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[Comment: Mystery of Salvation] Friends of the Rosary: No one in human history has been tested as dramatically as the Son of God. Yet He passed without sin. The extreme physical and psychological pain that Jesus Christ experienced was unbearable, as we are reminded of in the Sorrowful Mysteries that we pray for today. Jesus Christ had domain over nature, but He didn’t use it. Instead, He died forg...

[Comment: Middle of Lent] Friends of the Rosary: As we arrive in the middle of Lent, we should pause and examine how we are doing on the challenge of our conversion. Are we putting a real effort into it? The world around isn’t helping. On the contrary, sin and evil invitations are everywhere. Today’s culture doesn’t want us to have a great relationship with Jesus and Mary. This modern society lead...

[Comment: Speak the Truth] Friends of the Rosary: We need to exercise the virtue of the third sorrowful mystery, moral courage, and speak the truth, always from a merciful position. The true faith is the Catholic faith, and hiding Jesus Christ and the Blessed Mother when speaking in public is contrary to the Word. Yesterday, in southern Irak, on the birthplace of Abraham, Pope Francis appealed for...

[Comment: Absorbed in God] Friends of the Rosary: The more we look at the Holy Mary in our prayers, actions, sufferings, and joys, the closer we find her Son. Jesus Christ delights when we venerate His Mother. Who of Earth would complain or feel jealous when we praise his or her own mother? The divine Mary is all absorbed in God. She’s Gratia Plena , as we say in the Hail Mary. The most perfect cr...

[Comment: Meant to be Prayed] Friends of the Rosary: The Rosary of the Virgin Mary is meant to be prayed. And when prayed, we need to be open to the Holy Spirit and be led by Divinity. At least, during the 20 to 30 minutes of the prayer duration, we should lose control, and even self-deny ourselves. The Rosary will change us over time. Our perceptions, thoughts, as well as our social and political...

[Comment: Short Road] Friends of the Rosary: We reach Jesus through Mary, as we learn in the second Luminous mystery. The devotion to the Blessed Virgin—which we daily express in her Holy Rosary—is a short road to find Jesus , St. Louis de Montfort wrote. And it is a road that we tread with joy and hope. It is true that we can attain divine union by following other ways. But these paths come with...

[Comment: Preaching But No Practice] Friends of the Rosary: As humans, we are weak and despite our high hopes and intentions, we mostly don't follow the Eternal Word of Jesus Christ. We behave like the scribes and the Pharisees: we preach but we do not practice—as Jesus described in Matthew 23:1-12, that we read yesterday. In our time, Christianity in the U.S. and elsewhere seems to be just backgr...

[Comment: Personal Cross] Friends of the Rosary: The fruit of the fourth sorrowful mystery—that we pray today—is patience. The carrying of the cross means suffering and rejection from people. No matter how painful, the cross is necessary for our salvation. Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, could have removed the cross from us, but he didn’t. Moreover, He Himself accepted the excruciating pain of...

[Comment: Charity] Friends of the Rosary: The Jewish Law had 613 commandments. The Pharisees wanted everyone to comply with all of those norms. They behaved like any religious leader today who makes a living around a system of laws. Jesus Christ saw arrogance, aggression, self-interest in the old system, and commanded anyone to reconcile first with their neighbor, and later follow religious duties...

[Comment: Perfection] Friends of the Rosary: On this second Sunday of Lent, we continue our preparation for the most important solemnity, Easter Sunday, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus, and His victory over evil, sin, and death. In today's reading (Mk 9:2-10) about the Mystery of Transfiguration, we got a glimpse of Jesus resurrected in Heaven, dressed in dazzling white, transmitting...

[Comment: Rescue] Friends of the Rosary: The COVID pandemic is an attack of darkness to despair people and put them on their knees. Faithful are under extreme pressure. Prayer, and specifically the Rosary of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, is our weapon of choice. With the Holy Rosary, we held the hand of Mary, as St Padre Pio said. The Queen of the Universe knows about the hardships of this battle, an...

[Comment: Eternal Perspective] Friends of the Rosary: In the “Our Father” prayer—that Jesus Himself taught us (Mt 6:7-15)—we say several times during the Holy Rosary “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” We manifest our deepest desire of seeing the Earth transformed and we pledge our effort to collaborate building the Kingdom of God among us. In biblical cosmology, Hea...

[Comment: Nineveh] Friends of the Rosary: When things go well—mostly because we are in good health and do have enough money—we tend to forget who is the Author of Life and the King of Universe. Full of arrogance, we say to Heaven: “Well, if you want me to believe just give me a big sign”. “No sign? No faith.” We are like the Ninevites of the ancient large city—described in the Gospel’s reading thi...

[Comment: Fear Vs. Faith] Friends of the Rosary: One of the most obvious consequences of the COVID pandemic is fear. And fear is the antithesis of faith. To devour souls, the Evil One infuses fear on people. Keeping humans in fear is one of the primary tactics of darkness. It’s an evil attempt to separate us from the eternal truth of Jesus Christ. Friends, if we lose trust in Jesus and Mary, we’re...

[Comment: Personal Destruction] Friends of the Rosary: It’s a sign of the times to say that Satan and hell do not exist. Many priests state it causing much trouble among the faithful. In The New Testament, Jesus mentions the existence of demons forty times. Jesus Himself —True Man and True God—was tempted by the Devil, as we read this Sunday. Are we different? The Evil Doer is a silent lion that w...

[Comment: Head of the Church] Friends of the Rosary: Today is the Feast Day of the Chair of St. Peter. We celebrate the papacy and St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome. He was one of the three apostles who were with Christ in the Transfiguration. He also was during the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane and was the only Apostle to whom Christ appeared on the first day after the Resurrection....

[Comment: Help in the Battle] Friends of the Rosary: We invoke every day St Michael the Archangel to defend us in our battle against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. The Prince of the Heavenly Host defeated with the power of God the Evil Doer and his many evil spirits. We too can win this battle we are in. Today, in the New Testament we read that Jesus Himself was tempted by Satan (Mk 1:12-...

[Comment: Offer the Suffering] Friends of the Rosary: We celebrate today the feast day of St. Francisco and St. Jacinta Marto, the brother and sister who, with their cousin Lucia dos Santos, witnessed the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. The two shepherd kids, age 9 and 11, were declared saints on May 13, 2017, a hundred years after the apparitions of the Virgin. They were the y...

[Comment: Meditation] Friends of the Rosary: Mindfulness and meditation classes are everywhere today. Many of them are taught by experts with Ph. D. titles, who explain that the mindfulness practice reduces stress and contributes to well-being. The Vatican has warned about the danger of these practices. They may open the door to darkness. Self-centering and believing in a sort of cosmic energy goe...

[Comment: Unique Lent] Friends of the Rosary: The 40 days of Lent are a preparation for the most significant event in the history of humanity: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. One day, we all will die and resurrect. Jesus Christ will ask us then what we did for Him. What will be able to say? This season of Lent is an opportunity to remove all the ugly burdens that break our communion with the Tru...

[Comment: Fragility] Friends of the Rosary: Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin the liturgical season of Lent. During a 40-day period, we prepare to experience Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross and resurrection from the dead. We begin by wearing ashes and doing a small sacrifice of fasting. Also, we abstain from eating meat on all Fridays during Lent. And, ideally, each of us chooses our own person...

[Comment: “If You Wish”] Friends of the Rosary: When we pray, we must be extremely humble. We admit our human littleness and we adopt a reverential spirit of humility. Being demanding—or worse, arrogant— doesn’t work. We can start our prayer like the leper who came to Jesus and knelt down—as we read this Sunday in The New Testament (Mk 1:40-45). “If you wish, you can make me clean,” the leper begg...

[Comment: Winning Strategy] Friends of the Rosary: We invoke the Divinity by praying, doing penance, receiving the sacraments, and performing little acts of charity. This is how we combat darkness. The Father knows everything, but still delights by listening to his children. He respects our free will and therefore intervenes on our call. With prayers, we shape the world. We know that the final tri...

[Comment: Risen] Friends of the Rosary: Life on Earth is a purification until we meet the Father again. Adam and Eve broke the bond with the Divinity and our nature got wounded. As St. Augustine described, our soul is restless until it rests on God. In our struggle, the Most Holy Mary is our advocate. God Himself sacrificed his Son taking a human form and suffering martyrdom after He was brutally...

[Comment: Eternal Source of Joy] Friends of the Rosary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary connects Heaven and Earth and equips us with a unique perspective of what’s eternal life. If the world knew who really is the Queen of Heaven and Earth, it would quickly run to worship Her. At the end of ages, we will definitely know it. When God created the soul of Mary and She gave Her Fiat, mankind found an unexpe...