While Christians were fighting the Turks at Lepanto in 1571, St. Peter's Square was filled with people praying the Rosary. The Turks were defeated and the Pope instituted the Feast of Our Lady of Victory, attributing the victory to Mary's intercession. A few years later, the feast was changed to Our Lady of the Rosary and has become a universal commemoration to honor Mary and Jesus through the repetition of the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be and meditation on the life of Jesus and Mary. What a combo! Mother and Son before us, in our hearts and on our lips for as long as it takes to pray the five decades.
Mary's presence continues in our world through various apparitions and she always recommends the Rosary. At Fatima 99 years ago, on the 13th of this month, Mary appeared for the last time, wowing (even scaring) the 79,000 people gathered there with the "Miracle of the Sun"...when it seemed that the sun was dancing and plunging to the earth. Her message of praying the Rosary has been perpetuated with some degree of success, but evidently, we need to put her request into action more faithfully. Our days are so busy that we find if hard to set aside 15-20 minutes for this powerful prayer. A look at today's world should be motivation enough for us to MAKE time for it
Bro. Rene
Note: As providence would have it, I will be in Fatima on October 13th this year, and you can be sure I'll be praying for all of you.
This slice somehow ended in "draft" and I just noticed it this morning... Naturally, it was meant for October 7th...Sorry!
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