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Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 21, is the Memorial of St. Christopher (Cristobal) Magallanes (1869-1927) and martyrs — twenty-one diocesan priests and three devout laymen, all members of the Cristeros movement . As they pledged their allegiance to Christ and to the church, the Cristeros rose up in rebellion against the anti-Catholic Mexican government during the 1920s, The anti-Christian govern...

Friends of the Rosary, "May they be one just as we are one." In the reading from the holy Gospel according to John 17:11b-19, Jesus prayed to the Father: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son o...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s Gospel (John 17:1–11a), Christ the Lord raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him." In this prayer to the Father, the Lord summed up his work as he was about to return t...

Friends of the Rosary, In a passage of the Gospel, John 16:29-33, that we read today, the feast of Pope St. John I, the disciples said to Jesus, “We believe that you came from God.” Christ the Lord answered them, "Do you believe now? Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 17, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension, when, at the end of His earthly life, Jesus ascended triumphantly from Mount Olivet into His Father in Heaven, seated at the right hand and sharing in eternal glory. The return of Christ to heaven is the culmination of the accomplishment of His salvific mission on earth. The Son of God,...

Friends of the Rosary, As we read today (John 16:23b-28), Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.” Christ the Lord is giving us assurance about answered prayer. And He is telling us to keep asking. Also, he is reveali...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 15, is the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130). Although working many hours a day, St. Isidore never failed to attend daily Mass and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist. He married a young woman as simple and upright as himself, who also became a saint, Maria de la Cabeza. They had one son, who died as a child. They were always willing to help the...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 14, is the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr. Also, today, in the United States, the ecclesiastical provinces of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Newark, and Omaha, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension. With the victory Christ the Lord gained by His resurrection from the dead, it is today made perfect. On this day, Christ's triumph is compl...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 13, is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, commemorating the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children—Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto—in Fátima, Portugal, on this day in 1917. Mary appeared six times to the children between May and October 1917, calling for prayer, repentance, daily recitation of the Rosary, and sacrifices f...

Friends of the Rosary, Tomorrow, May 13, is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of the Rosary. Last week, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii, solemnly reciting the Supplication to the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii, which takes place every year on May 8 and on the first Sunday of October. After greeting disabled persons and v...

Friends of the Rosary, At that time (John 15:26—16:4a), the Lord Jesus brought the Holy Spirit to the disciples to testify on His behalf. "I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues, in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. They will do this because they have not known either the Father o...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, we see Christ Jesus saying to his disciples at the Last Supper (John 14:15-21): “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept.” To whoever loves Jesus, the Lord reveals to him, providing the grace to li...

Friends of the Rosary, Our Lord is revealing to us, through today's reading (John 15:18-21) and through his disciples, that we don't belong to this fallen, sinful world that we see around, and therefore we cannot expect praise and honors. "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong t...

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus said to his disciples (John 15:12-17): “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love o...

Friends of the Rosary, The love of God is not an emotion. It’s a joyful participation in divine mercy, deepened by following the commandments. Love is poured into our hearts by grace, and this way, in living according to God’s providence, and not in self-will, we achieve true freedom. Another key reflection from today's reading is that Christ does not separate love from commandments. As we read to...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 6, the Church honors St. Peter Nolasco (1182-1258), born in France but later settled in Barcelona, Spain. After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians, he, together with St. Raymond of Penafort and James I, King of Aragon, founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians), devoted to ransoming Christian prisoners held by the Moors. He did so at t...

Friends of the Rosary, As we read today (John 14:27-31a), Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you." "Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' Christ's peace is a gift of grace. It sustains the soul. Our modern secular...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Jesus said to his disciples, as we read today (John 14:21-26) “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name. He will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.” Yester...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, we read in the Gospel of John (John 14:1-4), howJesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father's house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you...

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus, who is in the Father and the Father is in him, is saying in today’s Gospel (John 14:7–14): “Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these.” “And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.” The Father listens to his Son, who pleads...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, May 1, Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Joseph educated Jesus and patiently schooled him in carpentry.  By the daily labor, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy spouse and of the Incarnate Son of God, and thus became an example to all laborers. “Work...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 30, Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter, the Church honors Saint Pope Pius V, who organized the “holy league” that defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The victory was attributed to prayers to Our Lady of the Rosary. Pius V was also instrumental in countering Protestantism. Also, in the Gospel today (John 13:16–20), we see how Jesus announced...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 29, is the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). This fourteenth-century Italian saint, a tertiary of the Dominican Order, was favored with visions from the age of seven. She was distinguished for a life of prayer, extraordinary mortifications, and compelling spiritual writings, such as Dialogue, the book of her meditations and revelations. She address...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Tuesday, is the feast of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort (1673-1716), whose life is inseparable from his efforts to promote genuine devotion to Mary. Totus tuus (completely yours) was his personal motto; Karol Wojtyla chose it as his episcopal motto, too. Born in the Breton village of Montfort, near Rennes (France), Louis was a diocesan pries...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 27, is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Montserrat. The Shrine of Montserrat is located near Barcelona, Spain. Legend relates that the original sculpture was carved by St. Luke and came from Jerusalem. At the end of the ninth century, an image of Our Lady was miraculously found on the mountain of Montserrat. The wooden statue is 38 inches tall and is known a...