Good morning, Good People,
May the Lord give you grace, peace, and health in the Holy Spirit.
It is the 7th of October 2025. Today we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. We reflect on Acts 1:12-14 and Luke 1:26-38.
St. John Paul II recommends, “We wish to entrust our hopes to Mary’s motherly intercession. With the repetition of the prayers of the Rosary, we will turn to Mary with the insistent, trusting prayer of a child to his mother. In this way the Rosary will become a weapon of victory, an effective weapon, to which Christ’s promise applies very well: ‘Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you’ (Lk 11:9).”
As the rosary beads are linked to each other, the Rosary and its recitation unite and bring us closer to Christ through our Beloved Mother Mary. Even though so many Popes, priests, and bishops have constantly encouraged us to meditate on the mysteries of our salvation, St. John Paul II provided us with the Mysteries of Light. The Rosary is nothing but the Gospel in miniature.
It is a garland of prayers, praise, petitions, and the mysteries of Joy, Sorrow, Glory, and Light. May we all use the Rosary for prayer—not for beauty or as a magical spell of protection.
The first reading highlights the importance of praying together: “All these joined in continuous prayer, together with several women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers” (Acts 1:14). The Rosary can be prayed individually, as a family, or in a Christian community and group. Prayer unites and irritates the devil. Any praise and worship anger the evil one. And so, we have nothing to fear.
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, encourages us: “Do not be afraid! Once our lives are open to God, fear can no longer hold us in thrall. You, dear sister, dear brother, if your sins frighten you, if your past worries you, if your wounds do not heal, if your constant failings dishearten you, and you seem to have lost hope, please, do not be afraid. God knows your weaknesses and is greater than your mistakes. God is greater than our sins—much greater!”
Just like our Mother Mary, we all need to be in prayer and reflect on all God has done in our life: “But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:19). Emulating Mother Mary, we all need to surrender our life to God through the daily recitation of the Rosary. “Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’”
May God continue to bless our lives.