Blessed Abbot Marmion on the Rosary
Blessed Abbot Marmion chose Rosary Sunday for his reception of the Abbatial Blessing in 1909, and commemorated this event each year with a procession in...
A prayer that revives the soul
Disarmingly Simple The Rosary is a disarmingly simple prayer. The power of the Rosary is completely disproportionate to the effort required to pray it well....
Healing the deepest wounds and traumas
Praying in the Balkans Last year, a dear friend of mine who is an Orthodox Christian — husband, father, and physician serving in the U.S....
Seven Mysteries of the Holy Ghost
Drawing upon the traditional mysteries of the rosary — Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, and the mysteries of Light proposed by Pope Saint John Paul II...
The Rosary
Praying in the Balkans Yesterday, a dear friend of mine, an Orthodox Christian — husband, father, and physician serving in the U.S. military in the...
Abba Joseph related that Abba Isaac said:
“I was sitting with Abba Poemen one day and I saw him in ecstasy and as I was on terms of great freedom of speech...
Rosary Mysteries for the Sundays of Lent
Marialis Cultus The Rosary is a practice of piety which easily harmonizes with the liturgy. In fact, like the liturgy, it is of a community...
The Early Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For some years now, from the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on November 21st until that of the Immaculate Conception on...
The Chain that Sets Free
Father Francesco Bamonte’s witness to the power of the Holy Rosary in his book, Possessioni diabolici ed esorcismo (Paoline, 2006) so impressed me that I...
O Rosario benedetto di Maria
Prayer at Noon For Catholics in Italy and throughout the world, today, Sunday, 3 October 2010, marks the return of an appointment with the Supplica,...
The Comfort of the Beads
There is a certain comfort in praying on beads that are beautiful and sturdy, beads that somehow feel like they were destined to be held,...
Seven Mysteries of the Holy Spirit
Drawing upon the traditional mysteries of the rosary — Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, and the new mysteries of Light proposed by Pope John Paul II...
The Rosary: School of Contemplation and Silence
One of Barbara Pym’s characters — I don’t remember which one — sometimes exclaims, “Too much richness!” Exactly my sentiments concerning this past weekend! There...
The Earlier Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For some years now, especially around the Marian feasts of September 8th, September 12th, November 21st, and December 8th, I have prayed my rosary while...
Setting An Example
Yesterday was the First Saturday of the month of May. Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI gave an edifying example of pastoral zeal to all...
Do your best. But never give up your beads.
One of my heavenly friends — in some way, I might even consider him a spiritual father of mine – is the Benedictine Dom Eugène...
The Earlier Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For some years now, especially around the Marian feasts of September 8th, September 12th, November 21st, and December 8th, I have prayed my rosary while...
Saint Dominic
Eighteenth Wednesday of the Year I Numbers 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35 Psalm 105: 6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 (R. 4a) Matthew 15:21-28 The Mercy of God...
The Family Rosary
When Praying for Healing It happens sometimes that the healing of a family member — in spite of persistent and fervent prayer — is impeded...
De Maria Numquam Satis
Blessed Bartolo Longo wrote: “What is my vocation? To write about Mary, to have Mary praised, to have Mary loved.” At 11:55 this morning I...