• May 27, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now! Now, in the time between Ascension and Pentecost, we are invited to be living embodiments of Jesus as He is of His Father. It means that we must share his joy by abiding in His love. How do we abide in His love? He tells: "If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love, as it is by keeping my Father's commandments that abide in His love." Jesus entered heaven as our pioneer. The Ascension is not different from the Resurrection, rather we are asked to dwell on a partial aspect of the Resurrection. It means essentially that Jesus is with His Father—in the glory of the Father. To enter into this mystery, we receive His life and live by it, through the mystery of Pentecost. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
• May 20, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now! Today, we observe the feast of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. This celebration was established on the first Saturday after Ascension Thursday. Mary gathered the apostles together in the Cenacle. She comforted and assisted them in prayer, and they all received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The Queen of Apostles occupies a central position in God's plan of salvation. Mary's devotees will never be without grace; in any danger, in every circumstance, they will always have the means to obtain every grace from God. Because the Blessed Mother occupies the most important position in God's plan of salvation, all of humanity should pay homage to her. Whoever spreads devotion to the Queen of Apostles is an apostolic benefactor to the human race because devotion to Mary is a treasure. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
• May 19, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now! The death of a beloved family member or friend is one of the saddest events imaginable. It's a cause of sorrow and tears. This is a natural feeling as we are still earthly beings. But death is not the end; it is, rather, the beginning. Yesterday's feast—the Ascension of our Lord in his human nature—to his Father's and our Father's home is a joyful confirmation that life is eternal. We will all rise from the grave with new, glorified bodies and ascend to heaven, as Christ did. There, we'll begin our true life of eternal happiness. We have the certainty that our beloved ones have gone to their true life and will be there to meet us when our turn comes. This thought, always at the back of our minds, consoles, and comforts us. All human beings want to live on forever with our dear ones. Death breaks that continuity, but only for a little while. That break precedes a new life. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
• May 18, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now! Today, in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska is observed the Solemnity of the Ascension while other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21. The Feast of the Ascension, on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2. At the end of His earthly life, Jesus ascended triumphantly into heaven. And by ascending into His glory, Christ completed the work of our redemption. Tradition designates Mount Olivet near Bethany as the place where Christ left the earth. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
• May 17, 2023, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary is Available Here Now! Preceding the feast of the Ascension, that in some countries is celebrated tomorrow, there were the three Rogation Days in the old calendar. Rogation comes from the Latin word rogare, which means to supplicate or ask. The purpose of Rogation Days is to beg God for His mercy, to turn away His anger, and to ask Him to bless the fruits of the earth while protecting us from natural disasters. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on the nature of true prayer and how to pray fervently and perseveringly. In the Gospel, Christ's words were: "Ask and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives…" The petition is the key to God's fatherly heart as it opens up the treasures of divine mercy. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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