• July 28, 2021, Today’s Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! What Jesus said two thousand years ago regarding how to be number one continues to shock us. (MT 20:20-28): "Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave." Joy and peace flourish on us when we serve, but not when we come to be served. Our society is broken because it’s all about self-centeredness and selfishness. We make ourselves the center of everything and we are just concerned only with our own interests. This is contrary to Jesus' teaching. Like the Lord said, "The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
• July 21, 2021, Today’s Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! Saint María de las Maravillas de Jesús, a Spanish Discalced Carmelite who founded several nun houses in the last century, revealed what was needed to be joyful. "Waiting whatever He wants is enough." "If Jesus asks what we want, we'd say, Lord, what, when, where you want." "To be saved is the only thing we wish." "Our desires are no other than fulfill your will." These are St. María de las Maravillas de Jesús' — canonized by John Paul II in a visit in Madrid in 2003 — written words in Spanish: ¡La verdad es que somos felices! Con querer lo que Él quiera, nada nos puede quitar la paz. Sí nos preguntase qué queríamos, sólo le podríamos decir: ¡Señor, cuando Tú quieras, como Tú quieras, lo que Tú quieras, es lo único que queremos y deseamos! Así que tenemos cumplidísimos nuestros deseos que no son otros que su voluntad (Cartas 1665 y 2297). Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York [ Third Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ]
• July 20, 2021, Today’s Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! We live in a society dominated by self-centeredness. It’s the generation of selfies. It’s all about me. Is this a problem? Well, it’s slavery — the slavery of self-centeredness. And slavery is contrary to the freedom that we achieve by living for Christ and serving our neighbors. Friends, we are wired this way. We are wired to seek the eternal truth, resting in God after our journey on earth. By accepting the Cross and believing in the Resurrection, we are set free. It seems a paradox but it’s not: being slaves of Christ we are free. Everyone who has tried this across history knows that this is true. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York [ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ]
• July 19, 2021, Today’s Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! In St. Paul we see the salvific power of suffering. He said in his letter to the Colossians (Col 1:24-28): "I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister." Suffering is consubstantial to human being, because of the original sin in our first ancestors, Adam and Eve. They fall into pride, in the same way we are constantly falling into multiple dysfunctions and errors. It’s our fallen, sinful, nature. Among humans, only the Blessed Virgin Mary, immaculately conceived, and John the Baptist, who received the Holy Spirit in the womb of his mother, didn’t commit sin. (Jesus was human and divine). The point is that we all bring our own cross — or crosses — and the way to handle this sorrow is by offering it to God as a ransom for our sins and the sins of other men and women. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York [ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ]
• July 18, 2021, Today’s Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! With Jesus Christ, the whole truth was revealed. The word of God was manifested to humankind, and since then our earthly life is quite different. We understood human existence, as it was designed by the Divinity. Like St. Paul wrote to the Colossians (Col 1:24-28) — and we read yesterday— "the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones." We rejoice in this revelation. What’s sad is that many in our society, blocked by ignorance and pride, do not accept the plan of salvation, and prefer to live in sin. We all are sinners. The difference is that the faithful are actively pursuing perfection in Christ. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York [ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ]
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