Feast Day of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary - 7 October
7th October 2024
The memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (originally ‘Our Lady of Victories’) commemorates the battle of Lepanto (7 Oct 1571) when the Christian fleet defeated the Turks. The victory was attributed by Pope St Pius V to the recitation of the Holy Rosary. This great Marian prayer is traced back to St Dominic de Guzman who preached against the Albigensian heresy in the 13th Century.
A short excerpt from the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J Sheen's The Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary:
“All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine months her own body was the natural Eucharist, in which God shared communion with human life, thus preparing for that greater Eucharist when human life would commune with the Divine. Mary’s joy was to form Christ in her own body; her joy now is to form Christ in our souls. In this Mystery, we pray to become pregnant with the Christ spirit, giving Him new lips with which He may speak of His Father, new hands with which He may feed the poor, and a new heart with which He may love everyone, even enemies.”
Unfortunately, our priest will not be able to celebrate Mass today. Parishioners are invited to come to the church between 8am and 1pm for the praying of the Rosary and private prayer.
Prayer to Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people, I consecrate myself to your Immaculate Heart, and recommend to you my family, my country, and the whole human race. Please accept my consecration, dearest Mother, and use me as you wish, to accomplish your designs upon the world. O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth, rule over me, and teach me how to allow the Heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me, as it has ruled and triumphed in you. 🙏💐💖
Artwork: Our Lady of the Rosary with Child Jesus by Simone Cantarini, 1640AD