the child comes, they should say it before the crib, as Joseph and Mary prayed there.  In this earthly trinity of Child, mother, and foster father, there were not two hearts with but a single thought but one great Heart into which the other two poured themselves out as confluent streams…”

“The fathers and mothers of families particularly must give an example to   their children, especially when, at sunset, they gather together after the   day’s work, within the domestic walls, and recite the Holy Rosary on bended   knees before the image of the Virgin, together fusing voice, faith and   sentiment. This is a beautiful and salutary custom, from which certainly   there cannot but be derived tranquility and abundance of heavenly gifts   for the household.” -Pope Pius XI, Ingravescentibus malis, #28

“But it is above all in the bosom of the family that We desire the custom   of the Holy Rosary to be everywhere adopted, religiously preserved, and   ever more intensely practiced. In vain is a remedy sought for the wavering   fate of civil life, if the family, the principle and foundation of the   human community, is not fashioned after the pattern of the Gospel. To   undertake such a difficult duty, We affirm that the custom of the family   recitation of the Holy Rosary is a most efficacious means. What a sweet   sight — most pleasing tO God — when, at eventide, the Christian home   resounds with the frequent repetition of praises in honor of the august   Queen of Heaven! Then the Rosary, recited in common, assembles before the   image of the Virgin, in an admirable union of hearts, the parents and their   children, who come back from their daily work. It unites them piously with   those absent and those dead. It links all more tightly in a sweet bond of   love, with the most Holy Virgin, who, like a loving mother, in the circle   of her children, will be there bestowing upon them an abundance of the   gifts of concord and family peace. ” -Ven. Pope Pius XII, Ingruentium malorum

“There is no doubt that, after the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours,   the high point which family prayer can reach, the Rosary should be   considered as one of the best and most efficacious prayers in common that   the Christian family is invited to recite. We like to think, and sincerely   hope, that when the family gathering becomes a time of prayer, the Rosary   is a frequent and favored manner of praying. We are well aware that the   changed conditions of life today do not make family gatherings easy, and   that even when such a gathering is possible many circumstances make it   difficult to turn it into an occasion of prayer. There is no doubt of the   difficulty. But it is characteristic of the Christian in his manner of life   not to give in to circumstances but to overcome them, not to succumb but to   make an effort. Families which want to live in full measure the vocation   and spirituality proper to the Christian family must therefore devote all   their energies to overcoming the pressures that hinder family gatherings   and prayer in common. In concluding these observations, which give proof of   the concern and esteem which the Apostolic See has for the Rosary of the   Blessed Virgin, we desire at the same time to recommend that this very   worthy devotion should not be propagated in a way that is too one-sided or   exclusive. The Rosary is an excellent prayer, but the faithful should feel   serenely free in its regard. They should be drawn to its calm recitation by   its intrinsic appeal.” -Pope Paul VI, Marialis cultus, #54-55

“The family that prays together stays together. The Holy Rosary, by age-old   tradition, has shown itself particularly effective as a prayer which brings   the family together. Individual family members, in turning their eyes   towards Jesus, also regain the ability to look one another in the eye, to   communicate, to show solidarity, to forgive one another and to see their   covenant of love renewed in the Spirit of God. Many of the problems facing   contemporary families, especially in economically developed societies,   result from their increasing difficulty in communicating. Families seldom   manage to come together, and the rare occasions when they do are often   taken up with watching television. To return to the recitation of the   family Rosary means filling daily life with very different images, images   of the mystery of salvation: the image of the Redeemer, the image of his   most Blessed Mother. The family that recites the Rosary together reproduces   something of the atmosphere of the household of Nazareth: its members place   Jesus at the centre, they share his joys and sorrows, they place their   needs and their plans in his hands, they draw from him the hope and the   strength to go on.” -Saint Pope John Paul II, Rosarium virginis mariae

“I invite you to pray the Rosary personally, in the family and in the community, learning at the school of Mary, which leads us to Christ, the living center of our faith.” -Pope Benedict XVI, Sunday Angelus, 7 October 2012