• Feb 2, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET Today, forty days after the birth of Jesus, we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Lord by Mary and Joseph in the Temple, in obedience to the Mosaic Law (Lk 2, 22-40). Simeon and Anna, the two venerable elderly dedicated to prayer and fasting in the Temple, recognized the Messiah. This festivity is also referred to as The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which means the renewal of her total offering to God's Divine Plan—even as Simeon predicted that a sword would pierce her heart. In this sense, we also meditate on the constant fiat of Our Lady of Sorrows, who faithfully embraced the will of God. A final note. In some places, this day is popularly known as Candlemas, because there are candlelight processions. Ave Maria! [Written by Mikel A. | TheRosaryNetwork.org, New York]
• Jan 26, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET As we meditate today upon the Sorrowful Mysteries, we try to identify ourselves with the pain of Jesus Christ—witnessed by His Mother. He agonized in the Garden of Gethsemane when confronted with the sins of the World. Later, He was brutally whipped, crowned with thorns, and publicly mocked. He carried a heavy cross to the Calvary, and finally, He was tortured and agonized to death in the cross. When we feel pain, please let’s look at the Son of God on the cross, and let’s wonder how many times do we crucify Jesus in our daily life, inflicting him more suffering. We ask for his forgiveness. Ave Maria! [Written by Mikel A. | TheRosaryNetwork.org, New York] ___
• Jan 25, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET We celebrate today the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the Apostle. Before his soul was transformed, he was a zealous Pharisee, a learned scholar, and fierce persecutor of Christians—he even participated in the stoning of St. Stephen. While on his way to Damascus, he was suddenly converted by a miraculous apparition of Jesus Christ. He became the great Apostle of the Gentiles in Asia and southern Europe, probably Hispania—the old Spain. He wrote fourteen Epistles in the New Testament and made thousands of converts. Born in Tarsus—now a city in Turkey—of Jewish parents, and Roman citizen from birth, St. Paul was martyred, beheaded, in Rome around 65 A.D. Ave Maria! St. Paul Pray for Us! [Written by Mikel A. | TheRosaryNetwork.org, New York] ___ Today's Reading: Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned." (Mk 16:15-18)
• Jan 24, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET In our dwelling on Earth, we face a critical decision. We can build a life centered on me, my ego, and my senses, or we can be open to the Holy Spirit and abandon ourselves to Jesus and Mary. We live without Christ or we live for Christ. Most people avoid the dilemma and decide to keep going aiming to enjoy an earthly life. Little by little, they discover that this doesn’t work and fall into despair. There is no achievement. Jesus wants to rescue these troubled people as well as push believers into perfection. In His mercy, He sends continuous invitations to repent and start a new life. The Holy Trinity wants to save all of the souls. Today’s reading in the Bible shows read that Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the eternal truth: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (Mk 1:14-20). The Good News is the merciful Jesus Christ. Ave Maria! [Written by Mikel A. | TheRosaryNetwork.org, New York] ___
• Jan 23, 2021, Holy Rosary Today 7:30 pm ET, YouTube.com/TheRosaryNetwork • Audio Podcast available by 6:00 pm ET In these troubling times, there are interested devotees to the Virgin Mary only to gain favors or cure of some illness. We must be constant and disinterested, aiming only to receive her grace. St Louis de Montfort noted the ten principal virtues of the Most Holy Virgin. These are the virtues to imitate—expressed through the mysteries of the Holy Rosary: "Her profound humility, her lively faith, her continual prayer, her universal mortification, her divine purity, her heroic patience, her angelical sweetness, and her divine wisdom." When we are truly devoted to Mary we cultivate these virtues and seek Jesus Christ in His holy Mother. Ave Maria! [Written by Mikel A. | TheRosaryNetwork.org, New York]
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