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  • Padre Pio: Rosary Promoter

    ~Since I never tire of reading this post which is loaded with the thoughts of Padre Pio regarding the Holy Rosary, I am re-posting it today (with edits). Padre Pio was tested and found saintly. We may rely on his advice. ~SCF “…If we do what we have always done, what our fathers did before us, we cannot go wrong.…

  • Pope St. Pius V in May

    “In union with the perfect confidence and hope that the Holy and Blessed Virgin placed in Thee, do I hope O Lord.”  ~Pope St. Pius V   Yesterday was the feast of Pope St. Pius V (b. 1504- d. 1572). A few years ago, The Marian Room posted Pope St. Pius V’s circa 1569 request to Catholics that they pray…

  • On Praying the Rosary

    Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. “The salvation of the whole world began with the ‘Hail Mary.’ Hence, the salvation of each person is…

  • Isabelle and Her Rosary

     “The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.” ― G.K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) I spoke to a friend yesterday who told me an inspiring story of her Catholic Slovenian grandmother, Isabelle, and her Rosary. The story is as follows: Isabelle (b. 1901- d. 1997) immigrated to the…

  • The Rosary Meditations of Venerable Sheen

    This week, S. Lynn introduced us to an (online) Rosary meditation booklet which was written by Venerable Fulton John Sheen (b. 1895- d. 1975).  The name of the booklet is Fulton Sheen’s Meditations on the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary. These meditations are short and are an excellent accompaniment to the recitation of the Rosary; they may be read here.…