The month of October is dedicated to
devotion to the holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This
comes about in large part because of the victory of the naval forces of Christian Europe succeeding in defeating the naval forces of Islam, who were threatening Europe with invasion at the time, at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. (Interesting fact: the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, celebrated on September 12, originally marked another Muslim invasion turned back at the gates of Vienna, Austria, by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland and his “Winged Hussars” September 12, 1683) This date became known as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary because the Holy Father, Pope Pius V, had asked all of Catholic Europe to join in praying the Rosary to aid the outnumbered Christian fleet in their quest to save Europe from invasion.
comes about in large part because of the victory of the naval forces of Christian Europe succeeding in defeating the naval forces of Islam, who were threatening Europe with invasion at the time, at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. (Interesting fact: the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, celebrated on September 12, originally marked another Muslim invasion turned back at the gates of Vienna, Austria, by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland and his “Winged Hussars” September 12, 1683) This date became known as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary because the Holy Father, Pope Pius V, had asked all of Catholic Europe to join in praying the Rosary to aid the outnumbered Christian fleet in their quest to save Europe from invasion.
In our own day we face so many challenges, which can seem as fearsome as an invasion. What to do? Our Lady has over and over helped us to understand that daily praying of the Rosary will not only put our souls in a good place, and maybe even deliver our bodies from present danger as well, but will also save many souls.
I have heard so many of our older brothers
and sisters about how their family would kneel in the kitchen or living room
after supper each night during Lent and pray the rosary. Why wait??
Why not get back into that habit yourself and with your household. Our Blessed Mother showed us at Fatima
(October 13 is the 102nd anniversary of the “Day the Sun Danced” at
Fatima) that so much of what ails
our own souls and also mankind would be conquered by her Immaculate Heart if we would return to her motherly care and meditate upon the mysteries of salvation which are brought to us in the Rosary.I would normally offer showings of a powerful talk by Fr. Donald Calloway. In this time of pandemic I would be most happy to lend my copy of this DVD to anyone who would like to view it. Maybe you could show it to your family as well, or even those people you gather with regularly, and then return to our Blessed Mother, who so desires to draw all souls to the Sacred Heart of her Divine Son.
our own souls and also mankind would be conquered by her Immaculate Heart if we would return to her motherly care and meditate upon the mysteries of salvation which are brought to us in the Rosary.I would normally offer showings of a powerful talk by Fr. Donald Calloway. In this time of pandemic I would be most happy to lend my copy of this DVD to anyone who would like to view it. Maybe you could show it to your family as well, or even those people you gather with regularly, and then return to our Blessed Mother, who so desires to draw all souls to the Sacred Heart of her Divine Son.
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