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"Behold, Your Mother!" (John 19:27)

Many signs indicate that still today the Blessed Virgin desires to exercise through the same prayer of the rosary that maternal concern to which the dying Redeemer entrusted, in the person of the beloved disciple, all the sons and daughters of the Church.

Well-known are the occasions in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries on which the Mother of Christ made her presence felt and her voice heard, in order to exhort the People of God to this form of contemplative prayer.

I would mention in particular, on account of their great influence on the lives of Christians and the authoritative recognition they have received from the Church, the apparitions of Lourdes and of Fatima; these shrines continue to be visited by great numbers of pilgrims seeking comfort and hope.



Excerpt from the Apostolic Letter
ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE of John Paul II, §7,
October 16, 2002.





MARCH 2012

Thursday, February 2, 2012







Flight Into Egypt and Presentation

SIXTH CHANT
: Illuminating Egypt with the Light of Truth, you cast away the darkness of error. For the idols, unable to stand your might, fell down, and those who had been delivered from them cried out to the Mother of God:
Hail, O Resurrection of mankind!
Hail, O Downfall of the Demons!
Hail, O you who crushed the error of deceit!
Hail, O you who exposed the fraud of idols!
Hail, O Sea who drowned the symbolic Pharaon!
Hail, O Rock who quenched those who thirst for Life!
Hail, O Pillar of Fire who guided those in darkness!
Hail, O Shelter of the World, wider than the clouds!
Hail, O Food who took the place of Manna!
Hail, O Handmaid of holy delight!
Hail, O Land of the promised good!
Hail, O you who flow with milk and honey!
Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
: Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
KONTAKION (Priest or Cantor)
As Simeon was about to leave the present deceitful world, You were entrusted to him as an infant, but You made Yourself known to him as the perfect God. Wherefore he marveled at your wisdom beyond words, and cried out: "Alleluia!"



Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God
Attributed to Romanos the Melode (d. 560)





Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death.
Amen.

FEBRUARY 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012


Lectio: Mark 6,1-6

•Thursday, February 2, 2012

Lectio: The Presentation of the Lord

•Friday, February 3, 2012

Lectio: Mark 6,14-29

•Saturday, February 4, 2012



Lectio: Mark 6,30-34

•Sunday, February 5, 2012

Lectio: 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 6, 2012

Lectio: Mark 6,53-56

•Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,1-13

•Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,14-23

•Thursday, February 9, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,24-30

•Friday, February 10, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,31-37

•Saturday, February 11, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,1-10

•Sunday, February 12, 2012

Lectio: 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 13, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,11-13

•Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,14-21

•Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,22-26

•Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,27-33

•Friday, February 17, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,34-9,1

•Saturday, February 18, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,2-13

•Sunday, February 19, 2012

Lectio: 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 20, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,14-29

•Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,30-37

•Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday

•Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lectio: Luke 9,22-25

•Friday, February 24, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 9,14-15

•Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lectio: Luke 5,27-32

•Sunday, February 26, 2012

Lectio: 1st Sunday of Lent (B)

•Monday, February 27, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 25,31-46

•Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 6,7-15

•Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Lectio: Luke 11,29-32