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Today's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 10, 2026, Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,We continue praying our Holy Rosary from Austin, Texas.In today’s main reading of the Gospel (Matthew 18:21-35), Jesus tells a parable that illustrates God’s compassion and mercy — misericordia, in Latin and Spanish, signifying the suffering of the heart.It is the characteristic of the infinite love of God, as He never forgets his offspring.The whole mystery of the divine mercy is beyond our human understanding. Nothing would exist were it not willed into being by God.And the greatest manifestation of divine m...
2026-03-1129 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 8, 2026, Third Sunday of Lent, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,Today’s Today, the Third Sunday, the Catholic Church begins the second phase of Lent with the Gospel of “living water” (Jn 4:13-14): the intense dialogue of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, a foreigner from whom He asks a drink of water.Christ the Lord said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”Pope Benedict XVI, recalling t...
2026-03-0825 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 7, 2026, Saturday of the Second Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,Today’s Gospel (Luke 15:1–3, 11–32) portrays the prodigal son.The father stands for the divine mercy of God, and the older son stands for all of us sinners who misunderstand divine love.“Everything I have is yours.”The Father says the same to us today.In this magnificent parable, we see the prodigal son agonizing over his sins, feeling a great emptiness after he turned the divine gift into the ego’s possession.Finally, he realizes that only the compassion and the mercy of his father will save hi...
2026-03-0731 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 6, 2026, Friday of the Second Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,Today, we read in the Gospel (Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46) that Jesus told the chief priests and the elders the striking parable of the landowner who planted a fertile vineyard.The vineyard stands for the people of Israel, the Church, and the world, but we are not the owners; we are just the tenants, entrusted with the responsibility of caring for it."The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone."The vineyard of this world is a place where we can find rest, enjoyment, and good w...
2026-03-0730 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 5, 2026, Thursday of the Second Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,We read in the Gospel today (Luke 16:19-31) the story of the poor and hopeless beggar Lazarus, who is carried to paradise — to the “bosom of Abraham— and the rich man taken to the underworld.The conversation between the rich man buried in the torment of hell and Abraham in heaven is extremely revealing. This parable, presented by Christ himself, depicts an utterly unique view of the afterlife.‘Father Abraham, have pity on me.Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
2026-03-0629 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 4, 2026, Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,During Lent, we prepare ourselves for the central events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.Because of the sins and disobedience of the human race, Christ, the Son of God in human nature, decided to pay for our redemption with his blood.Through his infinite mercy and love for us, he set us free from the slavery of Satan and of sin.God the Father glorified him with the resurrection.The lesson for humans was clear: if we follow Christ, the new Head of humanity, faithfully...
2026-03-0429 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMarch 3, 2026, Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,Today, Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent, we see in the Gospel, Christ the Lord condemning the religious externalism, vanity, and hypocrisy of the Pharisees of that time, and currently, all of us.We should look into our Lenten practices of piety and works of charity and see whether they are performed to be seen.Also, today the dioceses of the United States celebrate the Memorial of St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), virgin, called to teach the Gospel and to bring the Eucharist to the Native American and African A...
2026-03-0332 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityApril 20, 2025, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Fifth Anniversary of the Rosary NetworkFriends of the Rosary,Today, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, we celebrate that Christ, who remained two days in the tomb, is risen from the dead, unleashing on the third day God’s forgiving and hopeful love in all its power."Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The words heard by the women at the tomb — Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James — are addressed to us today, too.It means that death, sin, fear, and solitude are not the la...
2025-04-2132 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityFebruary 25, 2025, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,When our will is aligned with the divine will, we become the conduits of the grace of God.As Bishop Barron writes, “Faith is an attitude of trust in the God who is always holding out new possibilities to us.""When our lives and hearts are aligned to the God who creates the universe when our wills are directed according to his purposes, we become the conduits of enormous power."Today, we pray for Pope Francis's health recovery and the eternal rest of Marc Louis, husband of An...
2025-02-2529 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 30, 2024, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary,
From time immemorial, the human race has wondered who will be saved and who will go directly to heaven, purgatory, or hell. This is the critical question of our existence.
At that time, Jesus was asked (Lk 13:22-30):
"Lord, will only a few people be saved?
He answered them,"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,for many, I tell you, will attempt to enterbut will not be strong enough.
We have free will, and it’s up to us to ac...
2024-10-3030 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
To recognize God as our Father, we must love our neighbor.
Fraternal charity can be expressed as material and spiritual assistance, as well as through encouraging words and kind gestures.
And all of us can offer prayers for our fellow human beings.
Any material or spiritual assistance provided to a neighbor out of genuine charity is, in essence, given to God. And whatever is given to God is an investment in the eternal treasures of heaven.
As adopted children of God, we will receive many...
2023-10-3030 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 29, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
In today Sunday's Gospel, we get a crystal clear answer from Jesus about the pathway we should follow in our earthly pilgrimage:
"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul,and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Out of his infinite goodness, Christ Jesus wished to share His eternal kingdom of happiness with mankind.
He revealed to us that the...
2023-10-2932 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 28, 2023, Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Every October 28th we celebrate the Feast of the glorious Apostles Saints Simon the Zealot and Jude Thaddeus.
They may be paired together because they both preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and Persia.
St. Simon the Zealot is represented in art with a saw, the instrument of his martyrdom.
St. Jude Thadeus is the author of a short Epistle which forms part of the New Testament.
He is invoked in desperate situations and impossible and lost causes because his letter stresses that the faithful should...
2023-10-2832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 27, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Those who have been entrusted with more by God will be held to an even higher standard.
This Christian teaching, expressed by Our Lord in Lk 12:39-48, is especially relevant today, given the war in Holy Land and Ukraine.
It means that those who have been given greater responsibilities, such as leaders or people in positions of authority, will be held accountable in the presence of God for how they have used their power and influence.
The biblical passage of “Much will be required of the person ent...
2023-10-2729 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 26, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Holy LandFriends of the Rosary:
Pope Francis called for a day of prayer and fasting on Friday, Oct. 27 for peace in Gaza and Israel, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
"It will be a day of penance to which I invite sisters and brothers of the various Christian denominations, those belonging to other religions, and all those who have at heart the cause of peace in the world, to join in as they see fit," the Pope said.
A prayer vigil will take place today Thursday at 6 p.m. in St. Peter’s Square, where th...
2023-10-2631 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 25, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Holy LandFriends of the Rosary:
Jesus said to his disciples (Lk 12:39-48):
"Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more."
God has given each of us unique talents, resources, and opportunities in life. And with the blessings and gifts that God has entrusted to us, come great responsibility.
We are obliged to use these blessings wisely and for the greater good.
The passage of the Gospel teaches us that those who have been given much, whether it be wealth, knowledge, influence, or any other form of abundance...
2023-10-2529 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 24, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
In today’s Gospel (Lk 12:35-38), Lord Jesus is calling us to be vigilant for the Second Coming, which will take place "at an unexpected hour."
Therefore, we await his arrival in glory with His angels. Come, Lord Jesus!
In the Acts of the Apostles, the angel addressed the disciples as were looking up at heaven as they saw Jesus ascending.
"Why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
We cultivate our fa...
2023-10-2428 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 23, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for Peace in Holy Land | Today at 7:30 pm ETFriends of the Rosary:
Today in the reading (Luke 12:13-21), Jesus told the parable of a successful rich man who forgets the importance of serving God first.
"Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God."
Bishop Barron writes: "No matter how good, how beautiful a state of affairs is here below, it is destined to pass into nonbeing. That sunset that I enjoyed last night—that radiantly beautiful display—is now forever gone. It lasted only a while. That beau...
2023-10-2331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 22, 2023, Feast of St. John Paul II, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Today, Sunday, October 22nd, on the Day of the Lord, we remember the charismatic Pope Saint John Paul II, an extraordinary testimony of holiness.In the light of events in the Holy Land, we remember how John Paul II successfully encouraged dialogue with the Jews and with the representatives of Muslins and other religions, whom he several times invited to prayer meetings for peace, especially in Assisi.His love for young people brought him to establish the World Youth Days. At the same time, his care for the family was expressed...
2023-10-2230 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 21, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
When we are persecuted, the Holy Spirit will guide us in what to say and how to behave. This is the promise of Christ Jesus that we find in today's Gospel (Luke 12:8–12).
Divine help is essential for our daily lives, especially as we often become ensnared by false ideas and distractions.
It's crucial that we remain vigilant in recognizing the snares and lies of the Devil, which can poison our minds and lead us to speak against the Truth.Jesus said:"Everyone who speaks a word against th...
2023-10-2131 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 20, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
In today’s Gospel (Luke 12:1–7), Jesus tells us: "Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."
He also instructs us:
"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more. I shall show you whom to fear. Be afraid of the one who after killing has the power to cast into Gehenna; yes, I tell you, be afraid of that one."
In J...
2023-10-2130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 19, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Do we perceive the world through our senses or through faith?
Perceiving through our senses can sometimes provide a distorted view of human existence and universal truths.
Our primary orientation should be rooted in faith.
Faith incorporates reason, as it aligns with the Creator's intellect.
Furthermore, faith can lead to unexpected and powerful outcomes.
This is why Jesus proclaimed,
"Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move...
2023-10-1930 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 18, 2023, Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Today, October 18th, is the Feast of St. Luke, the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Native of Antioch in Syria and a practicing physician, he was converted by St. Paul, who accompanied him on a considerable part of his missionary journey.
Luke's Gospel, which St. Jerome called "Paul's Gospel,” is the Gospel of the Merciful Heart of Jesus. It emphasizes the fact that Christ is the salvation of all men, especially of the repentant sinner and of the lowly.
To St. Luke's Gospel, we...
2023-10-1829 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 17, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
“Many are invited, but few are chosen,” told us Christ Jesus — as the Gospel of Matthew narrated in last Sunday's reading (Mt 22:1-14).
This means that we all, baptized and non-baptized, believers and worldly people, are invited to live up to the glory of God.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus full of merciful and forgiving loves reaches everyone. Even the unrighteous are preferred by Christ.
That’s how his unfathomable divine mercy works. St. Faustina Marie Kowalska explained it in her powerful diary.
But mind you, if w...
2023-10-1731 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 16, 2023, Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
One of the saints we honor today is St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a French nun chosen by Our Lord to spread devotion to his Sacred Heart, at a time when Protestantism and the Jansenism heresy tried to separate Catholics from the true faith.Our Lord appeared to her often, usually as the Crucified Christ.
In this revelation of the Sacred Heart to the nun, Christ Jesus made known His burning desire to be loved by all men.
Margaret Mary communicated Our Lord's wish that the faithful receive...
2023-10-1630 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 15, 2023, Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Today, the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, also known as Teresa of Jesus, a sixteenth-century Spanish mystic.
Together with her close collaborator, the priest and writer later canonized as Saint John of the Cross, she founded the Order of Discalced Carmelites – “discalced,” meaning barefoot, symbolizing a life of poverty, contemplation, and simplicity. The reform met with fierce opposition but resulted in the founding of 30 monasteries during her life.
Her most well-known works include "The Interior Castle" and "The Way of Perfection," both of which are classi...
2023-10-1532 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 14, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of Hostilities in Israel and GazaFriends of the Rosary:
Refusing to acknowledge our sins from the depths of our hearts is a huge misfortune.
Confession of sin is necessary for our own healing and the healing of our society. That’s what makes us truly worthy as human beings.
The hatred of war is the mark of the Beast. The angel of darkness wants to divide us as much as possible, even to the point of killing each other. He does everything so we don’t see each other as our sisters and brothers.
Our sins brou...
2023-10-1431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 13, 2023, Our Lady of Fatima's Miracle of the Sun, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:
Our Lady of Fatima visited the three shepherds for the last time on October 13, 1917, and as promised, she provided a convincing sign about her apparitions.
Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia; ages 10, 9 and 7, along with a crowd of 70,000 witnessed how suddenly the clouds separated and the sun appeared between them in the clear blue, like a disk of white fire.
They could look at the sun without blinking and while they gazed upward, the huge ball danced and plunged in a mighty zigzag course toward the earth. The crowd was terrified...
2023-10-1330 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 12, 2023, Our Lady of Pillar, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:
Jesus sent His disciples two by two to spread the Word and build the Kingdom.
Last week, we read about it in the tenth chapter of Luke’s Gospel (LUKE 10:1–12 ).
“Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
We do missionary work together, in community.
As we belong to one another, we need to gather people around us. We are not meant to live and evangelize alone, unless we freely chose a life i...
2023-10-1230 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOct 11, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:
We read in the Gospel today that one of the disciples asked the Lord to teach to pray just as John the Baptist taught to his followers. And
Christ Jesus revealed the key prayer for our Christian pilgrimage on
earth (Lk 11:1-4):
"When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test."
When we say “Father, hallowed be your na...
2023-10-1130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 10, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:
In wars we see the worse aspect of human beings. We became like wild animals forgetting that life is a free gift from the Creator.
This Sunday, when the war in Israel and Palestine broke out, we read on the Gospel the parable of the tenants who refused to give the landowner the fruits of the harvest, to the point of beating and killing servants and even the landowner’s son.
At the root of the conflicts, there are always ungratefulness and greediness.
Ungrateful men and women fa...
2023-10-1032 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 9, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:
Today, Columbus Day in the U.S., we continue witnessing with sorrow the explosion of violence, and increased hatred and division, in Israel and Gaza, along with the horror and anguish of 130 innocent Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.
There are too many casualties and injured people (over 1,200), which both Israelis and Palestinians have to deal with.
The sacred places in the Holy Land, particularly in Jerusalem, are at risk, as well.
We ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, to inspire world leaders to put an...
2023-10-0929 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 8, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the End of the War in Israel and PalestineFriends of the Rosary:Today, Sunday, the Day of the Lord, we pray for the end of violence in Israel and Gaza, after terrorists and evil-doers of Hamas launched an unprovoked attack and took innocent hostages.
Our heart is with the relatives of the victims and the kidnapped families who are experiencing hours of anguish and terror.
We all have to repent for offending the Creator and recognize the Lordship of Christ, the only way to go to God the Father.
Fake or incomplete conceptions of Divinity, ideologies, and devilish doctrines end u...
2023-10-0830 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 7, 2023, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:Today, October the 7th, is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope St. Pius V in thanksgiving for the naval victory over the Turks at the battle of Lepanto on this day in the year 1571, a favor due to the recitation of the Rosary.Pope St. Pius V and all Christians prayed the Rosary, which at that time was called the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This victory saved Europe — and the world — from being overrun by the forces of Islam. All families are invit...
2023-10-0732 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 6, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Most of the souls in hell are those who disbelieved that there is a place for the dammed.
This is what St. Faustina Kowalska wrote in her diary after having a vision of hell. “I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the abysses of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence.”
In October 1936, she was led by an angel to what she called the “chasms of hell,” which she described in her diary as a place of “great torture.”
2023-10-0633 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 5, 2023, Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
One of the saints we honor today is the Polish nun Faustina Kowalska, the apostle of the Divine Mercy.
In 1931, Jesus Christ appeared to Faustina as the King of Divine Mercy. He chose her to deliver to the modern world the message of the merciful love of the Divinity for all people, especially sinners.
Christ asked her to have a picture painted of Him as she saw him — clothed in white, with red and white rays of light streaming from his heart. The rays represent the blood and water th...
2023-10-0630 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 4, 2023, Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), founder of the Franciscan Order. He was the first person recorded to receive the stigmata — the five wounds of Christ.
At the age of 20, he decided to abandon everything for Christ embracing complete poverty and taking the Gospel as his rule of life.
Out of humility, Francis never accepted the priesthood and remained a deacon all his life.
St. Francis loved all of God’s creatures. He is represented with birds and animals. Many parishes have a Bless...
2023-10-0425 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 3, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
When we deeply offend the Author of Life, there are two possible solutions, as Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa wrote in his book "The Power of the Cross."
The first is the path taken by Judas, who cried. "I have sinned in betraying innocent blood" and then went out and hanged himself (Mt 27:4ff). The other is the path taken by Peter who went out and "wept bitterly" (Mt 26:27) and then, having experienced the power of repentance, showed others the way of salvation and resolutely cried out to the crowd, "Repent!"
...
2023-10-0331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 2, 2023, Feast of the Guardian Angels, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, October 2nd, is the Feast of the Guardian Angels, a celebration in the Christian tradition that honors the belief in guardian angels.
Every human soul has a Guardian Angel who watches over and protects us from both spiritual and physical evil. They guide us to Heaven only if we desire it since they cannot act directly upon our will or intellect, as St. Thomas Aquinas wrote.
The Old and the New Testaments show this truth.
The Lord Jesus was strengthened by an angel in the Garden o...
2023-10-0231 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityOctober 1, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Sunday liturgy supersedes the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897), more popularly known as "the Little Flower."
This French Carmelite nun, patroness of all foreign missions and patroness of France, and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope St. John Paul II, died of consumption at the age of 24.
The Little Flower attained a very high degree of holiness by carrying out her ordinary daily duties with perfect fidelity, having a childlike confidence in God's providence and mer...
2023-10-0131 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Pope St. John Paul II in 1994 urged Catholics to make the prayer to St. Michael a regular part of their lives.
The prayer, composed by Pope Leo, states:
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the divine power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
2023-09-3032 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 29, 2023, Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
Believing in the existence of the spiritual, that Sacred Scripture calls “angels” is a truth of faith.
Angels are pure, non-corporeal heavenly spirits, on a higher order than human beings. They do not depend on matter for their existence or activity. The name angel means servant or messenger of God. They are distinct from saints, which men can become. Angels have intellect and will, and are immortal.
St. Michael (Who is like God?, in Hebrew...
2023-09-2934 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 28, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We read last week (Lk 8:1-3) how Jesus was journeying from one town and village to another proclaiming the Good News and being accompanied by the Twelve Apostles and some women.
Among them, "Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources."
Christ Jesus overturned the social conventions of the rabbis of that time and added female disciples.
Furthermore, He spoke to the woman at the well...
2023-09-2831 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 27, 2023, Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
A friend of a friend, Jeff Smith, who recently passed away victim of cancer at the age of 51, left his friends with this insightful message: “Stop wasting your time searching. Spend your time learning to love others more perfectly and accept the great gifts that Jesus wants to give you.”
Jeff also emphasized:
“Start acting on the Truth that God has already placed in your heart.”
A wise message indeed: learn to love in a more perfect manner!
"As we live in God, our love grows more perfect" (1 John 4:17)
Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!
To Jesus...
2023-09-2729 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 26, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today's reading (Lk 8:19-21), Christ Jesus says: 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.'
Is he dismissing His own mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary? Not at all. What the Son of God is saying is that our own family should not be our ultimate priority.
God is the cornerstone of our lives. Christ Jesus is our mission, without any other attachments.
Mind you, by following Jesus, we properly set our values and honor our family—tr...
2023-09-2631 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 25, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Yesterday's parable of a landowner hiring laborers and paying them equally regardless of their amount of work was a demonstration of the unfathomable mercy of God, rather than a reflection on equal rights.
Any saint, whether known or unknown, who endeavors to share the love of God with their neighbors, profoundly grasps the essence of this parable. Furthermore, such an individual finds joy in understanding that life is about desiring the good for others.
Ultimately, the Lord, who embodies perfect and pure love, illuminates our deficiencies in love. Heaven...
2023-09-2630 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 24, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:The prophet Isaiah reminded us that God's ways are not our ways. We have to read through these lenses in today's reading (Matthew 20:1-16A). The Divinity's vision of justice differs from ours. The parable of the landowner who goes out to hire workers at different hours and pays each the same wage shouldn't disturb us.When the owner contends, "Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?", should prompt us to thank God for His goodness and generosity. Tod...
2023-09-2431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 23, 2023, Memorial of St. Padre Pio, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), more popularly known as Padre Pio.
For fifty years, this contemporary saint was a much sought-after spiritual advisor, confessor, and intercessor at the monastery of San Giovanni Rotundo, in Italy, now a point of pilgrimage.
His life was devoted to the Eucharist and prayer. And despite his notoriety, he often said, "I only want to be a poor friar who prays."
While praying before a cross on September 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the stigmata. He is the first pr...
2023-09-2429 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 22, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Grace is given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift, St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians (Eph 4:1-7, 11-13), as we read yesterday in the Gospel.
To the holy ones, Christ equips them for building up His mystical body, the universal Church.
Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers are provided with the knowledge to spread the Eternal Truth.
Consecrated religious people and lay people like us are all urged to live, in Paul’s words, "with humility and gentleness, with...
2023-09-2229 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 21, 2023, Feast of St. Matthew, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the feast day of the Apostle and Evangelist St. Matthew. He had a hateful profession to the Jews, a tax collector for the Roman enemy until he got the call of Christ.
One day, while seated at his table of books and money, Jesus looked at Matthew and said: "Follow me."
These two words made him rise, leaving his money to follow Christ. Jesus changed the name of the new apostle into Matthew, which means "Gift of God."
The Jews were surprised to see Jesus...
2023-09-2132 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 20, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)• September 20, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET• The Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now!
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Christ Jesus raised the son of a widow in a city called Nain, as we read in the New Testament yesterday (Luke 7:11-17).
In this passage, we see the fear and desperation in this poor widow. At that time there was no social safety net, no insurance, and no guaranteed income for a widow. Without her husband and her only son, she was condemned almost to starvation, unless th...
2023-09-2030 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 19, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
To say “Christ is Lord” means to submit to His lordship, to freely enter into his dominion.
It is like saying, in the words of St. Paul, Jesus Christ is my Lord, the very reason for my existence.
We live for Him and no longer for ourselves.
Today, the radical contradiction is between living for the Lord and living for oneself.
And living for oneself means spiritual death.
Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!To Jesus through Mary!
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2023-09-1930 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 18, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
It's Christ who lives in each and every one of us. He acts on us. We belong to Him.
It's not my mind, my will, or my desires, as our secular society imposes. "It's your life, you decide, you choose, it's all about finding your voice," we hear today. It's excessive self-regarding, justification, and protection of the ego.
Bishop Barron says that "everything in our culture militates against this [our belonging to Christ]. And this is why Christianity is struggling in our world today."
The whole Revelation t...
2023-09-1831 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 17, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today Sunday's reading (Mt 18:21-35), Christ Jesus illustrates to us the importance of forgiving our brother and showing mercy.
Mercy is the characteristic of God, for God is love. And the divine mercy leads to the forgiveness of sins.
Through the forgiveness of our sins and the sacrament of reconciliation, we are restored in divine friendship.
Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!
To Jesus through Mary!
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Today's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 16, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Yesterday in the New Testament (Jn 19:25-27), we read how Jesus, nailed to the Cross, looked to His mother and the disciple whom He loved.
He said to Mary, "Woman, behold, your son," and then to John the Apostle, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour, the disciple took her into his home.
In entrusting Mary to John, Christ Jesus was, in a real sense, entrusting Mary to all those who would be friends of Him down through the ages.
The Immaculate Mary is the Mother of...
2023-09-1629 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 15, 2023, Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as Our Lady of Seven Dolors, Our Lady of Dolors, or Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, in Spanish.
This feast, which dates back to the 12th century, is dedicated to the spiritual martyrdom of Mary, Mother of God. It focuses on Mary's intense suffering during the passion and death of Christ.
In her suffering as co-redemtrix, Mary reminds us of the tremendous evil of sin and shows us the way to true repentance.
The Devotion to...
2023-09-1533 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 14, 2023, Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the instrument of our redemption and our glorious sign of victory over evil and all the demons around our lives. As humans, we are sealed with the Sign of the Cross. We belong to Christ.
This day is also called the Triumph of the Cross, Elevation of the Cross, or Holy Cross Day.
Observed in Rome since the seventh century, the feast commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mount Calvary by St...
2023-09-1431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 13, 2023, Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We remember today the sixth apparition of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal. It took place on September 13, 1917, and this is how Sister Lucia, one of the three shepherds described it in her memoirs [Fourth Memoir (1941-12-08)]:
"As the hour approached, I set out with Jacinta and Francisco, but owing to the crowds around us we could only advance with difficulty. The roads were packed with people, and everyone wanted to see us and speak to us. There was no human respect whatsoever. Simple folk, and even ladies...
2023-09-1330 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 12, 2023, Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we observe the Memorial Day of the Most Holy Name of Mary, inviting everyone to reflect upon all the graces received through the intercession and mediation of the Blessed Mother.
This feast originated in Spain in the sixteenth century, in thanksgiving to Our Lady for the battle victory for Christian Europe against the Muslim Turks.The feast of the Holy Name of Mary follows that of her Birthday, as the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.
In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s par...
2023-09-1231 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 11, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
With tributes, moments of silence, and tearful words, we are remembering today the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
Twenty-two years ago, nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field.
Evil terrorists, brainwashed by dark ideologies and ideas, killed innocent Americans.
The impact of 9/11 is still felt in every corner of the United States.
On that day, the vast majority united as one country, one nation, one people, as it...
2023-09-1125 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 10, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today's society attempts everything in its power to erase the meaning of sin.
Sin just seems like another way of behaving.
In this context, the necessary Christian correction of our brothers when they fall looks like an extravagance.
Christianity seems like just another perspective, and sacraments are perceived as an extremely radical solution.
In this Sunday’s Gospel (St. Matthew 18:15-20), we learn about our obligation to encourage erring brothers to give up their sinful ways.
We must offer advice and encouragement when it i...
2023-09-1031 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 9, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Jesus Christ respects our independence and free will but also wants to dwell in us and become the Lord of our lives, encouraging us to be perfect.
In last Thursday's reading (LUKE 5:1–11), Jesus climbed into Peter's boat without asking permission. It was an invasion of grace.
As Bishop Barron wrote, "When Jesus moves into the house of the soul, the powers of the soul are heightened and properly directed."
"This commandeering of nature by grace does not involve the compromising of nature but rather its perfection and el...
2023-09-0932 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 8, 2023, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived and born immaculate and full of grace. Through her, all grace is given to men.
Our Lady was born to be the mother of the Savior of the world, the spiritual mother of all men, and the holiest of God's creatures.
In Mary, Queen of Heaven and of Earth, all human nature is exalted.
Her nativity is one of the three birthdays in the Church Calendar: the Birth of Jesus (December 25), the Birth...
2023-09-0832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 7, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
What can we do when we see evil deeds or sins among our friends or family members?
We never approve sin, but we must continue to regard sinners as our brothers and do all in our power to guide them back onto the right path to heaven.
We can achieve this through a good example and fervent prayer for their conversion.
This may not be easy for human nature, but we can be certain that God will grant us the necessary grace and strength to overcome our...
2023-09-0724 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 6, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:September is the month of Our Lady of Sorrows, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, in Spanish. The sorrow of the Blessed Mother was immeasurable. It was surpassed only by her love. Her love was even stronger than death. It made her able to support the cruel death of Jesus Christ.
The Stabat Mater — a 13th-century Latin hymn written by Franciscan friar and poet Jacopone da Todi — focused on the sorrow of the Virgin Mary during the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It proclaimed: "O Mother... make me feel the depth of you...
2023-09-0631 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 5, 2023, Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We honor today St. Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), affectionally called "Mother Teresa. This Albanian nun received the Nobel Prize in 1979 and founded in Calcutta, India, the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, established in 30 countries today.
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) proclaimed God’s thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor. She was a soul filled with the light of Christ, on fire with love for Him and a burning desire “to quench His thirst for love and for souls.”
“God still loves the world and He sends you...
2023-09-0531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 4, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Reading a scroll of the prophet Isaiah in a synagogue on the sabbath day in Nazareth, where he had grown up, Christ Jesus proclaimed (Lk 4:16-30):
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."
"Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."
The a...
2023-09-0410 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 3, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Our human logic is very different from God’s thinking, as we learn in the Gospel today (Mt 16:21-27).
That’s why we have to learn the ways of the faith, which initially sound incomprehensible to us. Atheists and godless individuals try to take advantage of our limited understanding.
The disciples themselves were shocked when Christ Jesus revealed to them this eternal truth.
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life...
2023-09-0331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 2, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer from the Tenderloin District in San Francisco• Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now!
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Today, we are praying the Holy Rosary in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, an area avoided by tourists due to its reputation for drug dealing and violent crime.
The Tenderloin is bordered by Geary to the north, Market Street to the south, Taylor Street to the east, and Van Ness to the west.
Despite being advised against it, we felt compelled to see firsthand what was happening in this area.
We prayed the Joyful Mysteries, asking the...
2023-09-0228 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversitySeptember 1, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial is on September 15.
We also celebrate two more Marian feasts: the Nativity of Mary (September 8) and the Holy Name of Mary (September 9).
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is on September 14. The Holy Mother Church sings of the triumph of the Holy Cross, the instrument of our salvation. Also, it thanks God for the blessing of Christ dying on the Cross, which opened the gates of heaven for mankind.
Other important memorials we specially l...
2023-09-0130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 31, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We honor today two saints mentioned in the Gospels who lived in the first-century in Jerusalem at the time of Christ: Saints Joseph Arimathea and Nicodemus.
Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy member of the temple council and a secret follower of Jesus.
Nicodemus was a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin, who defended Jesus’ cause.
Saint John even says that it was to Nicodemus that our Lord said, “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not peri...
2023-08-3128 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Our lack of trust in the Savior, Christ, damages His sacred heart, not to mention our own souls. Without faith, there can be no hope, joy, or peace. Why do our hearts continue to remain as stones of unbelief?
This thought arises when you observe and pray the Rosary while walking the streets of San Francisco, as we are doing this week.
Jesus said to St. Faustina Kowalska:
“My child, all your sins have not wounded My Heart as painfully as your present lack of trust does — that...
2023-08-3029 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 29, 2023, Memorial Day of Passion of St. John the Baptist, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, August 29th is the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist.
The Church celebrated the nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 24, and today honors the martyrdom of Christ's precursor and forerunner.
Besides our Lord and our Lady, John the Baptist is the only one whose birth and death are thus celebrated.
Today's Gospel relates the circumstances of his execution.
He had the courage to blame Herod to his face for the scandal of his illegal union with his sister-in-law Herodias...
2023-08-2931 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 28, 2023, Memorial Day of St. Augustine, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, August 28, the Catholic Church honors St. Augustine, one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Catholic Church.
Born in the town of Thagaste (now Souk-Ahras in modern Algeria), Augustine lived a dissolute life of sin up until his conversion — written in the autobiographical brilliant book of Confessions. He also wrote The City of God.
His mother, Saint Monica’s tears and intense prayers, along with the sermons of Saint Ambrose, the bishop and Doctor of the Church, inspired him to embrace the truth of Christ.
O...
2023-08-2831 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 27, 2023, Memorial Day of St. Monica, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we celebrate memorial of St. Monica, which is superseded by the Sunday liturgy.
St. Monica (333-387), the mother of St. Augustine, was a Christian, but her husband Patricius was a pagan. Monica's virtues and prayers, converted him, and he was baptized a year before his death.
Monica's tears and prayers for his son son were incessant as well. She had the joy of witnessing St. Ambrose baptize Augustine in 387.
St. Monica died in Ostia, near Rome, as she and her son gazed at the sea and...
2023-08-2731 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 26, 2023, Our Lady of Czestochowa and Our Lady Health of the Sick, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we commemorate Our Lady of Czestochowa, also known as the Black Madonna.
It’s traditionally believed that this icon was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist on a cypress wood panel from a table used by the Holy Family in Nazareth.
The painting was discovered by St. Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine. The icon was then enshrined in the imperial city of Constantinople, where it remained for the next 500 years.
Brought to Czestochowa, in Poland in the fourteenth century, the holy image is associated with sev...
2023-08-2631 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 25, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Arrogance and pride are our first sins. They led us to the original sin through the disobedience of Adam and Eve. In many ways, we continue in the same manner. Many behave like little gods, deciding what is right and wrong.
Consider this week’s reading (Matthew 20:1-16) where laborers hired by a landowner demanded to be paid more money than those who worked fewer hours. The landowner — the Creator of the universe — replied:
‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual da...
2023-08-2531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 24, 2023, Memorial of St. Bartholomew, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, August 24th, is the Feast of the apostle St. Bartholomew, also known as Nathaniel.
He was a doctor in Jewish law and a seeker of the truth.
As a close friend of St. Philip the Apostle, he had the opportunity to see Christ. He recognized the Savior immediately as the Son of God.
On that initial meeting, Jesus uttered the glorious compliment: "Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile!"
After the Resurrection, St. Bartholomew was favored by becoming one of the fe...
2023-08-2430 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 23, 2023, Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), the first canonized saint in the Americas.
Inspired by the example of St. Catherine of Siena, Rose became a Dominican lay tertiary and devoted herself to works of active charity while living a life of extreme austerity.
Hers was a life heroic in virtue and penance. Through the practice of penance, she expiated the evils perpetrated by the conquerors in their lust for gold.
St. Rose of Lima suffered repeated attacks from the devil...
2023-08-2331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 22, 2023, Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Eight days after celebrating Mary's Assumption into Heaven, we commemorate the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary. This feast is a prolongation of the celebration of the Assumption.
Down through centuries, Popes, Doctors, and Fathers of the Church have given authoritative expression to the truth of the Queenship of the Holy Virgin.
This title is applied to the Mother of God since she is closely associated with the redemptive work of her Son — "The King of kings and Lord of lords" — and the Mediatrix of all graces.
In O...
2023-08-2230 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 21, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Following yesterday’s story of the pagan Canaanite woman (Mt 15:21-28), who was granted the cure for her daughter because of her deep faith, we continue reflecting on the mystery and power of prayer.
Very often our specific requests to God are not for our good. In that case, the eternal God might not grant what would result in our disadvantage.
However, if our prayer is sincere and persevering, we shall always receive an answer — one that is better than what we asked for.
We shouldn’t doubt...
2023-08-2130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 20, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today’s Sunday reading (Mt 15:21-28), we see the Canaanite woman as a model of deep-seated faith and trust in Christ’s power and goodness.
The Canaanite woman sees God in Jesus Christ (“Lord, Son of David’) and asks for a miracle. She opens herself to Him, insists on the Lordship of Jesus, and her daughter is healed from that hour.
“O woman, great is your faith. Let it be done for you as you wish,” Jesus said to her.
Prayer is adoration, thanksgiving, and petition. It is necessa...
2023-08-2031 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 19, 2023, Fourth Apparition of Fatima, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
On August 19th, 1917, the Virgen Mary appeared at Valinhos, distant about half a mile from the Village of Aljustrel and from the Cova de Iria, in Fatima. That was the fourth apparition.
On August 13th, the three shepherds were arrested by the Administrator of Ourém, the district in which Fátima was located. This Administrator or Mayor, Artur Santos, was an apostate Catholic and high Mason.
The Blessed Mother asked Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia to return to the Cova da Iria on the 13th and to continue praying th...
2023-08-1931 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 18, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, Jesus Christ speaks in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 19:3-12) about the mystery and sacrament of marriage.
The reading couldn't be more relevant, considering the attempts of evildoers and their collaborators to destroy Christian lawful marriages and families.
”From the beginning, the Creator made them male and female and said: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined to...
2023-08-1832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 17, 2023, Memorial of Our Lady of Knock, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, along with the Irish people, we commemorate the Memorial of Our Lady of Knock.
We celebrate the apparition of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, the Lamb, and a Cross on an altar on the wall of the parish church in the village of Knock in County Mayo in Ireland, on August 21, 1879.
The apparition was described as follows: "Our Lady was wearing a large, brilliant crown and clothed in white garments. On her right was Saint Joseph, his head inclined toward her and on her left...
2023-08-1730 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 16, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Heaven and Earth are two dimensions united by the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ. In Our Lord, everything visible and invisible meet.
As St. John wrote in his first letter: "We are from God." "Love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." "God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him."
God abides in us.
In today's reading (Mt 18:15-20), we witness the merging of these two dimensions.
Jesus said to...
2023-08-1630 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 15, 2023, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation.
In 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption in these words: "The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heaven."
This belief, dated back to the apostles themselves, became Catholic doctrine and the Assumption was declared a truth revealed by God.
In the early days of Christianity, the "Memory of Mary" w...
2023-08-1531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 14, 2023, Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941), Polish priest and martyr, is celebrated by the Universal Church.
Maximilian Mary Kolbe founded the Militia of the Immaculate Mary, a movement of Marian consecration that undertook an intense apostolic mission in Europe and Asia.
The friars of the Militia of the Immaculate Mary utilized modern printing and administrative techniques to "win the world for the Immaculata".
They launched a daily newspaper with a circulation of 230,000, a monthly magazine with a circulation of over one million, and a...
2023-08-1431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 12, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Christ Jesus sent His disciples to the lake knowing that they would meet a dangerous storm, as we read today in the Gospel (St. Matthew 14:22-33). He wanted to strengthen their faith and prove his trust and confidence in Christ.
He intended to come to them at the right moment, working two miracles — walking on the water and calming the storm.
They ended up declaring that Jesus was the Messiah, the Chosen of God.
The lesson for everyone is that while we trust in Christ, all goes we...
2023-08-1329 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 12, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
With faith, nothing is impossible. Our problem lies in our lack of faith.
Christ Jesus conveyed this message to His disciples when they struggled to expel a demon from a possessed boy, as recounted in today's Gospel of Matthew (Mt 17:14-20).
He stated: "Amen, I say to you if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Jesus urges us through His disciples to...
2023-08-1234 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 11, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Let’s reflect for a second even from a contemporary perspective what Saint Lawrence presented as the “treasures of the Church” to Emperor Valerian when he was summoned before the executioners.
He showed up with a handful of crippled, poor, and sick men, and when questioned, replied that ‘These are the true wealth of the Church.’ (He was immediately sent to his death, being cooked alive on a gridiron.)
Christ came to cure the sick — physically and spiritually ill people — and those trapped in sin. In all cases, every one of us is wel...
2023-08-1231 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 10, 2023, Feast of St. Lawrence, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Having died a martyr for Christ, St. Lawrence is the patron of deacons, chefs, and firefighters. Around the time of his feast day, the night sky is lit with bright lights, wrote Vatican News.
The phenomenon is related to the passing of a meteorite swarm left by a comet. For folk tradition, these lights are “falling stars”, tears St. Lawrence shed during his martyrdom.
The testimony of this holy martyr, born in Spain in the first half of the 3rd century, is marked by piety and charity.
In A...
2023-08-1033 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 9, 2023, Memorial St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Universal Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942), also known as St. Edith Stein.
She was born of Jewish parents in 1891 in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), becoming an influential and brilliant philosopher following her extensive studies at major German universities.
Edith Stein was captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila. She would imitate Teresa by becoming a Discalced Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
After her conversion to Catholicism, she became a major force in G...
2023-08-1031 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 8, 2023, Memorial of St. Dominic, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we celebrate the Memorial Day of St. Dominic of Guzman (1170-1221), who received the Holy Rosary from the Virgin Mary as a means to combat the destructive heresy of the Albigensian in the twelve century. He crushed the heresy and led many souls to piety and to religious life.
The Spaniard priest St. Dominic also founded the Order of Preachers —the Dominicans — in the year 1215.
At that time, it was an innovative order since instead of manual labor, as practiced by the Cistercian monks, he required his friars to w...
2023-08-0832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 7, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The Transfiguration of the Lord — that we celebrated yesterday — is one of the proofs of the divinity of Jesus Christ.
This event also shows us what we can be as a reflection of His love: saints.
We will all be transformed into the light of Christ for eternity.
As the Transfiguration points forward to the sufferings Jesus is about to experience, it is meant to strengthen our faith for the challenges we will endure temporarily in life.
It’s a momentary glimpse of heaven to sustai...
2023-08-0731 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 6, 2023, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. This commemoration anticipates the glory of heaven, where we shall see God face to face.
Three witnesses chosen by Jesus: Peter, James, and John saw in Mount Thabor our Lord’s face and clothes become dazzling with light, and Moses and Elijah appear.
A cloud covered Him and a voice from heaven said: "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to Him!"
Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!
To Jesus through Mar...
2023-08-0633 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 5, 2023, Our Lady of Snow, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) | Prayer for the WYD in LisbonFriends of the Rosary:
We celebrate today the memorial day of Our Lady of Snow (la Virgen Blanca, in Spanish), a feast related to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the illustrious churches in Rome.
This feast commemorates the miracle of the snowfall that occurred during the night of August 4-5 in the year 358 on the site where the basilica now stands. According to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to two faithful Roman Christians, the patrician John and his wife, as well as to Pope Liberius (352-366), asking that a c...
2023-08-0531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 4, 2023, Memorial of St. John Vianney, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) | Prayer for the WYD in LisbonFriends of the Rosary:
Almost 30,000 pilgrims and 61 bishops from the U.S. are participating in the World Youth Day (WYD) gathering in Lisbon, Portugal.
Quoting St. John Paul II, Bishop Robert Barron, one of the key figures of the U.S. delegation, said to the pilgrims:
“Jesus Christ is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega; he is the king of the new world; he is the secret of history; he is the key to our destiny. He is the mediator, the bridge, between heaven and earth. He is more pe...
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