June 9, 2024, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) Jun 09 2024 30 mins Friends of the Rosary, We are one family in Christ and share our desire to do God's will by keeping his commandments and sacraments. “For whoever does the will of Godis my brother and sister and mother,” said Lord Jesus when the crowd tried to trap him. (Mk 3:20-35) Along with the crowd, the Scribes and Pharisees, in their blind pride, were attempting to silence Jesus by in June 8, 2024, Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) Jun 08 2024 29 mins Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the Saturday following the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, we celebrate the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In 1944, during the Second World War, Pius XII instituted this feast to obtain, through Mary’s intercession, “peace among nations, freedom for the Church, the conversion of sinners, the love of purity and the practice of virtue.�
June 7, 2024, Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) Jun 07 2024 31 mins Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart, we honor the boundless and infinite love of Christ Jesus and glory in His Heart, pierced by our sins so that we may offer worthy reparation. "Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, loving us all with a human heart," says the Catechism. The institution of this solemnity resulted from ou
June 6, 2024, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) Jun 06 2024 28 mins Friends of the Rosary, There were hundreds of laws in the Jewish system. (Mk 12:28-34) "One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,"Which is the first of all the commandments?"Jesus replied, "The first is this:Hear, O Israel!The Lord our God is Lord alone!You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind,and with all
June 5, 2024, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) Jun 05 2024 28 mins Friends of the Rosary, As we read yesterday, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and God what belongs to God," said Jesus when the Pharisees inquired (Mark 12:13–17). The Holy Trinity is the source of everything, from politics and law to science and technology. Everything comes from God and returns to God. St. Thomas Aquinas said that law comes from the eternal law, wh June 4, 2024, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) Jun 04 2024 28 mins Friends of the Rosary, As St. Peter instructs us in his second letter (2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18), we should "grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." "Wait for and hasten the coming of the day of God,because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flamesand the elements melted by fire.But according to his promise,we await new heavens and a
June 3, 2024, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) Jun 03 2024 29 mins Friends of the Rosary, On Holy Thursday, right before starting His Sorrowful Passion, Christ Jesus, God, and perfect Man, gave us His own body and blood, as we observed yesterday in the Solemnity of the Corpus Christi. In a classic, timeless piece of liturgical work, St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in 1264: "Desirous that we be made partakers of His divinity, the only-begotten Son of
June 2, 2024, Corpus Christi Sunday, Holy Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) Jun 02 2024 30 mins Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, the Corpus Christi. In today’s Eucharistic solemnity, we focus on the spiritual power of the Eucharist and commemorate the institution of that sacrament. As we read today in (Mark 14:22-24): "While they were eating, he took bread, said the b
June 1, 2024, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) Jun 01 2024 29 mins Friends of the Rosary, The month of June is full of riches, graces, and celebrations. It's the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose feast day we will celebrate this Friday, June 7. Through the Devotion to the Sacred Heart, given to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque, Christ Himself puts an immense amount of faith in us by calling us to venerate his most adorable Heart. On the day
May 31, 2024, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) May 31 2024 30 mins Friends of the Rosary, Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation (Lk 1:39-56) In this scene, we also 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