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Today'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...
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Today'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...
2023-08-0432 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 3, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) | Prayer for the WYD in LisbonFriends of the Rosary:
As the effects of secularization on belief and practice are deepening, we continue praying along with the participants in the World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, this week
Pope Francis urged a gathering of bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians, and pastoral workers in Lisbon to stay in the boat with Jesus and revive their restless enthusiasm for spreading the Gospel.
"This is not the time to stop and give up, to drag the boat to shore or to look back," said the Holy Father, acknowledging the discouragement...
2023-08-0333 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 2, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) | Prayer for the WYD in LisbonFriends of the Rosary:
Today, we join in our prayer the hundreds of thousands of young people participating in World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, a faith event that began on August 1 and will last until this Sunday, August 6th.
A high number of youngsters witness that true faith is still alive despite the decline in the practice of religion in our secularized world. The high turnout is a sign of hope.
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of August is for World Youth Day (WYD).
Pope Francis explained in...
2023-08-0331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityAugust 1, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:Christ Jesus gives us the needed grace and strength to act with charity and brotherly love toward our friends and family members trapped in sin.They might try to confuse us by rejecting any change in their behavior as everything is part of their identity. They rarely are able to see sin rooted in them.We must be very careful and, while looking at them as our brothers, we must never approve of their evil deeds or their sins.It's really challenging to put them back on the right road to...
2023-08-0131 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 31, 2023, Memorial Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, July 31st, is the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Jesuits, the Society of Jesus, and the writer of the book The Spiritual Exercises.
In the year 1521, a cannon ball fractured the left leg of Captain Ignatius Loyola, While he was convalescing, Ignatius read about Christ and His saints and turned wholly to God.
To equip himself for Christ's service, he acquired a classical and theological education.
At Paris he was joined by nine companions from that University, men of different...
2023-08-0120 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Our greatest discovery in life should be to find the Kingdom of Heaven.
See what Jesus said to his disciples (Mt 13:44-46), as we read this Sunday in the Gospel of Matthew:
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,which a person finds and hides again,and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchantsearching for fine pearls.When he finds a pearl of...
2023-07-3031 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 29, 2023, Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus — three siblings living in the town of Bethany outside of Jerusalem.
Martha generously offered Jesus hospitality, Mary listened attentively to his words and Lazarus promptly emerged from the tomb at the command of the Lord.
In this household of Bethany, the Lord Jesus experienced the family spirit and friendship.
In the related reading of today (Jn 11:19-27), Christ reminded a critical truth to Martha:
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in m...
2023-07-3031 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 28, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
All of the great theophanies in Christ’s life occurred during the course of prayer.
After His baptism, for instance, when Jesus was praying the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove.
Likewise, it was during prayer at night that the transfiguration took place on Tabor.
During the Annunciation, it was while Mary was praying that Gabriel delivered his message, and the Holy Spirit overshadowed her.
On Pentecost, a small community of Christians, including the Holy Virgin and the Ap...
2023-07-2833 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 28, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
With heartened hearts, it's impossible to listen and understand the eternal truths. As Jesus said to His apostles, and we read today in the Gospel (Mt 13:10-17):"You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see."
"Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
We are invited to cultivate our faith so we will be able to see with...
2023-07-2828 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 26, 2023, Memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, July 26th, is the Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and also the grandparents of Jesus.
In the home of Joachim and Anne the Virgin Mary was educated to be the Mother of God.
Joachim was a prominent and respected man who had no children, and he and his wife, Anne, looked upon this as a punishment from God. In answer to their prayers, Mary was born and was dedicated to God at a very early age.
Our devotion t...
2023-07-2629 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 25, 2023, Feast of St. James, Apostle, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, July 25th, is the Feast of St. James, the Apostle, known as Jame the Greater, to distinguish him from the other Apostle St. James, the Lesser. He is one of those that Jesus called Boanerges, “son of thunder.”
With Peter and John the Evangelist, his brother, he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration, as later he was also of the Agony in the Garden. He was beheaded in Jerusalem in the year 42 or 43 A.D. by order of Herod of Agrippa.
Jesus foretold this kind of fate...
2023-07-2531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 24, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The eye-opening parable of the wheat and the weed (Matthew 13:24-43) that we read yesterday depicts the challenges of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
The Evil doer — the weed — cannot change his wicked nature. The Fallen Angels have been sinning since the beginning. They want to destroy as many souls as possible through sophisticated lies and snares.
But the sinner men and women can abandon darkness and change their ways. God gives mankind every chance and every help to do this, up to his last moment of life. It’s d...
2023-07-2434 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 23, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:This Sunday’s reading is a masterpiece in the Gospel of St. Matthew (13:24-43): "Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ear...
2023-07-2330 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 22, 2023, Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the “Apostle to the Apostles”, eyewitness to the Risen Christ, and the first to announce the good news of the Resurrection of the Lord before the disciples. "I have seen the Lord."
She stood with Mary at the foot of the Cross and had been by the side of Mary during these agonizing hours.
Mary Magdalene was from Magdala, a small fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and she was known to be a "great sinner," a woman of the stree...
2023-07-2231 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 21, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
God the Son took human nature so that we might share in the divinity.
Representing all men, Christ Jesus gave perfect obedience and reverence to the Creator the Father “even unto death on a cross,” and thus merited sonship for us.
God the Father created us with the intention and plan to raise us up so we can meet Him in His eternal joy and glory.
The Holy Spirit — the “fruit of divine love” — came from Father and the Son to bring us perfection into the work of our sanctif...
2023-07-2132 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 20, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Through the Incarnation, we become adopted sons of God. Through Baptism, we become members of Christ's body, His Catholic Church. And through the Sacrament of Confirmation, we are made active members of the Church.
The Holy Spirit comes to us with his gifts and graces to enable us to work for the whole body of Christ, as we pray in the first Luminous mystery today. We are made true soldiers of Christ in order to save our own souls and help our all men to fight against sin and Godlessness.
2023-07-2028 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 19, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
If we allow ourselves to be driven solely by our earthly desires and passions, we will experience spiritual death and suffer all kinds of misery and anxiety.
However, if we surrender ourselves to the guidance of the Holy Spirit we will overcome the sinful tendencies of human nature. We will find true life and spiritual fulfillment.
It’s a call to live virtuously by embracing the fruits of the Spirit.
St. Paul wrote about it in this letter to the Romans (Rom 8:9, 11-13), which we recently read:
...
2023-07-1930 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 18, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
God wants to hear our prayers. And perseverance in pleading is necessary. It trains us spiritually and makes us more grateful.
Also, praying in union with others, being submissive to God's will, has a special efficacy.
"If two of you shall agree on earth about anything at all for which they ask, it shall be done for them by My Father in heaven" (Mt 18:19).
Lastly, our prayer must be rooted deeply in God's holy will.
There is no example more moving and convincing than that...
2023-07-1832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 17, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Becoming a disciple of the Lord Jesus is a tough choice, yet the righteous decision for our soul here on Earth and in Eternity.
Christ invites us to put Him at the center of our lives.
This doesn't mean that we abandon our families, businesses, identity, or material possessions. All of these things are good but come second. It's a realignment of our existence.
In this context, we understand today's shocking reading in Matthew's Gospel (10:34—11:1) when Jesus says:
"Do not think that I have come to...
2023-07-1727 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 16, 2023, Feast of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, July 16th, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The origin of the devotion can be traced back to the 12th century when a group of hermits settled on Mount Carmel in present-day Israel. These hermits eventually formed the Carmelite order, dedicating themselves to a life of prayer and contemplation.
The scapular, known as the "Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, became closely associated with this devotion.
The faithful often wear the brown scapular as a visible sign of their devotion...
2023-07-1624 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 15, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
At that time, Jesus predicted to his Apostles (Mt 10:16-23): "You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved."
"Beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans."
A vast number of martyrs have given their lives for the sake of Christ and the Gospel across history. They haven’t fought wi...
2023-07-1528 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 14, 2023, Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (USA), Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Every July 14, the Catholic Church in the U.S. celebrates the feast day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized.
Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks," Kateri led a life characterized by virtue and holiness, despite facing numerous challenges and opposition within her tribe.
Kateri was born in 1656 in Auriesville, New York, to an Algonquin woman who embraced Christianity and a Mohawk chief who adhered to pagan beliefs.
Tragedy struck when she was a child, as a smallpox epidemic swept through her...
2023-07-1431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 13, 2023, Third Apparition of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
On July 13th, 1917, the Most Holy Virgin Mary appeared to the three shepherd children – Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta at Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal.
She showed them a vision of Hell and revealed that God wishes to be a great devotion the Mary’s Immaculate Heart to save souls from Hell.
The three children were taught by Our Lady to pray the sacrifice prayer, especially when making sacrifices:
“O Jesus, it is for the love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the si...
2023-07-1329 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 12, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
As we read today in the Gospel (Matthew 10:1–7), Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them to make this proclamation: "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand."
With these powerful words, Lord Jesus announced the nearness of God’s reign and invited us to enter into a relationship with Him.
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a distant reality. It’s the arrival of God's kingdom on earth through the person of Jesus Christ so we live in communion with Him and with one another.
It’s embracin...
2023-07-1227 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 11, 2023, Memorial of St. Benedict, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today is the Memorial Day of St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547), who created Western monasticism.
This sixth-century saint would greatly affect spiritual and monastic life in Christendom for centuries to come.
He wrote his famous Benedict Rule prescribing common sense, a life of moderate asceticism, prayer, study, and work, and community life under one superior.
It stressed obedience, stability, and zeal, and had the Divine Office as the center of monastic life.
His holiness, wisdom, and austerities attracted many monks who vowed to seek God...
2023-07-1132 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 10, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
God always answers our prayers as long as they are intended to bring good things for us.
However, our prayers may not be heard due to our personal disposition, our lack of faith, love, and humility.
Whenever Christ performed a miracle, He demanded faith as a prerequisite.
On one occasion the apostles could not heal a possessed body; to their queries, Jesus said, "Because of your little faith; for amen I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this...
2023-07-1028 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 9, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
God chooses little ones and prepares them to be saints.
Lord Jesus reveals himself to the humble of heart and childlike in spirit, those who approach God with simplicity and openness.
As Jesus exclaimed at the time — and we read in the Gospel today (Mt 11:25-30):
"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones."
The "wise and learned" refers to those who re...
2023-07-0930 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 8, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
At the Rosary Network, we try to pray fervently and perseveringly.
We ponder Christ's words: "Ask and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives."
We might have doubts concerning these words, yet we place our needs before God in prayer. Lord Jesus knows better what we truly need and when is the right time.
Petition is the key to God's fatherly heart. Petition opens up the treasures of divine mercy.
2023-07-0925 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 7, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In yesterday’s main reading of the Gospel (Mt 9:1-8), Lord Jesus healed a paralytic and forgave his sins. The scribes, harboring evil thoughts, went against Jesus.
Christ wants to open a better life to us by liberating us from the slavery of sin.
God knows our potential and wants us wise and joyful.
Sin is our rejection to live according to God’s purpose and will.
Sin paralyzes us. We become unable to move.
After saying to the paralytic that his sins were...
2023-07-0733 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 6, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for July refers to the Eucharistic celebration, with the elevation of the Host during transubstantiation — or the moment the bread becomes Christ’s body.
"Let us pray that Catholics place at the center of their lives the Eucharistic celebration, which transforms human relationships and opens up an encounter with God and their brothers and sisters," said the Pope on July 3.
"If you are the same at the end of Mass as you were at the beginning, something is wrong."
"In the Eucharist, it is Chr...
2023-07-0627 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 5, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood.
We worship the Blood which the Lord shed for us on Calvary. By the words of Consecration the Blood of Christ is present on our altars.
The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ and that the sacraments were brought forth through His Blood.
Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!
To Jesus through Mary!
+ Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
2023-07-0531 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 4, 2023, Independence Day, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress of the thirteen British colonies declared their independence from British rule.
Since then, the United States has annually celebrated its independence on this day.
The Declaration of Independence, signed that day in Philadelphia, stated:
“All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…”
While Independence Day is a national holiday, the Catholic Church in the United States also recognizes it as an Option...
2023-07-0433 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 3, 2023, Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the faithful celebrate the Feast of St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles.Thomas, who at first did not believe, saw the Man Christ, touched him, and acknowledged His divinity with the words: “My Lord and my God.”
Pope St. Gregory the Great made the following reflection:
“Thomas’ unbelief has benefited our faith more than the belief of the other disciples; it is because he attained faith through physical touch that we are confirmed in the faith beyond all doubt. Indeed, the Lord permitted the apostle to doubt aft...
2023-07-0330 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 2, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We read today in the Gospel of Matthew (10:37-42):
Jesus said to his apostles:
"Whoever loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever does not take up their cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.”
Sounds a little harsh, right?
Not really. Chr...
2023-07-0231 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJuly 1, 2023, Feast of St. Junípero Serra, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the Church in the United States celebrates the Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), the 18th-century Franciscan missionary who brought the true faith to the people of North America’s west coast.
Junípero Serra, patron Saint of California, founded 21 missions and converted thousands of Native Americans.
The first mission founded, after the nine-hundred-mile journey north, was San Diego (1769). Other missions followed: Monterey/Carmel (1770); San Antonio and San Gabriel (1771); San Luis Obispo (1772); San Francisco and San Juan Capistrano (1776); Santa Clara (1777); San Buenaventura (1782). Twelve more were founded after Serr...
2023-07-0133 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the universal Church honors the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the wicked Emperor Nero in Rome. We celebrate the memorial of the first martyrs of the Holy Roman Church.
The historians Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the imperial parks a great multitude of Christians was made into living torches to light the road for Nero’s chariot. Many others were killed by crucifixion or by feeding to the wild animals in his circus.
These “prot...
2023-06-3030 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 29, 2023, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the two great apostles who are the solid rock on which the Church is built.
Sanctified by their martyrdom, they make Rome — then the capital of the Empire — the center of the Christian world whence should radiate the preaching of the Gospel.
St. Peter suffered martyrdom under Nero, in A.D. 66 or 67. He was buried on the hill of the Vatican where recent excavations have revealed his tomb on the very site of the Basilica of St. Peter...
2023-06-2932 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 28, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
There have always been false prophets.
In our age, many of them try to invert the truth by presenting a twisted reality.
They proclaim as right what is simply wrong. It is a direct denial against the Holy Spirit, a serious sin.
We see this, especially regarding matters of life, family, and marriage.
Today's reading (Mt 7:15-20) addresses how the false prophets are identified:
Jesus said to his disciples: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are...
2023-06-2828 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 27, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today’s reading in the New Testament (Mt 7:6, 12-14) warns us that road to eternal damnation is wide while the gate of Heaven is narrow.
As Jesus said to his disciples: "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many."
Our Lord revealed to us that the pathway to eternal life is constricted, and “those who find it are few.
A priest friend of ours says that 'being a priest is a...
2023-06-2728 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 26, 2023, Feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, one of the optional memorials refers to St. Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975), the Spanish saint who founded the Opus Dei organization and opened a new path of holiness: sanctification by performing ordinary work and daily duties with a Christian spirit.
Canonized as a saint on October 6, 2002, St. Josemaría Escrivá helped the faithful in all walks of life to sanctify themselves in the midst of the world in the fulfillment of the Christian's ordinary duties.
St. Josemaría Escrivá touched through Opus Dei countless lives. After his death, thousa...
2023-06-2631 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 25, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In the Gospel today (Mt 10:26-33), Jesus said to the twelve apostles:
“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”
The soul, which puts us in contact with the living God and connects us with the divine power, lasts forever. It‘s our place of safety. Meanwhile, the body is temporary: it passes.
The saints, especially the martyrs, got their fears in the right order. They f...
2023-06-2530 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 24, 2023, Solemnity of Nativity of John the Baptist, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, the universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the Precursor or Forerunner of the Lord.
“Amongst those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist,” Jesus said (Matthew xi, 10-12).
Ordinarily, the Church observes the day of a saint’s death as his feast, because that day marks his entrance into heaven after ending the trials of this life and gloriously triumphing over the world.
To this rule, there are two notable exceptions, the bir...
2023-06-2430 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 23, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In yesterday’s Gospel (Mt 6:7-15), Jesus gave us the Lord’s Prayer, which is on our lips and in our minds several times a day.
The prayer asks that the Father’s will be done “on earth as it is in heaven,” so that He will reign here below as well.
It’s a matter of heaven and earth coming together so that our human world will be filled with the knowledge and merciful love of God.
It’s not about escaping from earth; it’s about reconcilin...
2023-06-2331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 22, 2023, Feast of St. Thomas More, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We remember today St. Thomas More, Chancellor of England and saint of God beheaded in the Tower of London in 1535.
Thomas More was an intensely spiritual man, literary scholar, eminent lawyer, gentleman, and father of four children. Few saints are more relevant to our time. We honor his life and martyrdom.
Thomas More refused to approve King Henry VIII's divorce and remarriage and establishment of the Church of England, breaking with Rome and denying the Pope as the head. He decided not to support the King's divorce from Catherine...
2023-06-2229 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 21, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Our Father in Heaven, who sees what is hidden, repays us for everything we do silently for others, Jesus reminds us in today’s Gospel according to Matthew (Mt 6:1-6, 16-18).
When we give alms, pray, or fast, we shouldn’t seek people’s praise or approval.
As Jesus said to his disciples, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order for people to see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.”
How often are we trapped in the pursuit of pleasing the world a...
2023-06-2130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 20, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
To aim for perfection, in imitation of Jesus Christ, we have to pray for sinners and enemies, as Our Lord said to his disciples, and we are reminded today (Mt 5:43-48):
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Heavenly Father.”
The Most Holy Virgin Mary revealed to us in Fatima that many souls are lost in Hell because there is no one who prays for them.
The Divine power is built on love, not only for the fait...
2023-06-2032 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 19, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Reflecting upon the Gospel of yesterday (St. Matthew 9:36, 10:8), we realize that through the sacrament of Baptism, we were called to be apostles by preaching the message of Christ.
In imitation of Jesus, we have to show compassion for sinners while rejecting sin.
When Jesus saw the crowd “he was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Mind you, among these people there were also tax collectors who cheated, robbers, murderers, adulterers who violated their marriage vows, and nomin...
2023-06-1930 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 18, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today’s Sunday main reading (Matthew 9:36—10:8), we see how “Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for the crowd because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.”Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Jesus sent out his twelve apostles instructing them to proclaim that “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, the Church is apostolic, through...
2023-06-1830 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 17, 2023, Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, on the Saturday after the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and one day after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary signifies her pure love for God, her maternal love for her Divine Son, and her motherly and compassionate love for her sinful children here below.
Her Holy Heart reflects her interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections.In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of the Immaculate...
2023-06-1732 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 16, 2023, Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, on the Friday after the Second Sunday of Pentecost, the universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
This powerful devotion points to the Sacred Heart as the fountain from which God’s love pours into our lives. It highlights Jesus’ infinite love for each of us during his life, Passion, and death on the Cross. It’s the fullness of love poured into the world.
In the late 17th century, a cloistered French nun, St. Marguerite Marie Alacoque, received several private revelations of the Sacr...
2023-06-1632 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 15, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
While we prepare for the feast day of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus tomorrow, we are invited to reflect on the mystery of forgiveness through the reading in the Gospel today (Mt 5:20-26).
"Go first and be reconciled with your brother," Jesus commanded his disciples.
To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we certainly have to reconcile with one another. We must forgive everyone before entering into prayer.
Lack of forgiveness blocks the flow of God's grace within us. We do not allow God's power, love, and...
2023-06-1532 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 14, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
As faithful people, our light must shine for folks around us, Lord Jesus told us (Mt 5:13-16):
"Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."
We're His eyes, hands, and feet of Jesus, his committed disciples building the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. Through Baptism, we acquired the apostolic mission of bringing the true faith to the world.
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden...
2023-06-1431 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 13, 2023, Second Apparition in Fatima, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, on the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua, we also celebrate the Second Apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, in June 13, 1917.
In 1208, the Most Holy Virgin Mary appeared to St. Dominic and gave him the Rosary to achieve victory over a raging heresy.
Seven centuries later, Our Lady of Fatima, asked the three shepherds children to recite the Rosary daily. She added a prayer for poor sinners after each one of the mysteries:
"O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from...
2023-06-1331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 12, 2023, Beatitudes, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today in the New Testament, we hear Jesus’ passage of the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1-12).
Our Lord went up the mountain not to receive the Law, as happened with Moses in the Old Testament. Jesus turns the universe upside down with the Beatitudes, a title that stems from the Latin noun beātitūdō, meaning “happy”, “lucky,” or “blessed.”
When He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” it means, How lucky you are if you are not addicted to material things. It’s all about realizing that our deepest desire is for God, and not f...
2023-06-1229 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 11, 2023, Solemnity of the Corpus Christi, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, 60+ days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ), the commemoration of the institution of that sacrament—the fifth Luminous mystery. In many parishes, there is an Eucharist Procession today.
This Solemnity is a commemoration of the extraordinary act of love for us that our Divine Lord performed on the night before he died. He was the sacrificial victim that won eternal life for men.
As St. Paul wrote in this first Epistle to the Corinthians, which we read today Sunday (1 Cor...
2023-06-1131 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 10, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
While we prepare for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, tomorrow Sunday, June 11, we read in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 8:2-3; 14-16) how God provided a special food called “manna” to the Chosen People in their journey from Egypt to Palestine through the vast desert of Sinai.
This manna, as well as water that burst forth from the rocks at the command of Moses, nourished and sustained the Jews during their forty years of journeying in the desert.
This miraculous food from Heaven was a symbol that showed how our divine...
2023-06-1032 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 9, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Yesterday, we commemorated Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces.
Jesus Christ is the Author of all graces, and Mary mediated to the world when she agreed to be the human mother of God.
Mary, Advocate for people of God and Mother of Jesus as Coredemptrix, takes the petitions of her earthly children, especially in times of difficulties, and brings them through her maternal intercession before her Son and our Lord Jesus.The Mediatrix performs this task in intimate union with the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier.
Vatican II r...
2023-06-0932 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 8, 2023, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today’s Gospel, the Lord says the first commandment is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mk 12:28-34)
“The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Love is not primarily a feeling or an instinct. It is the act of willing the good of the other. It is a radical self-giving, living for the sake of the other. To love is to move outside of one’s egotism. It represents...
2023-06-0828 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 7, 2023, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)• June 7, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET• Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now!
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In today's reading (Mark 12:18-27), Jesus confronts the Sadducees and discusses Heaven, where life will be abundant, stating that "God is not the God of the dead but of the living."
In eternal life, we will be with our glorified bodies, "Like angels in Heaven."
As Bishop Barron writes, "Heaven is a place where our bodiliness will be so rich and so intense that we will be able t...
2023-06-0730 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 6, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Why did God send His only Son, who would even die on the Cross?
It has nothing to do with the erroneous interpretation of a God angry at sinful humanity, who demands a blood sacrifice to appease His anger. This is what a pagan divinity would do, but not our Holy God.
In Sunday’s reading (JOHN 3:16-18), we find the answer to why God gave us His Son.
“God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him migh...
2023-06-0630 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 5, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Yesterday’s solemnity drew our attention to the mystery of the Trinity — God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The sublime truth of the Trinity is ageless. Its power to transform souls has illuminated the hearts and minds of saints over time.
St. Teresa of Ávila wrote: “The three Persons are distinct from one another; a sublime knowledge is infused into the soul, imbuing it with a certainty of the truth that the Three are of one substance, power, and knowledge and are one God.”
St. Ca...
2023-06-0626 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 4, 2023, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, on the first Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate the Solemnity and sublime truth of the Most Holy Trinity.
The dogma of faith in the Blessed Trinity — which was not revealed to the Jews of the Old Testament — is a mystery on which everything in Christianity is based. It’s a prolongation of the mysteries of Christ.
There is one God and in this one God there are three Divine Persons; the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three...
2023-06-0432 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 3, 2023, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Jesus said to the seventeenth-century nun and mystic St. Margaret Mary Alacoque:
“Behold this Heart which has loved men so much, and yet men do not want to love Me in return. Through you, My divine Heart wishes to spread its love everywhere on earth.”
The Devotion to the Sacred Heart calls for a fundamental attitude of conversion and reparation, love and gratitude, apostolic commitment, and dedication to Christ and his saving work.
In the apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Jesus gave these twelve promises to thos...
2023-06-0332 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 2, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The God’s Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost, this year on June 16th.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart remains as one of the most widespread and popular in the Church, regardless of the attempts of our secular society to discredit this practice and impose weird ideological alternatives.
In the light of the Scriptures, the term "Sacred Heart of Jesus" denotes th...
2023-06-0331 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityJune 1, 2023, Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest.
The feast focuses firstly on Jesus’ Priestly Office as He is considered the model for believers, and for the clergy in particular, with priests acting In persona Christi (“In the person of Christ”).
The laity is thus urged to pray that priests would be more like Christ, the compassionate and trustworthy high priest (Hebrews 2:17), ever-living to intercede for humanity before The Father (Heb 7:25).
The entry from the Roman Martyrology (2005) reads:
The Feast...
2023-06-0229 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 31, 2023, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We celebrate today the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This episode — the Second Joyful Mystery — recalls great truths and events: The visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation; the cleansing of John the Baptist from original sin in the womb of his mother at the words of Our Lady's greeting; Elizabeth's proclaiming of Mary—under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit—as Mother of God and "blessed among women"; Mary's singing of the sublime hymn, Magnificat:
"My soul doth mag...
2023-05-3130 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 30, 2023, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
St. Paul VI, at the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council in 1964, declared the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of the Church, establishing that “all Christian people, the faithful as well as the pastors, should further honor and invoke the Mother of God.’
Decades later, Pope Francis promoted this devotion in order to “encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as well as a growth of genuine Marian piety.”
Saint Augustine and Pope Saint Leo the Great both reflected on the Virgin...
2023-05-3034 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 29, 2023, Mary, Mother of the Church + Memorial Day, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, a feast connected to the Feast of Pentecost.
The Blessed Mother was present in the upper room when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and the birthday of the Church took place.
Just as Mary was in every major moment in the life of her divine son, so, too, is she there for every moment in the life of the Church.
She is also at every single Mass. Like every good mother, Mary is always...
2023-05-2929 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 28, 2023, Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak (Acts 2, 1-4).
Today is Pentecost Sunday, one of...
2023-05-2832 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 27, 2023, Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Now, in the time between Ascension and Pentecost, we are invited to be living embodiments of Jesus as He is of His Father. It means that we must share his joy by abiding in His love.
How do we abide in His love? He tells: “If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love, as it is by keeping my Father’s commandments that abide in His love.”
Jesus entered heaven as our pioneer. The Ascension is not different from the Resurrection, rather we are asked to dwell o...
2023-05-2732 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary University[Video] May 26, 2023, Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
It was written that Christ, who was sinless, would suffer hardship and pain before entering into his glory.
In imitation of Him, we too must suffer, accepting the suffering and trials of human existence. This way, we will cleanse our sins and enter into the life of glory.
We should be glad of the opportunity to make some atonement for our past offenses, by willingly accepting the crosses the Father sends us.
These crosses are signs of God's interest in our true welfare.
Through the...
2023-05-2733 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 26, 2023, Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
It was written that Christ, who was sinless, would suffer hardship and pain before entering into his glory.
In imitation of Him, we too must suffer, accepting the suffering and trials of human existence. This way, we will cleanse our sins and enter into the life of glory.
We should be glad of the opportunity to make some atonement for our past offenses, by willingly accepting the crosses the Father sends us.
These crosses are signs of God’s interest in our true welfare.
Through th...
2023-05-2633 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary University[Video] May 25, 2023, Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Last week, during one of the readings from the Gospel of John (John 15:18-21), Jesus Christ warned us to anticipate persecution.
Simultaneously, He encouraged us to get our fears in the right order: “Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”
“Instead, fear the one who can destroy both the soul and body in Gehenna.”
Mind you, the body passes, but the soul, which connects us with the living God, lasts forever.
As humans, we are united with the...
2023-05-2628 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 25, 2023, Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Last week, during one of the readings from the Gospel of John (John 15:18-21), Jesus Christ warned us to anticipate persecution.
Simultaneously, He encouraged us to get our fears in the right order: “Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”
“Instead, fear the one who can destroy both the soul and body in Gehenna.”
Mind you, the body passes, but the soul, which connects us with the living God, lasts forever.
As humans, we are united with the...
2023-05-2628 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 24, 2023, Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The Lord Jesus does want us to stay and fight in the world for the truth, as the Church exists for the world. The Son of God knows that we fall into temptation and sin, and He asks the Father for help so that we can avoid the Evil One.
In today's Gospel (Jn 17:11b-19), Jesus Christ, lifting up His eyes to Heaven, prayed saying:
"I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the Evil One. They do not...
2023-05-2428 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 23, 2023, Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In today’s Gospel (Jn 17:1-11a), Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and talked to the Father:
“Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you.“
“I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.”
“I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world.”
God and humanity, heav...
2023-05-2429 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 22, 2023, Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
"Take courage, for I have conquered the world," Lord Jesus told the disciples, as we read today in the Scriptures (Jn 16:29-33).
The Evil One seems to be reigning in the world with snares and tricks, given what we see in the news and around us, in our families and communities. The Father of Lies never rests in his goal of devouring souls and making people miserable.
But we are people of God, and in Him, we find peace. Jesus is the good shepherd, and we lack nothing when...
2023-05-2329 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 21, 2023, Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, one week before Pentecost, we observe the Solemnity of the Ascension in many U.S. dioceses and many countries around the world.
This feast commemorates the triumphant Ascension of Lord Jesus into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.
By ascending into His glory, Christ finished the work of our redemption.
The Ascension is the completion of the Easter mysteries of Jesus’ life, passion, death, and resurrection, and it is the final step before the coming of the Holy Spirit at...
2023-05-2131 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 20, 2023, Mary Queen of the Apostles, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Today, we observe the feast of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. This celebration was established on the first Saturday after Ascension Thursday.
Mary gathered the apostles together in the Cenacle. She comforted and assisted them in prayer, and they all received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
The Queen of Apostles occupies a central position in God's plan of salvation.
Mary's devotees will never be without grace; in any danger, in every circumstance, they will always have the means to obtain every grace from God.
2023-05-2033 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 19, 2023, Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The death of a beloved family member or friend is one of the saddest events imaginable. It's a cause of sorrow and tears. This is a natural feeling as we are still earthly beings. But death is not the end; it is, rather, the beginning.
Yesterday's feast—the Ascension of our Lord in his human nature—to his Father's and our Father's home is a joyful confirmation that life is eternal.
We will all rise from the grave with new, glorified bodies and ascend to heaven, as Christ did. Ther...
2023-05-1931 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 18, 2023, Solemnity of the Ascension (For Certain Ecclesiastical Provinces), Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)• May 18, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET• Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now!
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Today, in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska is observed the Solemnity of the Ascension while other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21.
The Feast of the Ascension, on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.
At the end of Hi...
2023-05-1829 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 17, 2023, Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Preceding the feast of the Ascension, that in some countries is celebrated tomorrow, there were the three Rogation Days in the old calendar. Rogation comes from the Latin word rogare, which means to supplicate or ask.
The purpose of Rogation Days is to beg God for His mercy, to turn away His anger, and to ask Him to bless the fruits of the earth while protecting us from natural disasters.
It’s also an opportunity to reflect on the nature of true prayer and how to pray fervently and pe...
2023-05-1828 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 16, 2023, St. Simon Stock and the Brown Scapular, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
The Universal Church commemorates several saints today: St. Ubaldus, St. Brendan, St. Honoratus of Amiens, and St. Simon Stock. The sacrifice and the blood of saints and martyrs keep the faith and the eternal truth alive.
One of the saints is Simon Stock (1165-1265). He was a hermit member of the Carmelite order.
On July 16, 1251, St. Simon Stock had a vision of Our Lady, who gave him the Brown Scapular and promised final perseverance in grace to those who wear the brown scapular and remain faithful until death.
2023-05-1730 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 15, 2023, St. Isidore the Farmer, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
We honor today the holiness of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130), a twelfth-century Spanish day laborer and farmer who, although working many hours a day, never failed to attend daily Mass and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist.
He married a maid-servant, a good Catholic young woman as simple and upright as himself, who also became a saint, Maria de la Cabeza. They had one son who unexpectedly died as a child.
They were both known for their love of the poor and their willingness to help their...
2023-05-1530 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 14, 2023, Sixth Sunday of Easter, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
God is pure love; that is His essence. And He desires for us to emulate Him by demonstrating love to one another. In order to participate in the divine community of love, we must be devoted followers of Jesus Christ. To become His disciples, we must obey His commandments.
As He told His disciples, which we read in this Sunday’s Gospel (John 14:15-21):
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
When we remain faithful, the Spirit of Truth will reside within us, and Jesus Himsel...
2023-05-1430 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 13, 2023, Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
On May 13, 1917, in Fatima, Portugal, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three poor shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of Our Lady of Fatima.
Today is also the traditional commemoration of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, to honor her relationship to the Holy Eucharist and place her before us as a model in our duties and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
The message of Fatima is a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin, and a dedication to the Bl...
2023-05-1330 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 12, 2023, Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
In the Gospel today, Jesus calls us his friends. He said to his disciples (Jn 15:12-17):
"I have called you friends because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another."
In Jesus, we have an eternal friend.
The first Christians...
2023-05-1230 minToday's Rosary | Holy Rosary UniversityMay 11, 2023, Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)Friends of the Rosary:
Jesus shares the same divine nature as the Father.
The relationship between the Father and the Son is one of perfect love and unity — and through the Son that we are able to know the Father and receive His love and mercy.
In today's Gospel (Jn 15:9-11), Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in...
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