“The joys experienced on the other Feasts of the Mother of God are all gathered up and resumed in this one for us, for the Angels, and for our Lady herself. Like the Angels, then, let us offer, together with Mary, the homage of our just delight to the Son of God, her Son, her King and ours.” ~ Dom…
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October: The Month of the Holy Rosary
“If it is possible for you, never neglect to say your beads every day, and if you find time, even the whole fifteen decades. Be not afraid of distractions, provided you are willing to struggle against them. Our heavenly Mother understands so well our weakness, our tired feelings, our weariness at times. Hail Mary’s multiplied never displease her. She appreciates your murmurings…
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Pope Leo XIII and The Holy Rosary
~The following post is a repeat from September of 2018 (with edits). I like to re-read Pope Leo XIII, and think you will, too. SF “…let them cling more and more to the practice of the Rosary, to that devotion which our ancestors were in the habit of practicing, not only as an ever-ready remedy for their misfortunes, but as…
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The Rosary: A Never Failing Light
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” ~ the elf-queen Galadriel speaks these words to Frodo Baggins as she gives him a crystal phial (the Phial of Galadriel) which has been interpreted to be symbolic of the Rosary given to St. Dominic by the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Lord of…
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The Rosary in the Past and in the Present
“…let them cling more and more to the practice of the Rosary, to that devotion which our ancestors were in the habit of practicing, not only as an ever-ready remedy for their misfortunes, but as a whole badge of Christian piety.” ~Pope Leo XIII, 1883 The following post contains the text of the first of eleven (!)…