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Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 12, the Catholic Church in the USA celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In December 1531, Our Lady appeared three times to a Chichimeca Indian convert named Juan Diego, requesting that a church be built on Tepeyac Hill, near Mexico City. Unable to convince the bishop and busy caring for his sick uncle, Juan missed a fourth meeting with the Blessed V...

Friends of the Rosary, Christ Jesus addresses his invitation to free us from our burden, as we read today (Matthew 11:28-30). God is glorified in giving strength to us weak people. “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves For my yoke is easy, and my bu...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 9, we celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto. This title refers to the house where Mary was born in Nazareth, where the Word was made flesh at the Annunciation. Tradition says that a group of angels miraculously transported the Holy House first to Loreto, on the Adriatic Sea coast of Italy, at the end of the thirteenth century. The shrine of Loreto has...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 9, the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. This Catholic dogma states the Virgin Mary was free from original sin from the moment she was conceived in St. Ann's womb. God granted Mary this special grace and privilege to preserve her from any stain and prepare her for her role as the Mother of Christ. Mary, full of grace through God, w...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 8, is the Second Sunday of Advent. As we prepare to celebrate the nativity of Christ, in our journey of Advent, we read about John the Baptist's call to conversion. It is a pressing invitation to open our hearts and to welcome the Son of God Who comes among us. Pope Benedict XVI explained, "Through the Gospel, John the Baptist continues to speak down the cent...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 7, the first Saturday of the month, the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Ambrose (340-397), who proclaimed the coming of Christ, the long-awaited Savior, in troubled times not so different from our own. At that time, people were abandoning the true faith for falsified concepts of Christ. But Ambrose remained steadfast, teaching fidelity by words and acti...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 6, the Church celebrates the memorial of  St. Nicholas of Myra (d. 346), also known as Santa Claus, one of the most popular saints in the Western world and considered the patron saint of children. St. Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop born in Lycia in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was known for his mercy and charity toward the poor and disadvantaged and...

Friends of the Rosary, To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we must build our house on solid rock to avoid collapsing. Rain will fall, floods will come, winds will blow, and all these life anxieties and troubles will not prevail as long as we don't build on sand. That's the invitation from Our Lord that we read about today in the Gospel (Mt 7:21, 24-27). Jesus said to his disciples: "Not everyone who s...

Friends of the Rosary, This Advent period is a unique occasion to take a serious and sincere look at ourselves. The faithful know that this earth is not our permanent home, yet many Christians live and act as if it were. They forget that one day, they will render an account of their acts at the end of their earthly life, on the day of judgment, or when the "Son of Man comes with power and in great...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 3, the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552), patron of foreign missions and all missionary works. While the Church has sent many excellent and holy missionaries into the world, Francis Xavier is considered the greatest after St. Paul the Apostle. Born from a noble Basque family in the castle of Xavier in Navarre, Spain, he studied...

Friends of the Rosary, The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. During the season of Advent, the first 24 days of December, we put on the ‘armor of light,’ seeking a Christian lifestyle that requires being vigilant, as we don’t know the hour in which He will arrive. Advent's liturgical color, purple, symbolizes penance, mortification, and the sorrow of a contrite heart. The...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 1, is the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the new Liturgical Year. This means a renewed commitment to the faith by all who follow Christ the Lord—the One who was incarnated for us. Advent awakens Christians to be ‘vigilant waiting’ for Our Lord Jesus' coming. It’s a preparation to welcome the mystery of the Word Incarnate. In this Sunday Gospel (L...

Friends of the Rosary, Today,  November 30, the last day of Ordinary Time in the current Liturgical Year, the Church of Christ celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew, a fisherman from Bethsaida in Galilee, a former disciple of John the Baptist, and one of Jesus' closest apostles. St. Andrew's feast signals the beginning of Advent. St. Andrew the Apostle introduced his brother Peter to Jesus, saying, "...

Friends of the Rosary, "Heaven and earth will pass away,  but my words will not pass away." Christ Jesus told this to his disciples, as we are reading today (LK 21:29-33). Our hearts continue crying out for God while we look for Christ's mercy. We are hungry for him, and as St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans (Rom 14:8), and is reflected in Psalm 16, "If we live, we live for the Lord, and i...

Friends of the Rosary, Happy Thanksgiving Day! As Christians, with the gift of faith we receive, we acknowledge a life of gratitude and appreciation for the grace and love given to us by Our Lord. The feast of Thanksgiving in the U.S. is an annual reminder of this call to be grateful and spread the wisdom and love of the Holy Spirit living in Mary. We celebrate Thanksgiving as a sign of American u...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 27, we commemorate Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, recalling when the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Labouré, a Daughter of Charity in Paris, in 1830 and revealed the images of the medal. Standing upon a globe, the Virgin Mary held a golden ball, symbolizing the world and each person; on her fingers were rings with gems that emitted light rays. Sh...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s reading (LK 21:5-11), Jesus warns people not to be deceived by false prophets and responds to questions about the world's end. "See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’  Do not follow them!  When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will no...

Friends of the Rosary, Today's Rosary was recorded on October 28, 2024, before the Mass for Maria Blanca's third anniversary. Yesterday, on the feast of Christ the King, we read during Mass a passage of the Book of Revelation (Rv 1:5-8) that highlighted his glory and triumph over sin and death. This kingly glory will be visible to all men at his second coming. And this vision will delight his fait...

Friends of the Rosary, The Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, or Christ the King , on the last Sunday of each liturgical year. This feast reminds us that while governments come and go, Christ reigns as King forever. In 1925, with his encyclical  Quas Primas (“In the First”), Pope Pius XI instituted this solemnity as an antidote to secularism and atheism...

Friends of the Rosary, The Sadducees, who were denying the resurrection of the body, were like the secularists today. Christ Jesus explained to them our earthly existence would be transformed and transfigured. As children of God, the dead will rise and will be "like angels," in Christ's words, as we read in the Gospel today (Lk 20:27-40). Materialists and secularists hold that, in the end, everyth...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 22, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Cecilia, a virgin and martyr, one of the most venerated of Roman saints. Her martyrdom probably occurred during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus, about the year 230. In 1599, her grave was opened, and her body was found incorrupt in a cypress wood coffin. Cecilia led a life of prayer and meditation. She had vowed lif...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 21, we celebrate the Memorial of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple. It’s the mystery of the Blessed Mother’s dwelling as a preparation for Advent. Our Lady's birthday is September 8, the Holy Name of Mary is September 12, and her Presentation is today. These feasts parallel the first three of our Lord in the liturgical cycle: the birth of Christ or Chris...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, in the Gospel (Lk 19:11-28), Jesus instructs us about our spiritual life with scenes drawn from business, investment, risk, and return. God exists in gift form. And if we want the Lord’s life in us, we must learn to give it away. Everything we own comes from the Divinity: life, being, powers, talents. If we cling to them, they wither away, not growing. The reading sho...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, in the first reading of the Gospel (RV 3:1-6, 14-22), the Lord reproves lukewarmness. He told John: "I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,’ and yet do not real...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 18, the Catholic Church celebrates the dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul in Rome. Today’s feast is a spiritual journey to two holy tombs, the place of each apostle’s martyrdom. The Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican was built over the tomb of St. Peter, where he was executed, and where Nero’s Circus stood. St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls, situat...