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Friends of the Rosary, Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, a feast to behold the truth of who God really is: a communion of Persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Introduced in the ninth century, the feast of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood as the solemn expression of our faith in this triune life of the Divine Persons. The Father sent his all-obedient, all-l...

Friends of the Rosary, We celebrated yesterday the feast of Mary Help of Christians. The month of May, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a time to reflect on her virtues and her love for God. Mary and her Rosary have the power to transform the world. Throughout the centuries, Mary has come to the aid of individuals, families, communities, towns, kingdoms, and nations. By helping Christians, She has...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Christ Jesus talks to us in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 10:1-12) about marriage's mystery and sacramental union. "But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has j...

Friends of the Rosary, We are designed to seek God, but the enticements of this world distract and confuse us. Our Lord Jesus invites us to remove any component that causes sin, as we read today ( Mk 9:41-50) . “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you t...

Friends of the Rosary, Today in the United States is the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea. This year the intention includes those impacted by Baltimore Key Bridge tragedy. Also, today is the Optional Memorial of the Augustinian nun of St. Rita Cascia (1386-1457), Patron saint of the impossible, difficult, and hopeless. After eighteen years of married life,...

Friends of the Rosary, This Pentecost Sunday, with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and disciples, the Jewish crowd of that time experienced the miracle of tongues. This supernatural event recalled the story about the tower of Babel, when men, enslaved by pride, attempted to build a tower that would touch the heavens. To punish their sin, God confused their speech. Sin causes confu...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, we celebrate the feast of Mary Mother of the Church. We highlight the divine motherhood of Mary and her intimate union in the work of the Redeemer. This memorial is celebrated every year on the Monday after Pentecost, which is appropriate as Mary was also present in that room for the birthday of the Church. In 1964, St. Paul VI declared the Blessed Virgin Mary as &quo...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. With Christmas and Easter, Pentecost ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and disciples, the completion of the work of redemption, and the fullness of grace for the Church and gift of faith for all nations. Ten days after the resurrection, at nine o'c...

Friends of the Rosary, In the  First Letter of John (3:18-24),  that we recently read, the Beloved Disciple urged us to firmly believe in the name of Jesus Christ and love our neighbor with a practical love. However, we find that living a Christian life isn’t easy. We are lured by the attractions of this world, and we face the temptations by the agents of evil. Moreover, in our days these difficul...

Friends of the Rosary, St. Peter’s love for Jesus Christ surpasses his sins. Three times the apostle denied the Lord, and so three times Jesus asked him to reaffirm his faith, as we read today. (Jn 21:15-19): “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He then said to Simon Peter a second...

Friends of the Rosary, "The Immaculate Heart of Mary must be for us a refuge and the way that leads to God," wrote Sister Lucia of Fatima, the oldest of the three children to whom Our Lady of Fatima appeared in 1917. To attain the peace of Christ, the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary must be established in the world by means of a true consecration, through conversion and self-giv...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130), a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a plowman for a wealthy landowner in Madrid, Spain. Although he worked many hours a day, he never failed to attend daily Mass and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist. Isidore had deep religious instincts. He rose early in the mor...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is the feast day of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr. After Jesus' ascension, St. Peter proposed to the assembled faithful that they choose the twelve disciples of Christ to fill the place left vacant by Judas the traitor's apostasy. Lots were drawn, with the result in favor of Matthias, ultimately chosen by the Holy Spirit. According to the tradition, St. Matt...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is Our Lady of Fatima's feast day. In 1917, in the tiny village in the diocese of Leiria, Portugal, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco. One year before, in the summer of 1916, an Angel appeared to them several times and taught them a prayer to the Blessed Trinity. Then on Sunday, May 13, 1917, at noon, a flash of lig...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, we celebrate, in most of the country, the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We also celebrate Mother’s Day. The ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska retained the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord last Thursday, while all other provinces have trans...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the first Saturday after Ascension Thursday, is the Feast of Mary, Queen of Apostles, celebrated in some areas and by certain religious congregations, including the Pallotines, the Marianists, and the congregations founded by Bl. James Alberione (the Society of St. Paul, the Daughters of St. Paul, and others). The feast day commemorates Mary joining the first apostles...

Friends of the Rosary, Because of our struggle, we sadly question our Lord. Our lack of faith—or limited faith—confuses us and makes us live with anxiety. Lord Jesus knew all of this, and said to his disciples (Jn 16:20-23): "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Thursday of the sixth week of Easter and forty days after Easter Sunday, the Catholic Church commemorates the Ascension of Christ into Heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2. Tradition designates Mount Olivet near Bethany as the place where Christ left the earth. The Ascension is the solemnity feast of the Glorified Christ — the day when Christ’s tr...

Friends of the Rosary, Christ Jesus declared that when the Spirit comes, he will guide us into all truth — we read in the Gospel today (Jn 16:12-15). “He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.” Jesus also said to his disciples: “I have much more...

Friends of the Rosary, We joyfully honor the Immaculate Mary during May, not just a day but the entire month, with daily recitation of the Rosary and other devotions. The Ancient Greeks dedicated May to Artemis, the goddess of fecundity. The Christians improved this practice by honoring the truly Mother of God. The idea of a month dedicated specifically to Mary is traced back to Baroque times. The...

Friends of the Rosary, This month we walk with the Blessed Virgin Mary and we renew our love and devotion to the Mother of Jesus. Everything Mary said led us to Christ. And she loves each and every human with the same affection and tenderness as Christ Jesus. Mary was conceived immaculately, without any stain of the original sin, and also by divine election was crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. M...

Friends of the Rosary, The Lord, who is all love, has revealed to the nations His saving power, as we say in the Psalms today. "Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love," wrote Saint John in his first letter (4:7-10) We can be faithful, charitable, and even follow all the commandments, but if we lack love we fall really short. "Beloved, let us love one another, bec...

Friends of the Rosary, As disciples of Christ we have been chosen out of the world by Christ Jesus. When we act out that belonging, we can change the world. It won't be an easy. The battle has been won, but the war continues. The struggle is ongoing. As Jesus said to his disciples (Jn 15:18-21), "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the wor...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James. Like Sts. Peter and Andrew, St. Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee. He was crucified at Hierapolis in Phyrgia, where he had preached the Gospel. He introduced St. Bartholomew (Nathaniel) to Christ, telling him that Jesus was the one whom Moses and the other prophets had foretold. Christ declared to St. Philip,  “Whoever...

Friends of the Rosary, The month of May is dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary. The Easter season ends on Pentecost, May 19, represented by the liturgical color white — the color of light, a symbol of joy, purity, and innocence. These are some of the most relevant feasts and solemnities: May 3: Philip and James, Apostles May 9 or 12: Ascension Sunday or the Seventh Sunday of Easter May 13: Our La...