A reader writes: “This past Easter Sunday, the parishioners were not allowed to say the rosary before Mass by the presiding priest. This is a normal practice that we have had in this church for over 40 years. Is there any logical
A reader writes: “I am unsure what Pope St. John Paul II wanted us to meditate on when we pray the Third Luminous Mystery, ‘The Proclamation of the Kingdom.’ Scriptural Rosary texts differ so greatly. What should I concentrate on?” As Monsignor
Alleluia! We are in the season of Easter in which for 50 days Catholics celebrate the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension into heaven and the Holy Spirit descending upon her church.
The word, Easter, according to the U.S. Conference
A reader writes: “I recently heard that it’s OK to leave out the introductory and ending prayers of the Rosary and only say one Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, a Glory Be and the Fatima prayer for each Mystery. Is that correct?”
We are in Lent and rapidly approaching Easter Sunday. Appropriately, this installment on creating a rosary garden for your home or parish focuses on the Sorrowful Mysteries.
These powerful mysteries provide the opportunity to meditate on events leading up to Christ's death, and
This is the second of a five-part series on creating a rosary garden for your home or parish; each month I present a group of Mysteries and list a companion plant for each meditation, concluding in May. In this way you can
The Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph have announced the commencement of a 9-month novena to pray for the flourishing of their second annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. The novena will start on Jan. 27 and will continue on the last
"God loves what is small and makes it bear fruit," he told members of the "Sentinelles de la Sainte Famille" (Sentinels of the Holy Family) during an audience at the Vatican Jan. 11.
Founded in Brussels in 2013, the group coordinates an international
A reader writes: “I asked someone who frequently stays after Mass to say the Rosary if she’d go with me to a nursing home to pray it. She said she wouldn’t because each time she says the Rosary in front of the
In this and the following months we will be offering a five-part series on creating a rosary garden for your home or parish; each month we present a group of rosary mysteries, list a companion plant for each meditation, and conclude this