• January 4, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET Today, day eleventh of Christmas, is the Memorial Day of the first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Born in New York in 1774 to a wealthy Episcopalian family, she converted to Catholicism. Wife and mother of five children, she founded the American Sisters of Charity. She also opened orphanages in Philadelphia and New York City, as well as schools in Baltimore and other locations, always preoccupied with the education of the underprivileged. She developed a deep devotion to the Eucharist, Sacred Scripture, and the Virgin Mary. An ardent follower of the Divine Will, she wrote: "O Father, the first rule of our dear Saviour’s life was to do Your Will. Let His Will of the present moment be the first rule of our daily life and work, with no other desire but for its most full and complete accomplishment." Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year in Mary and Joseph! St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Pray for Us! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] ——
• Dec 28, 2020, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents, in the memory of the small children in Bethlehem put to death by the wicked King Herod fifteen weeks after the birth of Christ. This evil monarch was attempting to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16–18) as a reaction to the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy. These infant martyrs, Saints of God, were the first to suffer Christ's persecution. On a separate note, it is sad to see that for many in Latin America and Spain the date of December 28th is just a joke day, a kind of Fools Day. This day, most media outlets release exaggerated and comical news stories for the entertainment of audiences that enjoy this practice. Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York]
• Dec 27, 2020, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET We celebrate today the feast day of the Holy Family, venerating Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, as a model of the Christian family. The Son Incarnate came to Earth into a family. He submitted Himself with infinite humility, love, and obedience to a human family. Mary and Joseph were united to protect and raise Jesus. They had only one child, but He contained the whole of mankind. The Holy Family lived in Nazareth in harmony and prayer. Their holiness reveals that every family is invited to an ordinary daily life of grace and virtue. The Eternal Father wants to make holy every family. Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] ____ For sanctifying every family, making it holy in imitation of the family in Nazareth. For defending family values as the bedrock of our contemporary society, because God loves family life. For imitating Christ’s humility and obedience—demonstrated in this festivity. ____
• Dec 26, 2020, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET Today, on the day after the solemnity of Christmas, we celebrate the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. He was stoned in Jerusalem two years after the death of Christ. St. Luke praises him as "a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit" (Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59) and describes the scene of St. Stephen's death—witnessed by St. Paul before his conversion—at the hands of those who refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah. Before he was stoned to death, Stephen had a vision of Christ in glory. He told the council: "I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" While they were stoning, he prayed for his executioners, forgiving them. "Lord, do not hold this sin against them," he cried out in a loud voice. St. Stephen embodies the forgiving and merciful love of God, along with the spirit of detachment from material things—which is the fruit of the third Joyful Mystery that we pray for today. Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! St. Stephen Pray for Us! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] ___ After the birth of Jesus and the peace and joy, we reflect on the tragedy of St. Stephen, killed during the first persecution against the nascent Church. Analyzing the mystery of Christmas, we see how three decades later, Jesus—the only-begotten Son of God—would save humanity by dying on the cross. The Redeemer was born to die, to give His life in ransom for all. St. Stephen died forgiving and praying for his executioners. He exemplifies the imitation of Christ even unto the complete self-giving. Professing the Christian faith demands the heroism of the Martyrs. [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] —-
• Dec 25, 2020, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET • Christmas Day’s Holy Rosary: 12:00 Noon ET via Zoom We rejoice today by observing the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord—the Word Incarnate, the Son of God dwelling among us and assuming our human nature in all but sin. (Jn 1:1-5, 9-14) Christ, according to His human nature, is born in Bethlehem of the House of David of the Virgin Mary, and, according to His divine nature, is conceived of the Spirit of holiness, the Son of God and the Second Person of the Trinity. The Father sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins and at the same time to show us the merciful love of God. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Our sick and fallen nature needed to be healed. We needed the light, as captives await a Savior. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16). The Word became flesh to be our model of holiness. "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me." (John 14:6) Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] ___
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