Greeted by the Feast of Our Lady of The Rosary today... remembering that this was the day 7 years ago that Joseph asked Maria to marry him. They returned to the spot of her statue on the campus of St Thomas on their wedding day... How we hoped last year in Texas that it would be the day that his son was born! How we prayed without ceasing for Joseph in Afghanistan! How we were filled with such hope, anticipation, and fearful vigilance for all those in harm's way in the war, and the arrival of our new grandson all mixed up in one big ball of emotions and prayers. Now looking back at all the year has held, and in the last weeks having the word that Patrick has been discharged a healthy and very normal boy - probably what many would call advanced! To think that Maria already has training pants on him and is potty training him, as well as all his antics as he walks/runs to keep up with older brother and sister!
Patrick at the wonderful family mass we had the Saturday Hallel was home for her April/snowstorm home visit... Pat and I went down to El Paso to bring up our little family from Texas for the days Hallel was allowed to be home with her family. How I have prayed to Our Lady of the Rosary over the years for our family to ALL be together! We missed Joseph, but that is about as close as we could have ever hoped for!
I have made it no secret about how important The Rosary along with, of course, Our Lady is to me! My day is filled with the prayer that I find there, and great peace fills me and the Holy Spirit speaks to my heart, mind and soul through the decades of prayer I say for each one of my children along with their families and intentions related to them, my husband, God-children, and needs that come with each phase of my LIFE! Prayer is very real and powerful for me... This morning as we looked back at all that has transpired in the year from this feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary to this one... Patrick's birth born dead, raised to LIFE and miraculous healing, John's year in seminary and now his sharing his story of Faith far and wide and a job offer working with youth in 4H, Ruth glowing with the birth of her new son in just a few weeks, watching our 3 new grandchildren all grow into wonderful LIGHTS along with the other 6, the glorious Little Monastery - Lumen Christi/Light of Christ- that is now planted in the heart of our country in Kansas City and a light that is casting out the darkness! Those are the highlights - a call from Hallel for my birthday yesterday telling us that she is heading to Marseille today, and beginning her new time with a community on the French Riviera - building a little monastery there! She assured me of her prayers for me on my birthday - I know that they are hugely a part of all that graces and blesses my life.
In a few weeks this will be outdated as the arrival of our new grandson is scheduled on Hallel's feast day - November 1st at noon! Prayer, please, for the safety of Ruth and her son!
Jesus, we are so blessed to have the life-line the rosary beads to hold onto as we pass through LIFE! We are filled with all your graces and blessings as we pray to YOU with and through your beloved Mother. It struck me this morning in prayer with John that You chose her, whereas we that are open to LIFE - chose to give LIFE to our children as LIGHTS for the world! Today we are blessed with the wonderful powerful Gospel of the Good Samaritan! May we give without counting the cost, and no matter what we face in our life with YOU. We are washed over by wave after wave of your goodness and kindness and LOVE - may we be "the one who treated him with mercy." Luke 10
Jesus, we trust in YOU. Amen and Hallelujah
Bless-bless, Barb
"To pray the rosary is to hand over our burdens to the merciful hearts of Christ and his Mother. The rosary does indeed 'mark the rhythm of human life,' bringing it into harmony with the 'rhythm' of God's own life... our life's destiny and deepest longing. Through the rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer." Blessed John Paul II
A picture for the 3rd joyful mystery - the Birth of Christ - the Holy Family!
Danielle Rose singing Holy Family - I tried to find the song she specifically wrote for the 3rd joyful mystery, but...
Here is one from her rosary CD that I have used many times when giving talks - A Mother's song for the Crucifixion

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