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Friends of the Rosary, God never tires of forgiving us, no matter what we've done. As a loving father, He always responds to us. We must see a loving hand in everything around us and consider love more than an emotive feeling. Today, many people don't feel loved; worse, they fear they're unloveable. They are missing the point of God's nature, pure and unconditional love. The Divinity only wants th...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 27, the Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of the French priest St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), who founded the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission or Lazarists (now known as Vincentians) to preach especially to ignorant peasants of that time and to establish seminaries. St. Vincent de Paul was a great apostle of charity, and brought a great rev...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, we read the famous statement at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes ( ECCL 1:2-11 ) in the Old Testament: “All things at vanity.” “Vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun? One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays. The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it pr...

Friends of the Rosary, In today's letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (13:13), the thirteenth Apostle speaks about the Way of Love as the greatest spiritual gift. "Faith, hope, and love remain these three, but the greatest of these is love." St. Paul explains: "If I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mo...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 24, is the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, a national holiday in Peru. The Catholic Church also celebrates Our Lady of Walsingham (Memorial, England) and Our Lady of Ransom (Hist). Devotion to the Virgin of Mercy dates back to the founding of Lima. The Mercederian friars, who came to Peru with the conquerors, brought the devotion to the Virgin of Mercy, a Marian...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), or Padre Pio, a contemporary saint with the gift of the stigmata who bore the wounds of our Lord. Padre Pio, known for his suffering, humility, and miracles, received the stigmata while praying before a cross on September 20, 1918. He is the first priest to be so blessed. For fifty years at the monastery of San Gi...

Friends of the Rosary, In today Sunday's reading (Mk 9:30-37), we see Christ in Galilee telling to the Twelve apostles about the mystery of the Cross and the Resurrection: "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise." They did not understand and were afraid to question him. Moreover, they expected that Ch...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. When Jesus summoned him, Matthew was a publican, a tax collector for the Romans, a hateful profession, and considered the typical sinner by the Pharisees. One day, while seated at his table of books and money, Jesus looked at Matthew and said two words: "Follow me." Matthew rose and left his pieces of silve...

Friends of the Rosary, Accompanying Jesus and the Twelve Disciples were women like Mary Magdalene, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others. In this journey, these women provided for Jesus and the disciples out of their resources and were helping to proclaim the Kingdom of God, as we read today in the Gospel (Luke 8:1–3). Jesus, breaking the social conventions of that ti...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, in the Gospel (Lk 7:36-50), we hear the story of the Pharisee Simon, who invited Jesus to dine with him but didn’t give water for his feet. At the same house, a sinful woman showed great love by anointing Jesus with ointment. She was filled with love for Christ, self-offering, and full gratitude, in contrast to the poor hospitality shown by the Pharisee man. Jesus sai...

Friends of the Rosary, The Pharisees criticized Jesus' eating habits and dining with sinners. In the Jewish society of that time, a righteous person would never associate with the unrighteous for fear of becoming unclean. As we read today in the Gospel (Luke 7:31-35), Christ Jesus said: "For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a d...

Friends of the Rosary, As Christ Jesus was entering a city called Nain, near Nazareth, a large crowd was accompanied in a burial procession by a man who had died. His mother was a widow who had only this son. This death was a disaster for a widow since it eliminated any income for making a living. Jesus was moved with pity — as Luke tells us ( Lk 7:11-1 ) in today's reading — and said to her:...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, in the Gospel (Lk 7:1-10), Luke tells us about the faith of the Roman centurion, whose slave was cured of his illness. Jesus was amazed at him and said to the crowd following him: "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." The centurion said the words we recite in Mass before communion: "I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.&qu...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 15, is the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. This feast, which dates back to the 12th century, focuses on Mary's intense suffering during the passion and death of Christ. The Memorial Day is dedicated to the spiritual martyrdom of Mary, Mother of God, and her compassion with the sufferings of her Divine Son. In her suffering as co-redeemer, Mary reminds u...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 14, is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross feast day, also called the Triumph of the Cross or Holy Cross Day. The Catholic Church celebrates the discovery of the True Cross on Mount Calvary by St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, in 320. The Cross is the instrument of our redemption and the glorious sign of victory. We take up the Cross and follow Chr...

Friends of the Rosary, On September 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima for the fifth time. Over 30,000 people gathered in Cova da Iria, Portugal. “The crowd prays all the time… Suddenly, cries of surprise and joy are heard. Thousands of arms are raised towards a point in the sky… I raise my eyes, and to my surprise, I see clearly and distinctly a globe of light advancing from east to wes...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 12, four days after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mother, we honor The Most Holy Name of Mary. The feast day encourages us to pray for her intercession to deepen our love of Christ. When we call Mary Our Lady and pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid, and place ourselves under her protection. The holy name of Mary bears such pow...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, we pray and remember those lost on September 11, 2001, and support the families affected, focusing on hope and healing in the aftermath of tragedy. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Like the seed buried in the ground,...

Friends of the Rosary, Today's main reading in The New Testament (Lk 6:12-19) presents how Christ Jesus spent the night in prayer before choosing his Twelve apostles. "Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and...

Friends of the Rosary, Yesterday, we celebrated Mary's birthday. The Blessed Virgin assists us from heaven with her prayers and motherly care to bring us to God. It's Mary's maternal mediation. Christ Jesus is the mediator who, after the Fall, stands between God and fallen humanity to bring us back into communion with God. But the Son of God doesn't keep his role as mediator to him...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, nine months after the Immaculate Conception, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We rejoice in her birthday. In Mary, all human nature is exalted. This is one of the three birthdays in the Church Calendar—the Birth of Jesus (December 25), the Birth of John the Baptist (June 24), and the Birthday of Mary. Mary was born t...

Friends of the Rosary, Yesterday, we read another passage in the New Testament (Luke 5:33–39) showing the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees. They asked Jesus why he didn’t encourage fasting among his followers. The Lord answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they wil...

Friends of the Rosary, Mother Teresa’s spiritual rapid-fire weapon was her “ Flying Novena, ” according to Monsignor Leo Maasburg, her friend and adviser, who wrote “Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait.” She said this novena all the time. It consisted of 10 Memorares — not nine, as you might expect from the word ‘ novena .’ St. Teresa of Calcutta’s founded Missionaries of Charity contin...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, September 5th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata), affectionally known as Mother Teresa, a universal symbol of God's merciful, preferential love for the poor and forgotten and a living witness to the thirsting love of God. Nun, missionary, and teacher in Calcutta, India, St. Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), left a testament...

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus came to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God, as we read today in The New Testament (Lk 4:38 – 4).  “Because for this purpose, I have been sent.” The crowds looked for the Son of God, who had withdrawn to a deserted place. They recognized the miraculous growth that had taken place in their midst through healing, cures, and exorcism. Today, like at that time in...