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[Comment: How the World Changes] Friends of the Rosary: The supernatural apparitions of the Holy Virgin in Guadalupe, Lourdes, and Fatima—to name the most relevant—resulted in the conversion and sanctification of countless souls. These events changed the world. The whole world benefits from the conversion of even one heart. The Heavens rejoice with the salvation of one soul and the entire Earth im...

[Comment: Immaculate Conception]               Friends of the Rosary: On February 11th, 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared, dressed in white, to a poor, fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade Soubirous,  St. Bernadette , in a grotto in Lourdes, in the south of France. It was Her first supernatural apparition out of eighteen, until March 25th. The Immacul...

[Comment: Our Lady of the Tear of Joy]             Friends of the Rosary: Our Lady of the Tear of Joy is a miraculous photo that appeared in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2017, during a party gathering of 200 people set to celebrate the Blessed Mother's birthday, on September 8th. We met with one of the promoters, Maria Vivas, in our daily Rosary prayer. She explained to us th...

[Comment: Doubting?]           Friends of the Rosary: It is natural to have doubts. Authentic faith wrestles with doubt from time to time. We’re flawed humans, wounded by the original sin. All the saints experienced dryness and even loneliness and darkness in their dwelling to holiness. In his extreme humanity, Jesus Christ thought for a second that His Father abandoned hi...

[Comment: Will, Effort, Faith]         Friends of the Rosary, The faith comes to us through Divine grace. The Holy Spirit illuminates us and we receive this gratuitous gift of God. All Christians—Catholics and Protestants—agree on this. However, the idea that we need to do nothing is wrong. First, we need a movement of the will. We must desire to increase our faith. That’s what...

[Comment: Defeating Darkness]       Friends of the Rosary, In the last week, we read in The New Testament passages of Jesus curing individuals possessed by demons. Even He sent out the Twelve to battle dark spirits. Friends, contrary to what many say—even within the Church—Satan and evil spirits are around us trying to devour our soul. The Scriptures revealed that one-third of the a...

[Comment: Sublime Truths]     Friends of the Rosary,     The mysteries of the Rosary are difficult to understand. The most important virtues in the lives of Jesus and Mary are summarized in twenty sacred mysteries. These works are full of deep truths, wonders, and perfections. That's why St. Louis Mary De Montfort, the author of The Secret of the Rosary, highlighted the need fo...

[Comment: Silent Heroes]   Friends of the Rosary,   Christians suffer persecutions all over the World. Sometimes, when evil-inspired ideas want to suppress the Resurrected Jesus Christ, persecution is ideological. Other times, the attacks become physical. Each year over tens of thousands of Christian followers are killed because of their commitment to the true faith. These martyrs are ou...

[Comment: Treasures in Heaven] Friends of the Rosary, In business, we continuously analyze investment strategies. This is critical for the survival of any corporation. Shouldn't we discuss that in our daily life? Jesus Christ instructed us what to do: "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal" (Matthew 6:20). We nee...

[Comment: Lack of Faith] Friends of the Rosary, We define ourselves as faithful. Fine. Let’s wait until being rejected by our own relatives and friends. How we will react then? Will we instantly forgive them or confront them with arguments? This happened to Jesus Christ in Galilee. As we read today, He was amazed at their lack of faith. (Mk 6:1-6) He didn’t confront them by performing miracles. On...

[Comment:  Lady of Sorrows] Friends of the Rosary, Today, forty days after the birth of Jesus, we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Lord by Mary and Joseph in the Temple, in obedience to the Mosaic Law (Lk 2, 22-40). Simeon and Anna, the two venerable elderly dedicated to prayer and fasting in the Temple, recognized the Messiah. This festivity is also referred to as The Purificat...

[Comment:  Perfect Consecration]  [Video Tour at Boston’s Holy Cross Cathedral] Friends of the Rosary, The Holy Virgin Mary was—and is—all-perfection because she was the most conformed and united creature to Jesus Christ of all-time. The Queen of Angels and Saints and Spouse of the Holy Spirit was the perfect disciple of the Son of God. Hence, the consecration to Jesus Christ is by the B...

[Comment:  Mustard Seed] Friends of the Rosary, C.S. Lewis, the British writer and lay theologian, explained that God entered history quietly, in a forgotten corner of the Roman Empire, sneaking behind enemy lines. Christianity established the same way: planting the seed, making the move, and taking the risk. The Holy Trinity works quietly, slowly, and gradually. It's like the parab...

[Comment:  Intense Prayer] Friends of the Rosary, As we model our life on the imitation of Christ, we need to be ready to be insulted—even by people around us. Especially, if they see us reciting the Holy Rosary. Jesus Christ, Himself was attacked by relatives. "He is out of his mind," they said, as we read on Saturday in The New Testament (Mk 3:20-21). Most of the times, this mockery is eith...

[Comment: Grace of a Happy Death] Friends of the Rosary, When you lose someone dear to you, you feel the infinite sadness and sorrow for seeing a loved-one departed, mostly, because you won't be able to talk or listen to him ever again on Earth. His soul will be now fully purified before resting in peace in eternity, in order to enjoy the presence of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St....

[Comment: Intellectual and Humble] Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Memorial Day of St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, and one of the brightest theologians, philosophers, and writers of all time. He wrote in the thirteen century  Summa Theologiae , which was placed for reference during the Council of Trent. His profound humility even surpassed his intellectual capacity. Despite his...

[Comment: World Passing Away] Friends of the Rosary, The world in its present form is passing away , wrote St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:29) this Sunday. Certainly, time flies and everything fades away quickly. In just three weeks, on February 17, we will celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Catholics will be marked on the forehead with a cross of ash. We will be in...

[Comment: Pain] Friends of the Rosary, As we meditate today upon the Sorrowful Mysteries, we try to identify ourselves with the pain of Jesus Christ—witnessed by His Mother. He agonized in the Garden of Gethsemane when confronted with the sins of the World. Later, He was brutally whipped, crowned with thorns, and publicly mocked. He carried a heavy cross to the Calvary, and finally, He was torture...

[Comment: Miraculous Conversion] Friends of the Rosary, We celebrate today the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the Apostle. Before his soul was transformed, he was a zealous Pharisee, a learned scholar, and fierce persecutor of Christians—he even participated in the stoning of St. Stephen. While on his way to Damascus, he was suddenly converted by a miraculous apparition of Jesus Christ. He b...

[Comment: Invitation to Convert] Friends of the Rosary, In our dwelling on Earth, we face a critical decision. We can build a life centered on me, my ego, and my senses, or we can be open to the Holy Spirit and abandon ourselves to Jesus and Mary. We live without Christ or we live for Christ. Most people avoid the dilemma and decide to keep going aiming to enjoy an earthly life. Little by little,...

[Comment: Ten Virtues of Mary] Friends of the Rosary, In these troubling times, there are interested devotees to the Virgin Mary only to gain favors or cure of some illness. We must be constant and disinterested, aiming only to receive her grace. St Louis de Montfort noted the ten principal virtues of the Most Holy Virgin. These are the virtues to imitate—expressed through the mysteries of the Hol...

[Comment: Accepting Our Cross] Friends of the Rosary, God's timing is not our timing. That's why one of the virtues to cultivate is patience. Our Father knows what we really need before we ask, and He delivers at the right time. We don't see it that way and fall into despair. The two virtues to pursue are faith and hope. A Rosary friend was telling us on the YouTube forum yesterday that "she was b...

[Comment: Intentions of Our Hearts] Friends of the Rosary, “We are all under the watchful eye of God, who alone knows and can judge the intentions of our hearts.” Talking about what’s happening in politics, Archbishop Gomez said this yesterday. That’s true. In the media, we report facts and issue opinions, doing a lot of guessing. But do we know what’s going on in the hearts of leaders and those w...

[Comment: Heavens Listen] Friends of the Rosary, Prayer brings the power of heaven down to earth. In Matthew 18:18-20, Jesus spoke about it: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. Fo...

[Comment: Immorality] Friends of the Rosary, Our own body is "a temple of the Holy Spirit", as St. Paul wrote and we read this past Sunday (1 Cor 6:13). Therefore, we need to avoid sexual immorality with our bodies. "The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord," Paul taught us in the first century. This is important because if we disrespect our body we commit sin and distance ourselves from t...