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[Comment: Seven Sorrows] Friends of the Rosary, Today we commemorate the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, and we are invited to reflect on Mary’s deep suffering in relation to Her Son. The Virgin Mary experienced seven great sorrows, from the flight into Egypt to the crucifixion and death of Jesus. The heart of the Blessed Mother was pierced by seven swords. Immaculate Mary stood at the foot of th...

[Comment: Sign of Triumph] Friends of the Rosary, Today we celebrate the Exaltation, the Triumph of the Holy Cross — the instrument of our redemption. With this feast day, we commemorate the recovery of the True Cross, which was placed on Mt. Calvary by St. Helena, in the fourth century. When we make the Sign of the Cross, we give our entire self to Jesus Christ — mind, soul, heart, body, will, th...

[Comment: Serving Him] Friends of the Rosary, The Lord is merciful and forgives our sins. We just need to confess our sins, amend our lives, and do penance. After all, we are God’s children, created at His image. The Holy Trinity just wants to bring all souls to Heaven, and that’s why the Divinity gives us unlimited opportunities to repent and convert into the truth. We’ve been created to serve th...

[Comment: Perseverance in Prayer] Friends of the Rosary, Through the Holy Rosary, we persevere in asking Jesus and Mary for all our needs, both spiritual and corporal. As long as we don’t stop asking and we don’t lose courage, our petition will be answered. Perseverance in prayer is critical. Only the one who keeps on asking, seeking, and knocking will receive. God is a spring of living water that...

[Comment: Heinous Attack] Friends of the Rosary, Nineteen years ago, on September 11, 2001, America suffered the worst terrorist attack in history, with almost 3,500 innocents dead. It was an attack not just on the United States, but on all of humanity. Today in the US we observe the date as the “Patriot Day”, while we turn to prayer and remember the families of those who died, those who were inju...

[Comment: Where Is Jesus?]      Friends of the Rosary, We often say, think, and even complain that we don’t find Jesus in our daily life. Where is Jesus Christ? Jesus is in the cross, in the suffering. That’s where we find Jesus. That is where He awaits us. And where is Mary? At the foot of the Cross seeing Her Divine Son pierced and disfigured, and asking us to reflect on the Passi...

[Comment: Reparation]     Friends of the Rosary, The Holy Angels in Heaven, with their angelic intelligence, salute the Virgin Mary with the Hail Mary. Through the Hail Mary, reparation was made for the fallen Angel’s sin, God was made man, and the world was renewed. Blessed Alan de la Roche explained this, highlighting that the salutation of the Rosary is worthy of the Queen of Heaven a...

[Comment: Mother of God and Humanity]   Friends of the Rosary, Today is the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Nine months after the Immaculate Conception, on December 8th, we celebrate the birth of Mary as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne, on September 8th. Mary was conceived and born immaculate and full of grace. As St Augustine described, the birth was an event of cosmic...

[Comment: Heavens Rejoice] Friends of the Rosary, Blessed Alan de la Roche, the fifteen-century theologian who continued the expansion of the Rosary started by St Dominic, had a vision about the power, value, and holiness of the Rosary. According to this revelation, narrated by St Louis de Montfort, the Virgin Mary said to Alan de la Roche: “When you say the Rosary the angels rejoice, the Blessed...

[Comment: Temptation] Friends of the Rosary, We continuously fall into temptation, despite our high hopes. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. As St Paul explained in his first letter to Corinthians that with temptation, God also provides the way to escape it, so we may be able to endure. St John the Apostle wrote that if we confess our sins, the Lord, who is faithful, will forgive our si...

[Comment: Filled with the Light of Christ] Friends of the Rosary, Today is the feast of St Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Teresa, a universal symbol of Jesus’ mercy and preferential love for the poor and the forgotten. Born in Macedonia, Europe, in 1910, and died on September 5, 1997, this contemporary saint founded in India an order of nuns, the Missionaries of Charity, which would become a driving f...

[Comment: Closer to Jesus and Mary] Friends of the Rosary, Today we contemplate the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ through five sorrowful mysteries. Pope Francis said this week: "Each time we fix our gaze on the image of Christ crucified, we contemplate that He, as the true Servant of the Lord, has accomplished his mission, giving life, spilling his blood for the pardoning of sins." It is criti...

[Comment: Closer to Jesus and Mary] Friends of the Rosary, The Holy Rosary allows us to be closer to Jesus and Mary. By reflecting on the 20 mysteries of the Rosary we model our lives around 20 essential virtues. As a result of it, our existence here on earth dramatically improves. The sacrifice of spending 20 to 25 minutes per day praying the Rosary clearly pays off. The Virgin Mary gave the Rosa...

[Comment: Struggle] Friends of the Rosary, We pray today the Glorious Mysteries. The glory of Jesus passed through His Death and Passion. Our Savior didn’t scape the cross and avoid the Father’s will. He embraced His cross, for our salvation, showing us the way to eternity. As Pope Francis said this week, “the life of Christians is always a struggle.” Francis emphasized: “The Bible says that the l...

[Comment: Thinking Like Jesus and Mary] Friends of the Rosary, St Paul encouraged us (ROM 12:1-2) to renew our mind in order to discern what's the will of God and what's perfect. We must learn to think like Jesus and Mary. Otherwise, we fail, falling into despair. The sad reality is that we choose an easy faith based on the glory—far from difficulties and suffering—rather than a faith rooted in th...

[Comment: New Eve] Friends of the Rosary, Today, the New Testament's reading shows Jesus announcing that His second coming will take place, although He doesn't say when. It can be tomorrow, it can be a thousand years from now. Jesus said:  “For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.” (MT 16:21-27) Friends, we are mu...

[Comment: Second Coming] Friends of the Rosary, Today, the New Testament's reading shows Jesus announcing that His second coming will take place, although He doesn't say when. It can be tomorrow, it can be a thousand years from now. Jesus said:  “For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.” (MT 16:21-27) Friends, we...

[Comment: Moral Courage] Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Memorial of the Passion of St John the Baptist. Besides our Lord and our Lady, St. John the Baptist is the only one whose birth and death are celebrated. St John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus. He lived as a hermit in the wilderness and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, preached that people should repent of their sins and be baptized...

[Comment: Restless Heart] Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Memorial Day of St Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church, and one of the most influential theologians in the history of Christianity, especially regarding the Trinity, grace, and the Church. Through incessant prayers and tears, her mother St Monica instrumented St Augustine's conversion, along with the sanctity of Milan's Bishop Ambr...

[Comment: A Mother's Tears] Friends of the Rosary, Today's is the Memorial Day of St Monica, the virtuous mother of St Augustine of Hippo. Born in the fourth century in the north of Africa, she is honored for her Christian virtues—particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, a Roman pagan named Patricius—along with her prayerful life dedicated to the conversion of her son. She spen...

[Comment: Grace of Faith] Friends of the Rosary, With the virtue of faith—the fruit of the first Glorious Mystery—we are able to escape from the mythical cave of Plato and emerge from shadows and darkness. How many people do claim that they would like to have faith? Friends, we are very lucky for our Catholic faith—the only true faith. Faith is our richness and a special grace from the Lord that b...

[Comment: Thorns in the Flesh] Friends of the Rosary, Each of us suffers from different things, in different ways. We endure hardships, temptations, diseases, carrying our own crosses. Paul the Apostle, in his second letter to the Corinthians, complained to the Lord about “a thorn in the flesh” that has given to him. We don’t know exactly what was that pain. It could be partial blindness, physical...

[Comment: Love of Neighbor] Friends of the Rosary, The Visitation, the second Joyful Mystery, teaches about the love of neighbor. Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are love the Lord with all your heart, mind, and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself (Matt 22:34-40). Note that the Lord didn’t request just to be a nice and friendly guy or have a heart of gold. Real love is willing th...

[Comment: Saving Souls] Friends of the Rosary, The Son of the Living God came down to earth to save souls. St Denis, the 3rd-century martyr and Bishop of Paris, said that there is nothing nobler and pleasing to God than to cooperate in the work of saving souls and to frustrate the devil's plan for ruining them. Jesus Chris built his Church upon the rock of Peter (MT 16:13-20) to undo the work of d...

[Comment: Consecration to Mary] Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial, a feast instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Therefore, we celebrate Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth—the fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary. We seek protection under her maternal mantle, knowing that She is concerned with our own salvation. As Pope Pius XII declared, she petit...