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Friends of the Rosary: Today, February 22nd, we observe the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, celebrating the doctrine that Jesus Christ made Peter and his successors His vicars on earth. “You are Peter; and upon this rock, I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” [Mt. 16, 18] We also celebrate the unity of the universal Church, founded upon the Apostle Peter,...

Friends of the Rosary: John Paul II said that if we leave everything in the hands of God, we will see the hand of God on everything. To leave everything in the hands of God, we need to first live for God and for others. The rule of discipleship is humbly accepting suffering and following the path of self-sacrificing love. Jesus clearly said: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take...

Friends of the Rosary: A magic solution to corner wicked people is love. As Jesus Christ tells us in today Sunday's reading (Lk 6:27-38): "Love your enemies and do good to them and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Isn't this a...

Friends of the Rosary: With her fiat, the Virgin Mary became the first servant of God. Surrendering to the will of God is key to a joyful earthly existence. But due to our sinful condition, we don't see it that way. We prefer to explore other pathways. That's how we consume our poor existence on earth. Why? Because we reject suffering, that is, we reject the mystery of the cross. Jesus taught us t...

Friends of the Rosary: We live for God because Jesus Christ is the life. Out of the Son of God, there is no life. That's why in today's reading (Mk 8:34-9:1) Jesus said to the crowd – meaning all of us: "What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?" We lose our life when we refuse to follow Jesus. And following Jesus means to take up our cross and deny ourselves. It s...

Friends of the Rosary: This month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. My wife used to say — and she followed by the example — that family is a school of Christianity and love. Through the family, we learn the meaning and value of life, friendship, sexuality, relationships, truth, and forgiveness. The family is the place where you are welcomed and protected no ma...

Friends of the Rosary: In the last chapter of the Revelation, Jesus Christ announces that He is coming soon, and thus the Lord sends his angel to show His servants what must soon take place. We reflect upon the second coming of Jesus in the second Glorious mystery that we pray today. The Son of God encourages us to keep the eternal word while allowing the deniers to remain in darkness. He says to...

Friends of the Rosary: We read this Sunday Luke’s passage of the Beatitudes (Luke 6:17, 20-26), a shorter version than Matthew’s. The episode highlights the critical importance of detachment — the fruit of the third Joyful Mystery. We see the contrast between worldly values and the view of God. Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.” It means that material good...

Friends of the Rosary: Today is the feast day of St. Valentine of Rome, the Patron Saint of engaged couples, happy marriages, and lovers.  Therefore, the feast of today is widely recognized as a day for love, devotion, and romance. St. Valentine was a third-century saint and martyr in Rom, who is represented in pictures with birds and roses. The romantic nature of Valentine’s Day may have its...

Friends of the Rosary: Fervent socialists and communists give serious thought to their ideals. We, as Christians, have a much greater cause to fight for, because our cause is true and divine. Therefore we must cultivate our zeal and apostolic mission by learning, pondering the truth of our holy beliefs, and putting into effective action our service to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. The Enemy do...

Friends of the Rosary: Yesterday, we celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. St. Bernadette, the visionary child of Lourdes, reported that she prayed the Rosary with the Blessed Virgin. Imagine that eternal moment. The Immaculata spoke to St. Bernadette in the Lourdes' dialect which the child saint grew up with, and prayed the Our Father and the Glory Be. Naturally, the Virgin didn't say...

Friends of the Rosary: Today, marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on February 11, 1858, to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade Soubirous, St. Bernadette, in Lourdes, in southern France. The Most Holy Mary revealed herself as the "Immaculate Conception," confirming the dogma defined by the Pope four years previous. Our Lady asked Bernadette to drink from an unseen fountain at the grot...

Friends of the Rosary: When praying we try to set a loving conversation with God. There are three steps that might help us to reflect and meditate upon the prayer: thanksgiving, offering, and petition. Through Thanksgiving , we show gratitude to God for all the benefits we have received from Him, including our faith. When Offering , we try to repay our debt of offenses by making some good resoluti...

Friends of the Rosary: By cultivating the virtue of gratitude, we cultivate wisdom, the fruit of the third Glorious Mystery that we pray today. At the end of each mystery, when we say the Glory Be, we honor the Holy Trinity by giving thanks to God. Gratitude means to be redeemed and sustained by the grace of God. And while gratitude is a virtue most worthy of cultivation, ingratitude makes us fall...

Friends of the Rosary: In the Revelation (21:1-22:21), John the Apostle saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of Heaven. In this city, God was dwelling with men. He was with his people. No tears, pain, or suffering anymore in the new Jerusalem, that one day, with Divine Grace, we all will eternally enjoy. This is what awaits us sooner or later. This is not a fantasy. This is the pr...

Friends of the Rosary: When you fly you see many types of passengers. Diversity — properly understood — is great because it means that each soul has been uniquely created. And I must add: uniquely created for the Glory of God — which is our own glory. What isn’t great is to loudly defy the teaching of Christ’s Church — a behavior that some people vividly display. We pray for them, so they can come...

Friends of the Rosary: The central belief of our faith is the Resurrection. Nothing in this valley of tears would make sense without the Resurrection. The mystery of human life is summarized in the Cross and the Resurrection. Life is eternal, and we model it in imitation of the Son of God who came to earth to suffer with us. Jesus revealed the whole truth of human existence, but in our unrighteous...

Friends of the Rosary: Greetings from Astorga, Leon, in the northwest of Spain. Yesterday, I came here to the funeral mass of Maria Blanca’s father, Julián González, who died a year ago. He didn’t have a funeral then due to the Covid pandemic. Julián and her daughter, my holy wife Maria Blanca, were very present in spirit. We are certain that we will resurrect and enjoy then the joy of the love of...

Friends of the Rosary: It’s surprising to notice how many people who separate from Christ end up becoming an enemy of the faith. Moreover, these unfaithful claim to be active defenders of freedom… as long as freedom means not believing in Jesus Christ. Our Savior said on Mark 9:39: “Whoever is not against us is for us.” Either we believe in the eternal truth or we don’t. Ideologies and political m...

Friends of the Rosary: This week, we read on the Gospel that Jesus cured people trapped by demonic spirits. Modern thinkers reject this kind of Divine intervention, saying that these exorcisms are pure fantasy. It’s a fact that we don’t see possessed people walking on the streets. We don’t even see Salem-style witches, or women devoted to the darkness. But it doesn’t mean that these demonic people...

Friends of the Rosary: We celebrate today, January 2nd, 40 days after Christmas, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas Day. It commemorates through the blessing and lighting of candles that Christ is the light of the world. In conjunction with the Feast of the Presentation, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life today. Those with a...

Friends of the Rosary: A global apostasy is underway. Promoted by mainstream leaders and politicians in Europe and the Americas — echoing a large number of citizens — the world is trying to create a Godless humanitarian society. A sort of new-age religion that takes some of the Christian values and dangerously mixes them with ideologies inspired by Hell. These ideas end up destroying mankind, maki...

Friends of the Rosary: Today, January 31st is St. John Bosco’s Memorial Day. Founder of the Salesian Society and of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix, St. John Bosco was an enlightened educator and innovator. This nineteenth-century Italian priest was a great apostle of youth. As a seeker of souls, Don Bosco formulated a system of education based on “reason, religion, and kindness.” Ave Maria! Jes...

Friends of the Rosary: The Faith in Jesus and Mary is our guiding star. We cultivate this virtue to improve our life. And it works. And what’s interesting is that improvement increases exponentially. Jesus explained it in last Thursday's reading (Mk 4:21-25), “to the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." Life is certainly a Cross. But when...

Friends of the Rosary: Today’s reading (Mk 4:35-41) depicts the apostles terrified on a boat shaken by waves and winds, while Jesus was calm, asleep on a cushion. What a contrast between the weakness of the human race, challenged by the lack of faith, and the Divinity, confident in the power of the eternal truth. Jesus Christ, our role model to imitate, is telling us over and over again not to be...