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Friends of the Rosary: Today, Wednesday of Holy Week, is traditionally known as Spy Wednesday, to commemorate the treachery of Judas, who betrayed Jesus for 30 silver pieces (Matt 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-6). This ends the official Lenten period. Tomorrow, we will we enter into the Holy Triduum, the three great liturgical days: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.    &...

Friends of the Rosary: Our love and devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary is based on our faith. Also, as followers of Christ our devotion is based in the imitation of Our Lord. After all, who loved more Mary than her own son. Saint Maximilian Kolbe said, “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Mother too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” So, non so much Marian Catholics and Protestan...

Friends of the Rosary: Jesus Christ came to preach mercy, forgiveness, and love. He revealed to us the thinking of God, providing us with the knowledge to thrive on earth and conquer eternal life in heaven. The imitation of Christ — and this Holy Week, the share of His sorrowful passion — is the secret of a joyful human existence. It doesn’t mean that He removes the Cross. The suffering and the so...

Friends of the Rosary: Today, the faithful commemorate Christ’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem for the completion of the Paschal Mystery — the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ. It’s Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, and the first day of the Holy Week, the most sacred seven days of the Catholic calendar. Today, we joyfully acclaim Jesus our Messiah and King. Each Mass includes the blessin...

Friends of the Rosary: As our Lent journey comes to an end in less than one week — on Holy Thursday, April 14 — are moving closer to Jesus Christ? Faith, hope, and charity, the three theological virtues that we invoke at the beginning of the Holy Rosary draw our souls to God. The Catechism explains that these virtues are infused by God into our souls. The Eternal Father created our souls this way....

Friends of the Rosary: As our Lent journey comes to an end in less than one week — on Holy Thursday, April 14 — are moving closer to Jesus Christ? As the Lord told the prophet Jeremiah, "When you search for me, you will find me. If you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me." For getting closer, we prepare to follow Christ through prayer, charity acts, and sacrifices. This way, we fol...

Friends of the Rosary: In this fifth week of Lent, we continue trying to grow in the life of discipleship and Christian service. Lent is a time to unburden ourselves of sin and to prepare to a deeper encounter with Jesus Christ. We are called to redirect our hearts away from self-absorption and seek a deeper relationship with God. St. Paul reminded us that only three things matter — faith, hope, a...

Friends of the Rosary: Either we are connected to Jesus Christ or we are in trouble. The Divinity allows certain situations to make us react and embrace the truth. God never overwrites our personal freedom and free will. He is a Father who wants the very best for everyone of us. He is loving and merciful but he is tough on sin. Because sin destroys us in every dimension of our being. Therefore, an...

Friends of the Rosary: Any approach to the true faith must be done very carefully. There are cases when people trick family members, friends, and business partners pretending that they are converts into Christ Jesus when in the reality they are just seeking money or social status. It's a sad reality to notice that many in the U.S. are dominated by the desire to make money no matter what. To achiev...

Friends of the Rosary: In today’s reading (Jn 8:12-20), Jesus spoke to the Pharisees, saying: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Modeling our lives on Jesus Christ, by imitating Him, is a tough commitment. Wounded as we are by the original sin, our self-centered personality and our lack of humility, act as blockers. There i...

Friends of the Rosary: Today, we read in the Scriptures (John 8:1-11) the passage of a woman caught in the act of adultery and a mob of Pharisees ready to stone her. This woman was terrified, possibly ashamed, surrounded by people with rocks about to throw. She had nowhere to hide, and no one to turn to. Like her, we all do things to ourselves that we need rescuing from. Jesus entered the scene, c...

Friends of the Rosary: The month of April is dedicated to the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity, consubstantial with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of Christ, who is worshipped and glorified, as stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Holy Spirit is a breath of infinite love and sanctification. He is the promise of Jesus Himse...

Friends of the Rosary: As a treasure, Faith must be shared. However, we must be extremely wise and careful in our apostolic practice. We cannot impose our beliefs. It’s much better to share our joy and example, so non-believers feel attracted to the truth. We need to be a living witness of Jesus Christ, with no other interest than expanding the true faith. The goal is to be a messenger of the Holy...

Friends of the Rosary: Everything passes swiftly. Life goes really fast. Even painful situations go away quickly. Only what is done for the Lord Jesus is worthy. Glorifying the Holy Trinity with our words and actions is what is valuable. Jesus encouraged us to build treasures in Heaven. In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus said: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy...

Friends of the Rosary: Eternal life begins on Earth with the love of Jesus Christ. The Son of God came to proclaim and start the Kingdom of Heaven here on Earth, as we learn through the Glorious Mysteries that we pray today. Our poor senses along with our sinful nature are huge barriers that avoid us from seeing the true life. Only through the persistent prayer in silence and through the saying of...

Friends of the Rosary: Protestant friends root their beliefs in the Bible and don’t recognize the Virgin Mary or the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. They separate from the eternal truth when they intentionally reject the Mother of Jesus and the dogmas of the immaculate conception, her perpetual virginity, and the ascension. Their salvation will be much more complicated. A participant on our Yo...

Friends of the Rosary: The practice of "going to confession" — meaning, acknowledging sins and failures — has dramatically decreased over the past half-century. Most people don't feel the need for confession. Moreover, many say, "I haven't killed anyone, I do not lie, I'm a good person." Another typical answer is, "I don't have any sins." "Well," I answered yesterday to a family member, "that's pr...

Friends of the Rosary: This fourth Sunday of Lent is proclaimed the infinite mercy of God through the well-known Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:20-24). The parable paints a picture of God’s unconditional love for us and demonstrates how we should love our brothers and sisters in Christ — a very timely virtue in these times of war in Ukraine with death and millions of refugees. When we arrive...

Friends of the Rosary: Yesterday, in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Asia, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, bishops joined Pope Francis’ consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One common prayer around Ukraine united the world for some hours. The human family — or at least the family of the true faith — recognized its frailty. The faithful saw in the grace of...

[ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] Friends of the Rosary: We observe today, March 25th, the Solemnity of the Annunciation. This feast — which started in the fourth century— celebrates the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, the salvation of all mankind, and the deep love God has for us, as St. Augustine and other Church fathers wrote. The Angel Gabriel ca...

[ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] Friends of the Rosary: Tomorrow, March 25th, on the great solemnity of the Annunciation, Rusia and Ukraine will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It means that these two nations will be entrusted to Mary’s help and protection. Let’s see if Ukrainians and Russians are up to this grace. The consecration will be a magnificent e...

[ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] Friends of the Rosary: How would you respond to this question posed by a participant on our YouTube forum: Where does the Bible say that the Rosary would be holy? Isn't our Lord the only One who determines what's holy? We invite you to answer. Our summarized response: The Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ and the Mother of all the H...

[ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] Friends of the Rosary: Are we bearing good fruits in our life? In last Sunday's reading (Lk 13:1-9), Jesus Christ told his disciples the parable of the fig tree that would be cut it down as it was not bearing any fruit. Our Good Lord gives us countless opportunities to repent and thrive. You might wonder, what is the fruit to bear as we d...

[ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] Friends of the Rosary: Today, we celebrate the second year anniversary of the Rosary Network. On March 21, 2020, when the pandemic broke, we prayed our first Rosary online. It was a modest live broadcast on YouTube from an improvised home studio in Greenwich, Connecticut. Since then, we’ve prayed 730 Rosaries, one per day. You can check a...

Friends of the Rosary: As the war in Ukraine enters the 4th week, we see the worst of humanity in action: Hidden political interests, dark business goals, propagation of lies and propaganda, the spread of hunger and violence, even terror and mass murder. Why Putin did go into war? Who pushed him? What’s the money at stake? What’s the role of weapons manufacturers and their promoters? Why negotiati...