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Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, John the Evangelist (John 10:1-10) presents the Lord, in conversation with the Pharisees, as the gatekeeper for the sheep, calling by name, leading them, and providing life in abundance. Jesus said, “I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. A thief comes only to steal and slaught...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 25, is the Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. He was baptized and instructed by St. Peter, becoming his disciple, secretary, and friend in Rome. Later, St. Mark accompanied St. Paul and St. Barnabas in their first missionary journey. His Gospel, written in the year 50 A.D., described the miraculous powers of Christ and was written to...

Friends of the Rosary, As we read today, on the feast day of 5th-century Saint and Father of the Church St. Cyril of Alexandria, while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum, Jesus said to unbelieving Jews (John 6:52-59) that “He is the bread that came down from heaven” and “Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the Memorial Day of St. George, the Gospel presents the reading from John 6:44–51, reflecting the heavenly origin of the Bread of Life and inviting us not to seek passing satisfaction but divine communion. Only Christ satisfies the deepest longing of the human heart. As St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, “Unlike manna, which sustained earthly life, Christ gives eternal life...

Friends of the Rosary, Christ the Lord declares in today’s reading of the Gospel (John 6:35-50) that He is the bread of life and promises eternal life to all who believe in Him. Any faithful who eats and drinks the Lord’s body and blood is immortalized, becoming configured to Christ, not in a metaphorical or symbolical way. That’s the power of the miracle of the Eucharist, which, with the eyes of...

Friends of the Rosary, The crowd said to Jesus said to the crowd, as we read in the Gospel today (John 6:30-35): "My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." The people then asked, "Sir, give us this bread always." And Christ, in response to those who sought Him for earthly bread, revealed Himself as divine...

Friends of the Rosary, After Jesus had fed the five thousand men and his disciples saw him walking on the sea, the crowd was looking for Jesus, as we read in the Gospel today (John 6:22-29), Monday of the Third Week of Easter: Jesus, seeing what was in their hearts, invited them to believe in Him and said: "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Third Sunday of Easter, we read again the passage of the two disciples walking to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-15) with Our Lord opening the Scriptures to them — and to us — making our hearts burn while He speaks to us. They heard the Scriptures interpreted in a way that had never occurred to them before. It is what they have been waiting to hear all their lives. It moves them...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! In the Gospel of John today (John 6:16-21), we see Jesus walking on the sea, demonstrating his dominion over nature. As he approached the disciples, he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” Throughout the Scriptures, water is a symbol of danger and chaos, darkness and disorder, and God has lordship over all of that. At the beginning of time, t...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, Friday of the Second Week of Easter, we see in the Gospel Jesus (John 6:1-15) in the Sea of Galilee, followed by a large crowd because they saw him healing the sick and later feeding five thousand with an abundance of loaves and fish. "When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who is t...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Throughout John's Gospel, the conflict between Jesus and those who challenge His words appears. Today, in the Gospel, we see John the Evangelist himself speaking heavenly words through grace and supernatural illumination. He explains that Christ comes from above and is above all, while those of the earth speak earthly things. And whoever receives C...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! In today's Gospel (John 3:16-21), we find an explanation of God's merciful and forgiving love. To our wickedness and sins — reflected in the wounds of the risen Jesus shown to his disciples in Easter — the Eternal Father responds with divine mercy. God held back Abraham's arm when he was on the point of sacrificing his only son, but He did not hold...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! On this Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter, we continue to see Jesus interacting with Nicodemus, a prominent Pharisee who believed in Christ (John 3:7b-15), highlighting themes of spiritual rebirth, faith, and salvation in their dialogue. Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Christ the Lord, in conversation with a faithful Pharisee who acknowledged Jesus was the Son of God and was seeking the truth, explained that to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we have to be born of the Spirit. Today, Monday of the Second Week of Easter, on the memorial day of the seventh-century Pope and Martyr St. Martin I, a courageous defender of...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, April 12, is the Sunday of Divine Mercy, the Octave Day of Easter. We meditate upon the mystery of God’s mercy, the greatest of the attributes and perfections of God, and a gift to humanity, as St. John Paul II wrote in Dives in misericordia . Overwhelmed by the power of evil, selfishness, and fear, the world needs to understand and accept D...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, Saturday within Octave of Easter, we see in the Gospel of Mark 16:9-15 Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene, the two disciples on the road, and to the Eleven. Mary Magdalene proclaimed her encounter with the living Christ, and the disciples rejected her testimony. Also, when the two disciples from Emmaus returned with their witness, they too we...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, Friday, within the Octave of Easter, the Lord was revealed to himself for the third time after being resurrected from the dead by the Father. The risen Jesus showed up to seven disciples by the shore of the Sea of Galilee (John 21:1-14). They returned to their old occupation of fishermen. Peter and six others — Thomas called Didymus, Nathana...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, Thursday within the Octave of Easter, the Gospel recounts the Lord’s appearance to his disciples after the Resurrection, demonstrating his divine mercy (Luke 24:35-48). The disciples were speaking about what had happened in Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) and how they had come to recognize him at the breaking of the bread, when Jesus stood in their m...

Friends of the Rosary, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Today, Wednesday, within the Octave of Easter, the Gospel presents us with the marvelous passage of the disciples walking to Emmaus, a village close to Jerusalem, as we read in Luke 24:13-35. They were conversing and debating, and Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. And he said to them,...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 7, Tuesday within the Octave of Easter, we find Mary Magdalene weeping by the tomb of the Risen Jesus (John 20:11–18). She sees the Lord and thinks he’s the gardener. In the Garden of Eden, God was the gardener of Eden who walked with his creatures in friendship. Now, through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God has reestablished friendship with hu...

Friends of the Rosary, The first eight days of Easter form the Octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities. Every day is another Easter. Today, April 6, is Monday within the Octave of Easter. Each day, during the Mass liturgy, the verse from Ps 118:24 is recited. “This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.” Indeed, Easter is the spirit of joy, hope, and gratitude t...

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus is Risen, is Risen, indeed! Today, April 5, is Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, the basis of our Christian faith and the Solemnity of Solemnities, when we banish all traces of sadness and express the motive for our joy: Easter means sin destroyed, death overcome, divine life brought back to us, redemption obtained, and the resurrection of our body which i...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 4, is Holy Saturday (from Sabbatum Sanctum, its official liturgical name), the day of the Lord’s rest. Jesus rests in peace in the grave, and the faithful sit near and mourn, after the intense battle against sin and death, and now a victorious triumph over evil. It’s a calm and quiet day. The Church, united with Mary and the apostles, remains in prayer and faith...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, April 3, is Friday of the Passion of the Lord. It’s the Celebration of the Lord's Passion, when the Church mourns the death of our Savior — traditionally a day of sadness, spent in fasting and prayer. The title for this day varies: "Holy Friday" for Latin nations, and "Good Friday", as a derivative of the term "God's Friday”, in Englis...

Friends of the Rosary, Today is Holy Thursday of the Sacred Triduum ( Triduum Sacrum ), the three-part drama of Christ's redemption: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. On this day, Jesus instituted Holy Orders and left us His greatest gift, the Holy Eucharist. By reading the Gospels (cf. Matt 26:1 ff.; Mark 14:1 ff.; Luke 22:1 ff.; John 13:1 ff.), the faithful imitate Christ's humility...