Friday, October 6, 2023

Our Lady of the Rosary, Saturday, 07-10-2023

Acts 1:12-14 / Luke 1:26-38    

The Rosary is a simple and an interesting religious object.

We carry it in our pockets or handbags, we wear Rosary bracelets on our wrists, some even wear the Rosary as a necklace.

Whether we carry it or wear it, we will use it to pray, and it is simple enough to pray without the need for prayer booklets.

The prayers of the “Our Father”, “Hail Mary” and “Glory Be” are the basic prayers of the Church, and we remember those prayers by heart.

And it is from the heart that we pray the Rosary.

As we pray the Rosary, we remember Our Lady’s intercession for the miraculous naval victory for the Christian fleet over the Ottoman Turkish armada, and that prevented the invasion of Europe.

As we pray the Rosary, we remember the many great saints who prayed the Rosary and urged us to keep praying the Rosary as a basic form of prayer.

As we pray the Rosary, we remember the Marian apparitions at Lourdes and Fatima and the message of prayer, penance and offering sacrifices for the conversion of sinners.

And we also remember the many blessings that we received from God through the intercession of Our Lady.

Let us pray the Rosary everyday, let us pray the Rosary with others, so that we will experience the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary in our time of need.