Today's Holy Rosary

Friends of the Rosary,

This month is dedicated to praying for the holy souls in purgatory, all in the purifying suffering, awaiting to join the heavenly glory.

These souls include our family members and friends who died in grace and are assured of their eternal salvation. But these elected people still need to achieve full glory.

They fell asleep, imploring the Lord to grant them a place of happiness, light, and peace.

It's critical, therefore, to remember that purgatory is temporary. Its duration varies according to the sentence at each judgment.

We also know that at the end of the world, at the end of time, the place of temporary expiation will end.

A way to say a prayer for the Poor Souls is reciting the Little Litany of the Holy Souls.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• November 14, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

Today, November 13, we honor St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the U.S. She is the patron of immigrants.

Mother Cabrini established orphanages, hospitals, convents, and schools to help immigrants and to care for the sick and abandoned.

Orphaned herself in Italy before she was 18, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and took on the name “Xavier” in honor of St. Francis Xavier, the great universal missionary.

From a young age, longed to be a missionary in China, but God had other plans for her.

At the advice of Pope Leo XIII, who told her “Not to the East, but to the West,” she focused her missionary efforts on the United States.

She died in 1917 and was canonized in 1946, just before a new wave of immigrants began to arrive in the U.S.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!
Saint Frances Cabrini, pray for us!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Friends of the Rosary,

Today, on the feast day of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr, we see in the Gospel (Lk 17:7-10) what it means to be obedient and a faithful servant.

Christ is Lord, and the proper response to a King is obedience. 

Our lives are about serving the King of Kings by listening and surrendering to Him. We are built for obedience. Our lives are not about us.

The servants must listen. As we read today,

‘We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.’”

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• ⁠November 12, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

Today, November 11, Veterans Day, we remember those who have served our country in the armed forces in our prayers. We pray for those in service and for their families, so God bless them, giving them courage, hope, and strength.

In the Gospel today (Lk 17:1-6), Jesus speaks about faith. Our faith is the confidence that we are being guided and cared for. It connects us to the reality of God to the point of noticing that when some people ask in a spirit of trust, believing that what they are asking for will happen, it happens.

We read how the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.

The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• November 11, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

The poor widow of today’s reading (Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44), who, in the words of Jesus, “contributed all she had, her whole livelihood,” remained confident that God would be pleased with her sacrifice.

“Christ Jesus sat down opposite the treasury
and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.
Many rich people put in large sums.
A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.

Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury. 
For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had,
her whole livelihood.”

In her wisdom, she knew that the Author of Life provides for those who make a total gift of self to them.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Friends of the Rosary,

Today, November 9, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.

It is the oldest church in the West and one of the four major basilicas in Rome. It was built in Emperor Constantine's time and consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324.

We are reminded that the temple of stones is a symbol of the living Church, built by God with "living stones," namely, Christians themselves, upon the one foundation of Jesus Christ, who is called the "cornerstone" (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17; 1 Peter 2:4-8; Ephesians 2:20-22).

"Brothers, you are God’s building," St. Paul wrote and added: "Holy is God’s temple, which you are" (1 Corinthians 3:9c, 17).

The beauty and harmony of the churches are destined to praise God.

Today's observance also reminds us of the importance of the material buildings in which the community gathers to celebrate God's praises.

The Creator of the Universe desires to build a spiritual temple in the world.

Benedict XVI said during the Angelus Address on November 9, 2008,

"Every community, therefore, must take special care of its own sacred buildings, which are a precious religious and historical patrimony. For this, we call upon the intercession of Mary Most Holy, who helped us to become, like her, the “house of God,” living temple of his love."

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Friends of the Rosary,

Our Christian community — our family in Christ — extends across time and space. It embraces the departed alongside the living.

It’s important to highlight that no one is saved alone. We are saved in and through others.

For the faithful, physical death is not a barrier or wall of separation, and that’s why we look for companionship to the living and those who have completed their earthly course.

This month is dedicated to the holy souls in purgatory, our loved ones, and millions of unknown souls preparing to ascend to the glory of heaven to join the Communion of Saints.

This week, we add prayers to our elected officials so they will rise to meet their responsibilities.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• November 8, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

We continue with our prayer of thankfulness and petitioning after the 2024 U.S. election outcome.

We ask for the intercession of our Blessed Mother, the patroness of the U.S., to promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us, including the unborn, the poor, the stranger, the elderly and infirm, and migrants.

Americans are urged to pray for all elected officials so that they might rise to meet the responsibilities entrusted to them.

In the reading today, Christ Jesus explained the parable of the lost sheep (LK 15:1-10):

"There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance."

"There will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents."

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• ⁠November 7, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

With relief after the result of the U.S. presidential election, we pray for this country's future and the adoption of Catholic values.

At the core of Christianity is the commandment to love God and then love everything else for the sake of God.

But, as St. Augustine said, almost everyone falls into the trap of forgetting the Author of Life and loving the creature. We even make our family members little gods.
This is why Jesus tells his followers they must choose by detachment.

Today, we read in the Gospel (LK 14:25-33) what Jesus said to the crowds traveling with him:

"If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, 
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple."

"In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple."

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

• November 6, 2024, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,

November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, whose feast was celebrated on November 2.

Also, this month, on November 24, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, is the Solemnity of Christ the King. This feast highlights Jesus’ royalty as God the Creator, the Word Incarnate, and the Redeemer.

As we read in the Gospel today (Luke 14:15-24), the King of Kings invites us to a wedding feast in Heaven. And we must respond.

It’s a critical invitation to enter into intimacy with God and make him the center of our lives, avoiding excuses not to respond.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York