October 18, 2006

Marian Meditation of the Day:

Verse
I ask that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone... that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and dignity.

-- 1 Tim 2:1-2

Reflection
Our heart can include in the decades of the Rosary all the events that comprise the life of the individual, the family, the nation and all humankind.

It can include our own circumstances, those of our neighbour, and especially those of people dear to us.

-- Pope John Paul II

Prayer
O Mary, the Rosary beats out the rhythm of human life. Help me to meditate on the Mysteries of Jesus and apply them to life.

Amen.

Remember to Pray the Rosary for Peace!

Today's Mystery - Glorious Mysteries

An antiwar quote...

"I also came to the conclusion that, given the technology of modern warfare, war is inevitably a war against children, against civilians. When you look at the ratio of civilian to military dead, it changes from 50-50 in World War II to 80-20 in Vietnam, maybe as high as 90-10 today. Do you know this Italian war surgeon, Gino Strada? He wrote Green Parrots: A War Surgeon's Diary. He was doing war surgery in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places. Ninety percent of the people he operated on were civilians. When you face that fact, war is now always a war against civilians, and so against children. No political goal can justify it, and so the great challenge before the human race in our time is to solve the problems of tyranny and aggression, and do it without war. [He laughs quietly.] A very complex and difficult job, but something that has to be faced -- and that's what accounts for my becoming involved in antiwar movements ever since the end of World War II."
-- Historian Howard Zinn

Protest Details

Citizens will be gathering this morning for a "mourning vigil and people's signing ceremony,"

in front of the Federal Building (Commerce and Griffin), at 9:00 am.

This is not an "organized event" per se, but it is in conjunction with the organized event in Washington D.C. this morning.

For more information please go to:
www.bordc.org
(or more specifically http://www.bordc.org/newsletter/bordc-act-alert1013.php )

Many persons of faith have worked hard for the defeat of the S. 3930: Military Commissions Act of 2006 that "limits habeas corpus, permits indefinite detention without judicial oversight, permits torture and cruel and degrading treatment, and limits accountability for abuses perpetrated by U.S. officials..."; this demonstration gives all of us a chance to respond on the day and at the time of signing - a turning point for our country that must be marked by people who stand for justice and rule of law consistent with our constitution.

October 17,2006

Marian Meditation of the Day:

Verse
The manifestation of the Spirit is given to all for some benefit... All these things are produced by the same Spirit who distributes to everyone as he wills.

-- 1 Cor 12:7-11

Reflection
The Holy Spirit distributes His gifts, His virtues, and His grace through Mary.

He distributes them to whomever He wills, as many as He wills, and in the way that He wills.

-- St. Ignatius of Antioch

Prayer
O Mary, it is through you that the Spirit pours forth His graces.

Help me to cooperate fully with the particular gifts of the Spirit that are bestowed on me.

Amen.

Remember to Pray the Rosary for Peace!

Today's Mystery - Sorrowful Mysteries

October 16, 2006

Marian Meditation of the Day:

Verse
On that day, you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

-- John 14:20

Saint of the Day:

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Reflection
O Mary, our sweet hope, make us experience your power with the loving Heart of Jesus.

Employ your credit to make us lodge there forever.

-- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Prayer
O Mary, you are the Mother of Hope. I put all my trust in you. Keep me safe in the Heart of your Divine Son forever.

Amen.

Remember to Pray the Rosary for Peace!

Today's Mystery - Joyful Mysteries

October 14, 2006

Marian Meditation of the Day:

Verse
One who sows in the spirit will reap everlasting life from the spirit.

Let us not grow weary in doing good.

-- Gal 6:8

Reflection
The Rosary is all-powerful to touch the Heart of Our Lady.

It is the most excellent and fruitful type of prayer for obtaining above all eternal life.

-- Pope Leo XIII

Prayer
O Mary, help me to recite the Rosary faithfully. Grant that it may keep me close to you on Earth and gain for me eternal life and union with you in Heaven.

Amen.

Remember to Pray the Rosary for Peace!

Today's Mystery - Sorrowful Mysteries

October 15, 2006

Marian Meditation of the Day:

Verse
There were certain Greeks among those who had gone up to worship on the feast...

...They came to Philip... and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

-- John 12:20-21

Reflection
The Rosary is a devotion that, through the Blessed Mother, leads us to Jesus.

It is He Who is the goal of this long and repeated invocation to Mary.

-- Pope Paul VI

Prayer
O Mary, the Rosary is our ticket to Jesus. We speak to you and we come to Jesus.

Help me to recite my Rosary with attention and devotion.

Amen.

Remember to Pray the Rosary for Peace!

Today's Mystery - Glorious Mysteries