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Friends of the Rosary, The Sadducees, who were denying the resurrection of the body, were like the secularists today. Christ Jesus explained to them our earthly existence would be transformed and transfigured. As children of God, the dead will rise and will be "like angels," in Christ's words, as we read in the Gospel today (Lk 20:27-40). Materialists and secularists hold that, in the end, everything fades away. In contrast, the faithful who believe in the resurrection of the body hold that everything in this world is destined for redemption. Everything matters. Bishop Barron wrote, "Those who hold to the resurrection of the body are most effective at working for justice and peace in this world." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 23, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 22, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Cecilia, a virgin and martyr, one of the most venerated of Roman saints. Her martyrdom probably occurred during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus, about the year 230. In 1599, her grave was opened, and her body was found incorrupt in a cypress wood coffin. Cecilia led a life of prayer and meditation. She had vowed lifelong virginity, but a youth named Valerian, relying upon the approval of her parents, hoped to marry her. When the wedding night arrived, she told Valerian, "There is a secret, Valerian, I wish to tell you. I have as a lover an angel of God who jealously guards my body." Valerian promised to believe in Christ if he could see that angel. Cecilia explained how such was impossible without baptism, and Valerian consented to be baptized. After he was baptized by Pope Urban and returned, he found Cecilia in her little room, lost in prayer, and next to her, the angel of the Lord was standing. Since the Middle Ages, Cecilia has been honored as patroness of Church music. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!St. Cecilia, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 22, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET  

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 21, we celebrate the Memorial of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple. It's the mystery of the Blessed Mother's dwelling as a preparation for Advent. Our Lady's birthday is September 8, the Holy Name of Mary is September 12, and her Presentation is today. These feasts parallel the first three of our Lord in the liturgical cycle: the birth of Christ or Christmas (December 25), the Holy Name of Jesus (January 3), and His Presentation in the Temple (February 2). After an angel revealed her pregnancy, Mary's mother, Anna, vowed her future child, Mary, to the Lord. At the age of three, she was transferred to the temple. In today's Gospel (Luke 19: 41-44), Jesus laments over Jerusalem because it failed to acknowledge him. He says, "They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation." Jesus' message is clear: nothing in this world lasts. Therefore, we must free ourselves from worldly attachments. Nothing in this world should be the object of deeper commitments. We live for God alone. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 21, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET⁠

Friends of the Rosary,Today, in the first reading of the Gospel (RV 3:1-6, 14-22), the Lord reproves lukewarmness. He told John: "I know your works;I know that you are neither cold nor hot.I wish you were either cold or hot.So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold,I will spit you out of my mouth.For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,'and yet do not realize that you are wretched,pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich,and white garments to put onso that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed,and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise.Be earnest, therefore, and repent." These words seem to be written for today. Lukewarmness might be the most extended rejection of the Lord. We live like practical atheists, insulting the Divinity, following a God-like complex personality. It's the disease of sin extended everywhere. "I will spit you out of my mouth." "Whoever has ears ought to hearwhat the Spirit says to the churches." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 19, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today, in the Gospel (Lk 19:11-28), Jesus instructs us about our spiritual life with scenes drawn from business, investment, risk, and return. God exists in gift form. And if we want the Lord's life in us, we must learn to give it away. Everything we own comes from the Divinity: life, being, powers, talents. If we cling to them, they wither away, not growing. The reading shows how the first two servants doubled their wealth as they risked it. The third one didn't multiply the received gift. Jesus told him, “With your own words, I shall condemn you,you wicked servant.You knew I was a demanding man,taking up what I did not lay downand harvesting what I did not plant;why did you not put my money in a bank?Then, I would have collected it with interest on my return.'And to those standing by, he said,‘Take the gold coin from himand give it to the servant who has ten.'But they said to him,‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.'He replied, ‘I tell you,to everyone who has, more will be given,but from the one who has not,even what he has will be taken away.” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

We look at the future of media bias with Hunter Baker and Steve Ray explains why Purgatory is Heaven's “front porch.”

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Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 18, the Catholic Church celebrates the dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul in Rome. Today's feast is a spiritual journey to two holy tombs, the place of each apostle's martyrdom. The Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican was built over the tomb of St. Peter, where he was executed, and where Nero's Circus stood. St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls, situated at the other end of the city on the Ostian Way, is built near where St. Paul was martyred. It was almost destroyed by fire in 1823, rebuilt sumptuously by Gregory XVI and Pius IX, and consecrated in 1854. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 18, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Matthew Bunson reports on the USCCB Fall Assembly and Ken Craycraft looks at two reasons why Kamala Harris lost the election.

Rob Corzine unpacks the Sunday readings and John Edwards, “just another guy in the pew,” shares how he met Jesus in a jail cell.

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Friends of the Rosary, Our Gospel's reading for today features the scene (Mark 13:24-32) of the Second Coming and the arrival of God's definitive kingdom. Jesus said, "The powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then we will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds' with great power and glory." Only then the eternal peace will come. The Second Coming of Christ signals the end of the world as we know it. However, the Son of Man is coming on the clouds of heaven even now, in the life of the Church. And, as Bishop Barron writes today, “We should not trust in any of the world's powers to give us security and peace.” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 17, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you. This I command you: love one another.” These three sentences that we read today summarize the extraordinary teaching of Jesus. “I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.” This command is everywhere in the Bible. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”  We are encouraged to pray with persistence, never giving up. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 16, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, As we read today (Luke 17: 26-37), Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah,so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking,marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark,and the flood came and destroyed them all.Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot:they were eating, drinking, buying,selling, planting, building;on the day when Lot left Sodom,fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.” Now, imagine a gigantic comet crashing into the sea and the earth flooded. That'd be the modern version of Noah. If we knew the comet was coming, we would adjust to it. However, the Second Coming is not scheduled on time. ‘As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.'” Like at that time, today's people are eating and drinking, distracted, right up to the time of the flood. Essentially, most people are living godless lives, clueless of an upcoming new world.Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 15, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, This month is dedicated to praying for the holy souls in purgatory, all in the purifying suffering, awaiting to join the heavenly glory. These souls include our family members and friends who died in grace and are assured of their eternal salvation. But these elected people still need to achieve full glory. They fell asleep, imploring the Lord to grant them a place of happiness, light, and peace. It's critical, therefore, to remember that purgatory is temporary. Its duration varies according to the sentence at each judgment. We also know that at the end of the world, at the end of time, the place of temporary expiation will end. A way to say a prayer for the Poor Souls is reciting the Little Litany of the Holy Souls. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 14, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Chadd Garcia, Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst at Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc. - Ave Maria Focused Fund, joins the podcast for his third appearance to share his thesis on SECURE Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES), a leading waste management and energy infrastructure company. Chapters: [0:00] Introduction + Episode sponsor: Daloopa [1:48] What is Secure Energy Services $SES.TO and why is it interesting to Chadd [4:56] What is Chadd seeing with $SES.TO that the market is missing [6:46] $SES.TO's recent run-up, catalysts, acquisitions [15:53] Risk that Western Canada is drilling a lot less oil in the future [19:15] Capital allocation / changing the corporate name [24:58] Continue aggressive buy-backs or focus on tuck-in acquisitions [29:30] Customer insourcing potential [31:40] Waste processing facilities, waste businesses; why haven't people picked up on this aspect of the story thus far [36:00] Bought a lot of assets in distress; what has happened that drives those assets in distress that's not a risk here? [37:46] Separation of businesses argument [40:55] Scenarios for why $SES.TO thesis doesn't work out / final thoughts Today's sponsor: Daloopa Hey there, fundamental analysts - Are you tired of the endless grind of updating financial models, scrubbing documents, and hard coding? Let's talk about something that could transform your workflow—Daloopa. Daloopa delivers perfect historicals for thousands of public companies. That means every KPI, operating data, financial metric, adjustment, and guidance—all at your fingertips. And here's the best part: Daloopa updates your models in near real-time, which is especially important during earnings season, tailored to your modeling format and style. Imagine never having to update your models again. With Daloopa, you can reclaim your time and focus on what really matters—analysis and research. Want to learn more? Create a FREE account at Daloopa.com/YAV

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 13, we honor St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the U.S. She is the patron of immigrants. Mother Cabrini established orphanages, hospitals, convents, and schools to help immigrants and to care for the sick and abandoned. Orphaned herself in Italy before she was 18, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and took on the name “Xavier” in honor of St. Francis Xavier, the great universal missionary. From a young age, longed to be a missionary in China, but God had other plans for her. At the advice of Pope Leo XIII, who told her “Not to the East, but to the West,” she focused her missionary efforts on the United States. She died in 1917 and was canonized in 1946, just before a new wave of immigrants began to arrive in the U.S. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!Saint Frances Cabrini, pray for us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Darren Geist discusses man's search for marriage.

How do you have a civil family thanksgiving dinner after another uncivil election cycle? Marcus takes your calls.

Friends of the Rosary, Today, on the feast day of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr, we see in the Gospel (Lk 17:7-10) what it means to be obedient and a faithful servant. Christ is Lord, and the proper response to a King is obedience.  Our lives are about serving the King of Kings by listening and surrendering to Him. We are built for obedience. Our lives are not about us. The servants must listen. As we read today, ‘We are unprofitable servants;we have done what we were obliged to do.'” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 12, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Paul Kengor discusses John Paul II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Stacy Manning explains why we need a Global Children's Rights Movement.

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 11, Veterans Day, we remember those who have served our country in the armed forces in our prayers. We pray for those in service and for their families, so God bless them, giving them courage, hope, and strength. In the Gospel today (Lk 17:1-6), Jesus speaks about faith. Our faith is the confidence that we are being guided and cared for. It connects us to the reality of God to the point of noticing that when some people ask in a spirit of trust, believing that what they are asking for will happen, it happens. We read how the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith. The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,you would say to this mulberry tree,‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 11, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Rob Corzine unpacks this Sunday's Gospel – the story of the Widow's mite – and we discuss returning to Catholic sanity with Roger Nutt.

Friends of the Rosary, The poor widow of today's reading (Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44), who, in the words of Jesus, “contributed all she had, her whole livelihood,” remained confident that God would be pleased with her sacrifice. “Christ Jesus sat down opposite the treasuryand observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.Many rich people put in large sums.A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in morethan all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth,but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had,her whole livelihood.” In her wisdom, she knew that the Author of Life provides for those who make a total gift of self to them. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 9, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. It is the oldest church in the West and one of the four major basilicas in Rome. It was built in Emperor Constantine's time and consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324. We are reminded that the temple of stones is a symbol of the living Church, built by God with "living stones," namely, Christians themselves, upon the one foundation of Jesus Christ, who is called the "cornerstone" (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17; 1 Peter 2:4-8; Ephesians 2:20-22). "Brothers, you are God's building," St. Paul wrote and added: "Holy is God's temple, which you are" (1 Corinthians 3:9c, 17). The beauty and harmony of the churches are destined to praise God. Today's observance also reminds us of the importance of the material buildings in which the community gathers to celebrate God's praises. The Creator of the Universe desires to build a spiritual temple in the world. Benedict XVI said during the Angelus Address on November 9, 2008, "Every community, therefore, must take special care of its own sacred buildings, which are a precious religious and historical patrimony. For this, we call upon the intercession of Mary Most Holy, who helped us to become, like her, the “house of God,” living temple of his love." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Friends of the Rosary, Our Christian community — our family in Christ — extends across time and space. It embraces the departed alongside the living. It's important to highlight that no one is saved alone. We are saved in and through others. For the faithful, physical death is not a barrier or wall of separation, and that's why we look for companionship to the living and those who have completed their earthly course. This month is dedicated to the holy souls in purgatory, our loved ones, and millions of unknown souls preparing to ascend to the glory of heaven to join the Communion of Saints. This week, we add prayers to our elected officials so they will rise to meet their responsibilities. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 8, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Matthew Bunson looks ahead to next week's USCCB Assembly and how Donald Trump's victory might affect its agenda, and we look at the Jewishness of Jesus with Andre Villeneuve.

Friends of the Rosary, We continue with our prayer of thankfulness and petitioning after the 2024 U.S. election outcome. We ask for the intercession of our Blessed Mother, the patroness of the U.S., to promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us, including the unborn, the poor, the stranger, the elderly and infirm, and migrants. Americans are urged to pray for all elected officials so that they might rise to meet the responsibilities entrusted to them. In the reading today, Christ Jesus explained the parable of the lost sheep (LK 15:1-10): "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repentsthan over ninety-nine righteous peoplewho have no need of repentance." "There will be rejoicing among the angels of Godover one sinner who repents." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 7, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer discusses what the next administration's policies could mean for religious liberty and Victoria Coates discusses foreign policy. Also, George Weigel discusses the issue at the root of our political divisions and Marcus shares what it meant to him to vote for the first time as a US Citizen.

Friends of the Rosary, With relief after the result of the U.S. presidential election, we pray for this country's future and the adoption of Catholic values. At the core of Christianity is the commandment to love God and then love everything else for the sake of God. But, as St. Augustine said, almost everyone falls into the trap of forgetting the Author of Life and loving the creature. We even make our family members little gods.This is why Jesus tells his followers they must choose by detachment. Today, we read in the Gospel (LK 14:25-33) what Jesus said to the crowds traveling with him: "If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters,and even his own life,he cannot be my disciple." "In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessionscannot be my disciple." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 6, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Election Day special: Greg Popcak helps us deal with anxiety over the election and life, and we talk with John Pinheiro about the American experiment in ordered liberty. Finally, Marcus offers an election day Litany to Mary, the patroness of America.

Friends of the Rosary, November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, whose feast was celebrated on November 2. Also, this month, on November 24, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, is the Solemnity of Christ the King. This feast highlights Jesus' royalty as God the Creator, the Word Incarnate, and the Redeemer. As we read in the Gospel today (Luke 14:15-24), the King of Kings invites us to a wedding feast in Heaven. And we must respond. It's a critical invitation to enter into intimacy with God and make him the center of our lives, avoiding excuses not to respond. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Wes Smith honors the life of the late Rita Marker, a champion of the anti-euthanasia movement, and Sue Ellen Browder tells the story of the advertising campaign that sold abortion to the US.

Friends of the Rosary, While we continue praying for the Faithful Departed, especially from November 1 through the 8th, today we celebrate the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo (1538-1584), the bishop of Milan. He was from a wealthy, aristocratic Italian family. During a plague, he walked barefooted in the public streets, carrying a cross with a rope around his neck, offering himself as a victim to God for the transgressions of his people. He died in 1584 at forty-six, dressed in sackcloth and ashes, holding a picture of Jesus Crucified. His last words were, "See, Lord, I am coming, I am coming soon." Also, today is the birthday of Maria Blanca, co-founder of the Rosary Network, who is now in the glory of Heaven. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 4, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Karlo Broussard explains why we pray to the saints and we unpack the Sunday Gospel with Rob Corzine.

Friends of the Rosary, The foundation of our Christian holy religion is the love of God and neighbor. And we understand that loving our neighbor means offering him or her help, advice, encouragement, and consolation. All the other commandments are expansions of these two. In today's Sunday reading (Mark 12:28-34), Jesus said to the scribes:"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind,and with all your strength.The second [commandment] is this:You shall love your neighbor as yourself.There is no other commandment greater than these." An essential means of keeping God's commandments, recognizing our total dependence on him, and showing our love to our neighbors is the daily prayer of thanksgiving, praise, and petition, along with weekly attendance at Mass. We believe that God will clothe the soul in a new and higher body, which Paul calls a “spiritual body.” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠November 3, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 2, after celebrating the feast of All Saints, the Catholic Church prays for all who are in the purifying suffering of Purgatory, awaiting the day to join the heavenly glory. It's the Commemoration of the All the Faithful Departed, All Souls' Day. The Catechism states (CCC 1030-1031), “All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death, they undergo purification to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.”  Therefore, we remember all those who have fallen asleep in the Lord, imploring God to grant them a place of happiness, light, and peace. We pray for the Faithful Departed, especially during the “octave” of All Souls, from November 1st to the 8th. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • November 2, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today, November 1, is the Solemnity of All Saints, a feast that inspires tremendous hope. From November 1 to the 8th, we pray for the Faithful Departed.  The Catholic Church celebrates all the saints, canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those in heaven enjoying the beatific vision. We all have a universal call to holiness to join the company of the saints in heaven. To achieve this, we must devote ourselves with all our being to God's glory and our neighbor's service. “In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history,” states Lumen Gentium. The Catechism (CCC 1024) says, “This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity—this communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels, and all the blessed—is called “heaven.” Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness.” On All Saints Day, the Church recalls the magnificent vision of “all nations and tribes standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, proclaiming Him who redeemed them in His Blood.” All saints lived lives like our own on earth. They were baptized, marked with the sign of faith, faithful to Christ's teaching, and they have gone before us to the heavenly home whence they call on us to follow them. It is worth remembering that visiting a cemetery and praying for the faithful from November 1 through November 8 will earn you a plenary indulgence that can be applied only to souls in Purgatory. Today, we pray and chant the Litany of the Saints. This litany is considered the model of all other litanies. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

Matthew Bunson updates us on the end of the Synod on Synodality and we take your calls on how you make the saints come alive in your lives.

Friends of the Rosary, Today, October 31, is the Eve of All Saints, also known as All Hallows' Eve or Hallowe' en, and commonly known as Halloween. In England, saints or holy people are called “hallowed,” meaning “All Hallows' Day.”Halloween or All Hallows' Eve is not a liturgical feast on the Catholic calendar. However, the celebration has deep Catholic meaning. The three consecutive days — Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day — illustrate the Communion of Saints. In other words, Halloween is the preparation and combination of the two upcoming feasts. We, the Church Militant (those on earth striving to get to heaven), pray for the Church Suffering (those souls in Purgatory), especially on All Souls Day and November. We rejoice and honor the Church Triumphant (the saints, canonized and uncanonized) in heaven. We also ask the Saints' intercession for us. The demonic, witchcraft, and macabre practices have no place in a Catholic celebration. Do you need to dress in any costume? Tied to the theme of the saints, as shown below. Let's imitate them and what they did to reach heaven by preparing our souls for death. [To learn more, please check these interesting links at our website]. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • October 31, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, From time immemorial, the human race has wondered who will be saved and who will go directly to heaven, purgatory, or hell. This is the critical question of our existence. At that time, Jesus was asked (Lk 13:22-30): "Lord, will only a few people be saved? He answered them,"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,for many, I tell you, will attempt to enterbut will not be strong enough. We have free will, and it's up to us to accept his merciful love or reject it and get burned into damnation. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,then will you stand outside knocking and saying,'Lord, open the door for us.'He will say to you in reply,'I do not know where you are from.'And you will say,'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'Then he will say to you,'I do not know where you are from.Depart from me, all you evildoers!'And there will be wailing and grinding of teethwhen you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacoband all the prophets in the Kingdom of Godand you yourselves cast out.And people will come from the east and the westand from the north and the southand will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.For behold, some are last who will be first,and some are first who will be last." God, who is love (willing the good of the other), shines like the sun on the good and bad alike. We have free will, and it's up to us to accept his merciful love or reject it and get burned into damnation. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠October 30, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?To what can I compare it?It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.When it was fully grown, it became a large bushand the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.” (LK 13:18-21) Out of littleness, the greatness of God, and our cooperation, an extended kingdom is built. The Christendom —and our own faith— is built upon what is small and insignificant initially. As members of the universal Church, we exclusively rely on divine mercy and grace. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!Sts. Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠October 29, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today, October 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Apostles Saints Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot. The two disciples of Christ have shared this feast since ancient times. They both expired as martyrs. St. Jude is the author of a short Epistle, which forms part of the New Testament. He is the patron saint of desperate situations, forgotten causes, hospital workers, hospitals, impossible causes, lost causes, and the diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Through his intercession, St. Jude helped several saints in significant or hopeless matters, so his reputation as the patron of impossible causes began. In art, Jude typically bears a medallion imprinted with the face of Christ, while St. Simon is represented with a saw, the instrument of his martyrdom. Simon was a vigorous defender of the Law, a fighter. He is mentioned on all four lists of the apostles. On two of them, he is called “the Zealot.” The Zealots were a Jewish sect that represented an extreme of Jewish nationalism. They raided and killed, attacking both foreigners and “collaborating” Jews. However, Jesus needed no Zealots to bring about the kingdom by force. Like this former Zealot, Jesus chose some unlikely people: a former tax collector, an impetuous fisherman, two “sons of thunder,” and a man named Judas Iscariot. Today is also the third anniversary of the departure of Maria Blanca, co-founder of the Rosary Network. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 pm in the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, Connecticut. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!Sts. Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • October 28, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, In today Sunday's Gospel (Mk 10:46-52), we read the marvelous story of the blind man Bartimaeus. Like him, we all are blind, beggars, and in need of God's mercy, as we say in Mass: "Lord have mercy on us." This passage shows Jesus' mercy toward Bartimaeus as a hallmark of his ministry. He is the embodiment of hope. Every word of this reading is worth deep reflection on: "As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd,Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus,sat by the roadside begging.On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth,he began to cry out and say,"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more,"Son of David, have pity on me."Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."So they called the blind man, saying to him,"Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you."He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sightand followed him on the way." Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠October 27, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Today's Gospel reading (Luke 13: 1-9) tells the parable of the fig tree that bears no fruit. This tree represents a moral person who bears no spiritual fruit. Everyone has the mission of bringing divine grace into the world. We are meant to bring forth the fruits of love, peace, compassion, justice, and hope. Christ Jesus is the vine, and every one of us is a branch. However, due to the mystery of sin, we reject God and prefer to go our own way. Then, we get lost, depressed, and lifeless. Life goes nowhere. As Dante wrote, “We are lost in a dark wood.” Moreover, if we become resistant to God's grace, no life will come, the leaves will dry up, and the tree will be cut down. Bishop Barron says, "This is not divine vengeance but spiritual physics." It's simple: the closer God gets, the more we become alive. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • October 26, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, The faithful are invited to read the signs of the times, be attentive, and detect what's genuinely happening. We should see everything with the eyes of the faith. Once we know, we are meant to speak. This call is grounded in Jesus' exhortation in the Gospel for today LK 12:54-59. Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the westyou say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the southyou say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.You hypocrites!You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” Christ Jesus encourages us to focus our attention on the things of God. “Many of us today are still enthralled to a deist view of God, whereby God is a distant and aloof first cause of the universe, uninvolved with the world he has made,” writes Bishop Barron. “But Thomas Aquinas taught that God is in all things “by essence, presence, and power,” and that God providentially cares for every aspect of his creation. Therefore, we should expect to see signs of his presence and activity in nature, in history, and in human affairs.” Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!St. Anthony Mary Claret, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • October 25, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, The light of Christ was rejected when He came the first time and is rejected today. Darkness tries to impose its lies. As a result of this confrontation, tensions emerge. As we read today (LK 12:49-53), at that time, Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire,and how I wish it were already blazing!" "From now on, a household of five will be divided,three against two and two against three;a father will be divided against his sonand a son against his father, a mother against her daughterand a daughter against her mother,a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-lawand a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." Today, October 24, is Memorial Day for St. Anthony Mary Claret, the nineteenth-century Spanish priest and apostolic missionary who founded the Order of the Claretians. In his meditations, St. Anthony Mary Claret [in the picture above] wrote: "Father, give me humility, meekness, chastity, patience, and charity. Father, teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge. Father, give me your love and grace; I will be rich enough. My God, my Jesus, and my all!" Today, we pray our daily Rosary from San Antonio, Texas. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!St. Anthony Mary Claret, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠October 24, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary, Our sinful nature brings us to abandon the Lord Jesus. As we read today, the Son of God said (Luke 9:57-62). “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” We tend to say, “I will follow you wherever you go,” as our Spirit is willing. But our nature is weak, and we find reasons not to follow. Our nature was comprised of original sin, and since then, we have examined what we are leaving behind before committing to the eternal truth. Only the fire of the Holy Spirit can correct these inconsistencies and betrayals to the Lord. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!St. John Paul II, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • October 23, 2024, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET