Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Rosary and the Church Lk. 1: 36 - 48 From the first reading alone, one can have a glimpse of the deeper meaning of the rosary, when mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles: "they devoted themselves to one accord to prayer, together with Mary and the women." The seems to be a picture of a community of praying people bonded together by love.  This seems to be the image of the Church.  To reflect on the rosary is to reflect the living Church praying and bonded together by ties of God's pure love. In the Gospel, we hear the story of the Annunciation.  But so is the Opening prayer when we hear the prayer of the Angelus, "... that we to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory of the resurrection.."  The rosary orients us to the life of Christ. Third, our being Catholics is a journey through life with an invitation to proclaim the Good News to everyone; the Good Ne...

As the beads of the rosary are connected to one unbreakable bond, there are three things that connect me with the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1. The Rosary connects our family together - i t has kept us together all these years and throughout eternity.  How true is the saying, "The Family that prays together stays together."   Whether living here or abroad, or with each respective families, I deeply feel that we are as united as when were staying under one roof.  Even now when our mother has gone up to heaven, the more that union is real; all because of the Most Holy Rosary 2. It connects us with Christ – the mysteries of the rosary are profound, it helps us attune ourselves with Jesus 24 hours a day.  Through the Rosary, we also become like the Beloved. 3. It connect us with the Church – We understand our role in the Church to realize the mystery of salvation; our lives become the story of salvation itself. Mama mary, lead us to your son, Jesus.