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October 31

Our Lady’s Rosary

Dear Mother, I bring Thee roses Because they are so sweet, But lilies, my favorite flowers I am placing at Thy feet.

Accept with each Hail Mary A rose for Thy crown so bright, Please don't forget the lilies, The lilies so pure and white.

Let them be a bond of love And understanding rare, And send a blessing from above In answer to my prayer.

Loneliness would be unknown If more people came to Thee, With their trials and sorrows And said their Rosary.

With each Hail Mary, they would find Their load much lighter grow, And in humility, kiss the cross In peace, would onward go.

-Alice W. Sparks

Today’s Reflection:

How has my load been made lighter this past month as I have prayed the Rosary? Am I willing to make the Rosary a daily prayer? Why or why not?

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October 30

“I look to all of you, brothers and sisters, of every state of life, to you, Christian families, to you, the sick and elderly, and to you, young people: confidently take up the Rosary once again. Rediscover the Rosary in the light of Scripture, in harmony with the liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. May this appeal of mine not go unheard!”

-St. Pope John Paul the Great

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October 29

“Into [the Rosary] one may take his whole life – joys and sorrows, men and things, everything – as he would take it to someone whose presence he finds restful, not to find out how he might act with more success, but to put everything into a proper light."

                                                                     -Romano Guardini

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October 27

“The family that recites the Rosary together reproduces something of the atmosphere of the household of Nazareth: its members place Jesus at the center; they share His joys and sorrows; they place their needs and their plans in His hands; they draw from Him the hope and strength to go on.”

                                                            -St. Pope John Paul the Great

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October 26

“To pray the Rosary for children, and even more, with children, training them from their earliest years to experience this daily ‘pause for prayer’ with the family, is admittedly not the solution to every problem, but it is a spiritual aid which should not be underestimated.”

                                                            - St. Pope John Paul II

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October 25

“The Holy Rosary, by age-old tradition, has shown itself particularly effective as a prayer which brings the family together.”

                                                            -St. Pope John Paul II

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October 24

“If evils increase, the devotion of the people of God should also increase. And so, venerable brothers, we want you to take the lead in urging and encouraging people to pray ardently to our most merciful mother, Mary, by saying the Rosary during the month of October.”

                                                                                   - Blessed Pope Paul VI

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October 23

"Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for the Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world."

                                                                        -St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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October 20

“The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community enters into contact with the memories and the contemplative gaze of Mary.”

                                                            -St. Pope John Paul II

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October 19

“If [the pray-er of the Rosary] should listen daily to this secret teaching in the depth of his heart, this prayer would kindle in him the desire of heaven, of the glory of God, and the salvation of souls; it would give him a love of the cross and strength to carry it, and from time to time a foretaste of heaven, a certain savor of eternal life.”

                                                           -Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

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