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[Comment: One Family] Friends of the Rosary: We all are aware of the different views within the Catholic Church. Pope Francis often talks about the rigid religious and the progressive, and he advocates being in the middle. In order to avoid confusion, why don’t we just follow the Catechism and the magisterium of the Church? There is a reason for rejecting many “uncomfortable truths”: they do not p...

[Comment: One Family] Friends of the Rosary: Jesus Christ called us “to be perfect, just as the heavenly Father is perfect” , as we read yesterday (Mt 5:43-48). To be able to reach holiness, we receive the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the love of God, as we learn in the third Glorious Mystery that we pray today. This grace is for everyone, for the peaceful people, and for the lost ones. As Jesus...

[Comment: Responding Violence] Friends of the Rosary: Jesus Christ rebuked the Jewish idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (Mt 5:38-42). Christians do not combat evil with evil, nor stay passive when someone strikes us. We need to be smart and stay alert. We are peaceful people. When the Evil One or their allies spread their violence — physical or intellectual — we look at Heaven thro...

[Comment: Every Action Counts] Friends of the Rosary: We heard yesterday the parable of the mustard seed. Jesus explained to the crowd (Mk 4:26-34) that the Kingdom of God is like a tiny mustard seed that once it is sown becomes the largest of plants. How often we feel that our insignificant work is not worth it for building the Kingdom of God? We feel that there are people better prepared or even...

[Comment: Devotion to the Immaculate Heart] Friends of the Rosary: On June 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared for the second time to the three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal. The Blessed Mother presented a whole spirituality centered on devotion to her Immaculate Heart. She said to Lucia: “Jesus wants to establish devotion in the world to my Immaculate Heart.” Our Lady a...

[Comment: Pure Heart] Friends of the Rosary: Today, June 12th is the Memorial Day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pope Pius XII instituted today’s feast in 1944, consecrating the world to the pure heart of the Virgin Mother. The goal was to obtain by Mary’s intercession “peace among nations, freedom for the Church, the conversion of sinners, the love of purity and the practice of virtue” (Decree...

[Comment: Safe Refuge] Friends of the Rosary: Today, June 11th is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, a feast that permeates the entire month. The divine Heart of Jesus is our safe refuge in these confusing times. The mystery of God’s boundless love for humans is symbolized by the heart of Jesus. This devotion is found in the fathers of the Church, including St. Augustine. The feast h...

[Comment: Light of the World] Friends of the Rosary: Christians are — or should be — the salt and the light of the earth. As the light of the world, we are not conceived to be hidden. On the contrary: we are obliged to shine before others, indicating the right path towards the Heavenly Father. These all are words of Jesus to the apostles, that we read this week (Mt 5:13-16). In our modern society,...

[Comment: Queen of the Universe] Friends of the Rosary: Today’s society masks sexual immorality under the name of love. And who can be against love when love is the foundation of the universe? This is another snare of the Evil One. The characteristic of our time is this: presenting as righteous what is simply destructive and sinful. That’s a direct attack against the Holy Spirit. It’s chaos and it...

[Comment: Blessed Ones] Friends of the Rosary: The world teaches one thing to be happy and God the opposite one. It is now and it was in the time of the Roman Empire when Jesus Christ revealed the eight Beatitudes in the Sermon of the Mount — as we read yesterday (Mt 5:1-12). To enjoy peace and gladness, we need to follow Jesus and Mary and participate in the divine life. Those who are merciful, c...

[Comment: Daily Prayer] Friends of the Rosary: Yesterday we celebrated the spiritual power of the Eucharist: the substantial, real presence — not symbolic or evocative — of Jesus Christ under the forms of bread and wine. Reverently taking the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and participating in an Adoration transforms entirely our life. The Holy Eucharist is understood with prayer. A prayerful life...

[Comment: Treasure] Friends of the Rosary: Today, one week after the Trinity Sunday, we observe the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the Corpus Christi. It's a commemoration of the institution of the Eucharist, the fifth Luminous mystery, and an expression of gratitude to Christ. On Holy Thursday, before his death on the Cross, Jesus gave us the treasure of his infinite goo...

[Comment: Joys] Friends of the Rosary: Pope St. John Paul II said that the Rosary of the Virgin Mary is "a prayer destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness." The Marian prayer blends into the spiritual journey of the Christian life. Anyone who prays daily the Rosary confirms that through it abundant grace is received. The Mother of Jesus Christ, co-redemptrix and mediatrix of all grace, said t...

[Comment: Drops of Blood] Friends of the Rosary: Faith in the Holy Trinity and in Blessed Virgin Mary is what saves us from destruction. Today, we can entertain and follow evil forces' game as much as we wish, but the danger of collapse is real. Jesus crying with drops of blood in the Garden of Getsemani, because of the sins of the world, is not a mere biblical image. The sorrows of Mary are real,...

[Comment: Capital Sins] Friends of the Rosary: These days we hear constantly the word “pride”. From a Catholic perspective, pride is the excessive love of one’s own excellence. It’s one of the seven capital sins. St. Thomas considered it the queen of all vices. He understood that through the love of his own worth, the person withdraws from subjection to God. Essentially, the creature turns his bac...

[Comment: Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus] Friends of the Rosary: June is the month of The Sacred Heart of Jesus. And since June falls within the liturgical season of Ordinary Time the color is green, a symbol of hope. This upcoming Sunday, June 6, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the Feast of the Corpus Christi. We observe the Real Presence of the Body...

[Comment: Mercy] Friends of the Rosary: Jesus Christ wants to fulfill all of us in peace and merciful love. The Son of God explained to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska how He is treating our souls. He said to the Polish XXth century mystic (Diary, 229): “My daughter, imagine that you are the sovereign of all the world and have the power to dispose of all things according to your good pleasure. You hav...

[Comment: Gratitude] Friends of the Rosary: Today, Memorial Day in the U.S. is also the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, mother of the John the Baptist — who was cleansed from the original sin in the womb of his mother. It happened shortly after the Annunciation. Elizabeth, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, proclaimed Mary as Mother of God. Mary r...

[Comment: Three Divine Persons] Friends of the Rosary: Today, the first Sunday after Pentecost is the Solemnity Day of the Most Holy Trinity. We observe the mystery and dogma of faith that there is One, Eternal God, and in this One God there are three Divine Persons. The Father created and predestined us. The Son redeemed us. The Holy Spirit sanctified and made us His temple. All three Divine Pers...

[Comment: Unique Relationship] Friends of the Rosary: John the Apostle wrote that the whole world couldn't contain all the books with things that Jesus did (Jn 21:20-25). John's Gospel alone presents an endless meaning. Now, consider what Jesus does within each and every mind and heart — as long as we open our hearts. How many volumes can be written about every single experience? Our faith is base...

[Comment: Trials] Friends of the Rosary: We pray today the mysteries of the suffering passion of Jesus Christ. St Maria Faustina Kowalska wrote in her diary that "nothing is as constant as suffering; it always faithfully keeps the soul company." The Polish mystic said that in the midst of trials she was seeing the loving hand of God. The Blessed Virgin Mary asked in her apparition in Garabandal, S...

[Comment: Openness] Friends of the Rosary: It’s in our own present and eternal interest to be open and immersed in the Holy Spirit, as we learn in the first Luminous Mystery that we pray today. Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit ten days after He ascended to Heaven knowing that without the fire of grace we can do nothing. Not even His own apostles who witnessed miracles and received the visit of Je...

[Comment: Virtuous Life] Friends of the Rosary: The fruit of the third Glorious Mistery is the Love of God, along with wisdom. The merciful love that Jesus and Mary profess to each of us through the Holy Spirit is what sustains us. Here on earth, we all know Christians and non-Christians who are living examples of “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-co...

[Comment: Living in the Spirit] Friends of the Rosary: Last Sunday we reflected upon the miracle of descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. The fire of God transformed those disciples who were locked out of fear to the Jewish, into brave and joyful people. They realized that becoming ambassadors of Christ was a fulfillment of life. The Holy Spirit would entirely transform them. Decades later...

[Comment: Mary, Help of Christians] Friends of the Rosary: Today, May 24, we celebrate an important Solemnity: Mary Help of Christians, María Auxiliadora, in Spanish. This feast is also observed as the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. The Mother of God always has responded by helping Christians throughout the centuries. She has come to the aid of individuals, families, co...