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Friends of the Rosary, In the Old Testament, the Jewish people were asking, "Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated?" In the New Testament, in yesterday's reading (Mark 1:40-45), the leper asked himself the same question. But he recognized the authority of the Lord when he begged: “If you wish, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, Jesus said to him, “I do will it. Be m...

Friends of the Rosary, Saints are like anyone else, despite how we consider them as spiritual heroes preserved from our day-to-day activities. They struggled with the same things we do, and loved the same things we do. They are not simply models to be admired. There are saints in ordinary life, in art and poetry, in motherhood, psychology, and even politics. There is a huge diversity. Each one uni...

Friends of the Rosary, In today's reading (Mark 1:29-39), we see how people from Galilee brought to Jesus those who were ill or possessed by demons. His physical healing points to his spiritual healing. The Scripture says, "He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him." During His public ministry, Christ the Lor...

Friends of the Rosary, In today’s reading from the Gospel (Mark 1:21-28), we see the people of Capernaum in the synagogue astonished at Jesus' teaching, "for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes," Mark the Evangelist is telling us. They asked one another, "What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him." Their amazement...

Friends of the Rosary, With His Divine Power, and by becoming incarnate, Jesus Christified the human nature. Sent by the Father for the salvation of mankind,  Jesus of Nazareth, the Anointed One, the Messiah to Israel, showed the Word fulfilled. We saw this fulfillment yesterday at the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, a Theophany event  in which God appeared in three persons, showing the Trinitar...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, January 11, the faithful celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which marks the end of the Christmas season on its eighteenth day. The mystery of Christ’s baptism is linked to the Solemnities of the human birth of the Word incarnate at Christmas and the Epiphany of the Lord, as the Light of all nations, represented by the wise men from the East, who came to a...

Friends of the Rosary, Like St. John the Baptist said, in today’s reading (John 3-22:30), “He must increase; I must decrease.” At that time, John prepared the way of the Lord, presenting himself as a forerunner of the Messiah. He was summing up the longing of the Israelites when, upon Jesus' coming to be baptized, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”  Behold the one who has come to be sacrificed, b...

Friends of the Rosary, The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of January 2026 highlight a way of praying with the Word of God: "Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church." In January, the month dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the first ele...

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus defeated the old world of sin and darkness, shielding us with His divine body and blood against the fury of the Evil One and his minions and collaborators. And though the second coming and the establishment of God’s kingdom haven’t taken place yet, the old world is broken and compromised. Its destruction is now just a matter of time. The arrival of a new state of affai...

Friends of the Rosary, Today in the Gospel (Mark 6:45-52), we see Christ Jesus coming toward the disciples walking on the sea, passing by the waters, signaling His lordship over all the powers of the disorder. Note that water is, throughout the Scriptures, a symbol of danger. The Lord moves through the waters and appeases the wind, reaffirming dominion over nature and inviting us to abandon our ha...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, January 6, on the thirteenth day of Christmas, in many countries and dioceses, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated, the manifestation and revelation of the Lord as the light of the nations and the affirmation of our universal salvation. The three Kings — the Magi — come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts. The Epiphany symbolizes our religio...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, January 5th, Day Twelve of Christmas, is in the U.S. the feast day of St. John Neumann, bishop (1811-1860) and the patron saint of Catholic Education [in the picture]. Born in Bohemia (current Czech Republic), after coming to the United States, he worked in establishing parishes and parish schools. In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia and introduced the...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the manifestation of our Lord to the Gentile nations, after it is made known to the shepherds of Bethlehem and revealed to the Magi who have come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts. Epiphany means manifestation. It’s the revelation of the Messiah as the light of the nations. It’s an affi...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, January 3, the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. And the month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. Whenever we pronounce it, we should bow our heads, for the very name reminds us of the greatest favor we have ever received, salvation. The name of Jesus, which means Savior, was revealed to Our Lady at the annunciation by the ...

Friends of the Rosary, At the beginning of the year, on the ninth day of Christmas, in the memorial day of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, and the day after the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, the Lord Jesus invites us to follow the humility of His mother, the first Christian and role model for all the faithful (Matthew 23:8-12): “The greatest among you must be your servan...

Friends of the Rosary, Happy New Year! Today, January 1st, a holy day of obligation in the U.S., we begin the year 2026 by celebrating the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title. The Virgin Mary was born to be the Divine Mother and give birth to the Savior. Through her, we receive adoption and enjoy a new life of grace. In adoring the Son of God made flesh in the...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 31, on the last day of the year, the Bible presents the beginning of the Gospel of John (1:1-18), proclaiming that because the Word became flesh and dwells among us, every moment is a new start. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him n...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the sixth day of Christmas, we honor another saint who obtained the glory of martyrdom, the third-century martyr Felix, who, fearless of dangers, strengthened the weak, baptized the catechumens, and converted infidels to the faith. Peace and joy permeate this season of Christmas. However, we must face the reality of hardships, persecutions, and other forms of suffe...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 29, the fifth day of Christmas, the Church commemorates the Massacre of the Innocents by King Herod, the male children under two years old who were executed in Bethlehem as told in Matthew 2:16. Upon hearing of the birth of the King of the Jews, a threat to his murderous rule and the fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy, Herod, King of Judea, ordered the...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Sunday, December 28, the Fourth Day within the Octave of Christmas, is the Feast of the Holy Family, an invitation to every Christian family to live in harmony and in prayer, which are the pledges of joy and union. At the end of the past century, Pope Leo XIII promoted this feast to present the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of all Christian famil...

Friends of the Rosary, Yesterday, we honored St. Stephen, who by his words and by laying down his life for his faith, bore witness to Christ. Today, December 27, we receive the testimony of John, Apostle and Evangelist (d. 101). The Church celebrates the Feast of this Galilean fisherman born in Bethsaida, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother to St. James the Greater, who became the beloved disci...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 26th, one day after the joyful celebration of the nativity of Jesus, is the feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr and deacon. Above all things, even life itself, we love Christ the Lord, as St. Stephen showed us. As we read in the Acts of the Apostles today (6:8-10; 7:54-59), when he, thrown out of the city, was about to be stoned, Stephen, "filled with...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 25th, the Church joyfully celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, the Birth of Jesus Christ, and the First Day in the Octave of Christmas. Throughout Advent, the faithful longed for the coming of our Savior. Today, with ecstatic wonder and amazement, we celebrate His birth. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." The Son of God b...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, Christmas Eve, the end of Advent, is a day of much joyous expectation, with families gathered in a Silent and Holy Night. It’s the anticipation of the arrival of the Savior of the Human race, the Light of the World. The liturgy proclaims, "Today you shall know that the Lord shall come and tomorrow you shall see His glory." Throughout Advent, we have seen how...

Friends of the Rosary, Today, December 23rd, when the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty (1390-1473), a priest distinguished for his piety and love of neighbor, we read in the Gospel about the birth of John the Baptist. The four evangelists tell the story of the Baptist, who, like Mary in the hymn of the Magnificat, proved that he not draw any attention to himself. Instea...