“…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 (!)…
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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.…
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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…
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Spiritual Hope
“The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.” ~G.K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) Indeed. Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner (b. 1931- d. 2018) spoke of the difficulties of the Christian life, of the battle, in the following homily which was titled, Hope in Difficult Times:…
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Pope Pius X on the Rosary
Today, in the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope St. Pius X is honored. Pope Pius X said the following: “If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.” Let us pray the Rosary every day. Pope St. Pius X, pray for us! ~SCF ~Image: Pope St. Pius X.
