07/10/2021

The events of Our Lady's life are recalled in today's celebration of the Rosary. This great prayer follows the way of the Lord as witnessed by Mary. She is our example of perfected humanity; born without stain of sin; she is the womb in which Jesus was procreated from before time; chosen by God to not know mortality; she is the first Christian to enter heaven body and soul; the Church although founded on St Peter has its source in her obedient love. Her "let it be" signals in time the great changes brought into the world by Jesus the true Son of God in the humanity taken from Mary.

The Rosary is the second great prayer of the Church and does not require ordination to take it into Heaven. It is forever the ultimate in meditation and can be pondered on by all in any place on earth. 

Yesterday's reading showed us the way to pray and in today's there is the confirmation that as long as we keep faith with our God our prayers are welcomed by the Father. The Rosary follows the worldly footsteps of Jesus as witnessed by his mother and for those shaken by the crumbling of the Church Militant it is the unbreakable link to "Our Father who art in heaven".

Dear Lord let me renew my Faith, Hope and Charity by a return to  the Rosary remembering "Can you not spend one hour with me?"