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Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 19, we remember the fourth apparition in Fatima. The three child saints were arrested by the Administrator on August 13th, and our Lady's plans were delayed slightly. On Sunday, the 19th of 1917, the Holy Virgin appeared to the visionaries in the woods of Valinhos. "Come again to the Cova da Iria on the thirteenth of next month, my child, and continue to say th...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s reading (Matthew 19:16-22), Christ Jesus encourages us, through the words to the rich young man, to be perfect and cultivate a treasure in heaven by avoiding any attachment to material possessions. He says,  “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” God, pure love, means a...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the twentieth Sunday in ordinary time, St. Paul, in this letter to the Hebrews (Heb 12:1-4), invites us to get rid of every sin and burden that keeps us away from the race of holiness and set our eyes fixed on Jesus,  “the leader and perfecter of faith” , considering  “how he endured such opposition from sinners.” Meanwhile, in the main reading of the Gospel (Luke 12:...

Friends of the Rosary, The feast days of Mary mark the mysteries of her life and her part in the work of redemption. Yesterday, we observed her glorious Assumption. This event means God's crowning of Mary as she ended her earthly life and entered eternity. But the central mystery of her life and person is her divine motherhood, celebrated both at Christmas and a week later (January 1) on the f...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 15, toward the end of the summer season, the Church of Christ celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the faithful proclaim that she was taken up, body and soul, into heaven. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation and the oldest feast day of Our Lady. Its origin is in the early days of Jerusalem, when one of the memories about the Ble...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 14, is the Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941), a Polish Franciscan, friar, priest, and martyr of Auschwitz, who founded a movement of Marian consecration called Militia of the Immaculata, With his preaching and writing, he undertook an intense apostolic mission in Europe and Asia. Imprisoned in Auschwitz during the Second World War, he offered hi...

Friends of the Rosary, How are we investing the treasure of our lives? Pope Leo XIV invited the faithful this Sunday to share not only material goods and possessions, but also our time, affection, presence, and empathy. Pope Leo XIV encouraged the faithful to share not only material goods but time, presence, and empathy. Quoting Jesus’ words,  “Sell what you own and give alms” , the Holy Father ur...

Friends of the Rosary, St. Clare (1194-1253), the sister of St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast day we celebrated yesterday, made poverty the basis of her life, as taught by St. Francis. Clare desired to be an imitator of the poverty of Christ. Scripture shows how precious poverty is. Christ was poor. He had no house wherein to be born, no house wherein to die, no deathbed. He said,  “The foxes hav...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 11, is the Memorial Day of St. Clare (1194-1253), the sister of St. Francis of Assisi, who her the head of the order of women, the Poor Clares. She established a community of nuns and acted as their superior. Clare was a most perfect follower of Francis of Assisi. The order was devoted to Eucharistic prayer and joyful poverty. Clare was the first woman to pract...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s Gospel ( St. Luke 12:32 48),  Christ Jesus is telling us to conduct our lives in God’s friendship to be ready for when the call to judgment comes. “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on...

Friends of the Rosary, Every month of August, we honor the two martyrs of the holocaust of Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Teresa Benedicta. Today, August 9, is the memorial day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942), also known as St. Edith Stein. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), she became an influential philosopher, lecturing at major Germa...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 8, is the Memorial of St. Dominic of Guzman, who received the devotion of the Holy Rosary from the Blessed Virgin Mary. To St. Dominic is attributed the origin and spread of the holy rosary. As many Popes have historically stated, St. Dominic received the Rosary as a gift from the Blessed Virgin Mary during a vision in a forest near Toulouse, France, in 1206, o...

Friends of the Rosary, In today's Gospel (Matthew 16:13-23), Jesus, in the region of Caesarea Philippi, asked his disciples a turning-point question: "Who do you say that I am?" The disciples were afraid to respond until finally Peter spoke: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 6, is the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a commemoration which started in the 11th century and anticipates the glory of heaven, where we shall see God face to face. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 9:28b–36) recounts this event of the glorified Jesus representing the fulfillment of Old Testament revelation, symbolized by Moses as the Law and Elijah as the pr...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 5, the Catholic Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major,  Santa Maria Maggiore , one of the four most illustrious churches of Rome, along with St. John Lateran, St. Peter, and St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Christendom’s first Marian shrine for pilgrims. This feast commemorates a miracle of the snowfall that...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 4, the Catholic Church honors St. John Vianney (1786-1859), a saint during the French Revolution, when all religious schools and churches were closed, and those who harbored priests were imprisoned. At the Vianney farmhouse near Dardilly, France, fugitive priests were offered a refuge. Known as the Cure D’Ars. In Ars, France, John Vianney was a parish priest fo...

Friends of the Rosary, Through the parable of the Rich Fool, Christ Jesus in today’s Gospel (St. Luke 12:13-21) teaches us to avoid all greed, as  “one’s life does not consist of possessions.” The passage tells of a wealthy farmer who, upon harvesting a large crop, decided to build bigger barns to store his abundance. He planned to live a life of ease and luxury, but God called him a fool. The key...

Friends of the Rosary, Yesterday, on the feast day of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, we read in Matthew's Gospel (Matt 13, 54-58), how the Lord identified himself as a prophet in his return to Nazareth. "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house." "And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith." Christ Jes...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, August 1, is the Memorial of St. Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787), bishop and doctor of the Church and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, the Redemptorists, a congregation of priests and brothers. As our Lord did the Apostles, Alphonsus de Liguori sent the Redemptorists into the villages to announce the Kingdom of God and provide religious instruct...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, July 31, is the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). With nine companions—Francis Xavier, among them—Ignatius formed the Jesuits, a society for the service of Jesus, that embarked on missionary activities, the establishment of colleges and universities, and counter-Reformation preaching. The motto of the Company of Jesus: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam —“For the gr...

Friends of the Rosary, Through the parables of Jesus, we discover the priceless value of the Kingdom of Heaven. He said to his disciples (Matthew 13:44-46): "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearl...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, July 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Jesus experienced the friendship of these three saints in their household of Bethany. Martha offered him hospitality, Mary listened attentively to his words, and Lazarus promptly emerged from the tomb at the command of the Holy One of God. Luke’s Gospel recounts how Martha of Betha...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s main reading (Matthew 13:31–35), Jesus unveiled a mystery to the crowds: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the  birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches .” He spoke to them another parable. “...

Friends of the Rosary, The disciples of the Lord were men of prayer, but they wanted to live as friends of God. So they asked the Lord to teach them to pray with the same intimacy and confidence they observed in Jesus, as we read in the Gospel ( St. Luke, 11:1-13).  They rejoiced when Christ Jesus taught them the Lord’s Prayer. Also, in another passage of the Gospels, He instructed them, "Whe...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, July 26, is the Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the grandparents of Jesus, and the patron saints of all grandparents. They played an important part in the work of the Redemption. In their home, the Virgin Mary was educated to be the Mother of God.  The Scripture is silent about the grandparents of Jesus. The Protoevanglium...