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Friends of the Rosary,Saint Angela of Merici († 1540), the saint we honor today, was the foundress of the Company of Saint Ursula, the Congregation of the Ursulines, the first teaching order of women religious.Orphaned at age ten, Angela became a Franciscan tertiary and was awakened with the desire to form a company of virgins to serve God.She wrote, "Although at times they will have troubles or anxieties, nevertheless, this will soon pass away and be turned into gladness and joy. And then, the suffering of this world is nothing in comparison with the blessings which are in Paradise.""How many lords, queens, and other great persons there are who, with the many riches and possessions they have, will not be able to find true relief in some extreme need; and yet these little ones, poor as they are, will find consolation and comfort.""You are raised with Christ, seek what is above. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth (Col 3:1-2)."Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play

Friends of the Rosary,Timothy and Titus — the saints that we honor today — shared with Paul the Apostle his ministry to the Gentiles.He described Timothy as "my true child in our common faith" (Ti 1:4), while Titus was the child of a devout Catholic woman and her pagan husband.Paul told the Corinthians, “I urge you, be imitators of me. For this reason, I am sending you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord; he will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach them everywhere in every church” (1 Cor 4:16-17).The two saints and Paul's co-workers became Bishops in the apostolic age of the early Church. They were trustworthy men who shared the faith and thrived as amazing witnesses to Christ.The tradition states that Timothy died a martyr's death by stoning at about the age of eighty, after opposing a procession in honor of the pagan goddess Diana.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:⁠Apple iOS⁠ | ⁠New! Android Google Play⁠• ⁠⁠January 26, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET⁠

Friends of the Rosary,Timothy and Titus — the saints that we honor today — shared with Paul the Apostle his ministry to the Gentiles.He described Timothy as "my true child in our common faith" (Ti 1:4), while Titus was the child of a devout Catholic woman and her pagan husband.Paul told the Corinthians, “I urge you, be imitators of me. For this reason, I am sending you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord; he will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach them everywhere in every church” (1 Cor 4:16-17).The two saints and Paul's co-workers became Bishops in the apostolic age of the early Church. They were trustworthy men who shared the faith and thrived as amazing witnesses to Christ.The tradition states that Timothy died a martyr's death by stoning at about the age of eighty, after opposing a procession in honor of the pagan goddess Diana.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 26, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today's Gospel (St. Matthew 4:12-23) presents Christ Jesus as the Light, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy by dispelling the darkness of sin and freeing man from the obscurity in which he is enclosed.The light expresses God's involvement in human history as He manifests Himself as ‘The Light' that disperses the darkness.In God's light, everything assumes a new significance, bringing abundant joy and great rejoicing. The light is God's initiative, taking action towards a wounded humanity and performing His merciful love.This dynamic is expressed through Christ Jesus' call of the first Apostles.He invited them to abandon the nets in a sudden interruption in their lives and trust themselves totally to the Lord for a new ‘catch', a new definitive horizon. He chooses them with an unequivocal call, ‘Follow Me'.His call is a turning point in our lives.At the Last Supper, the end of His earthly life, Jesus reminds His disciples, "you did not choose me, no, I chose you." (Jn 15:16).We ask the Lord for the gift of a true conversion of our hearts, enabling us to receive Christ as the only Light to follow.Christ is the only one who dispels the darkness within and around us.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 25, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 24, is the feast day of Francis of Sales, a sixteenth-century French saint.As a young man, he became profoundly disturbed when contemplating the possibility of his soul spending eternity in hell.After weeks of barely eating and sleeping, he finally prayed before a miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, entrusting his life entirely to God's merciful love. This experience formed the basis of his pastoral work as a bishop in post-Reformation Geneva and inspired his influential writings.His masterly Treatise on the Love of God influenced Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and Saint John Bosco. His Introduction to the Devout Life is a classic guide to holiness for laypeople.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 24, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,All human beings are created in the image and likeness of God. He is the model on which all human beings are created. He looked upon himself and wished that other beings would share in His own happiness.That's why the greatest gift is life. It is better to be alive than never to have been in existence.Through Divine Revelation and natural intelligence, we become aware of the value of the gift of life.This leads to protecting the life of the unborn and those women who might feel tempted or forced to commit abortion, knowing the devastating consequences they might suffer.We participate in the greatness of our Creator by giving thanks for the gift of life.Today, in Washington, DC, the faithful gather for the March for Life, a joyful celebration of thanksgiving.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 23, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 22, in all the dioceses of the U.S., the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children is celebrated.We pray for the complete legal restoration of the right to life. Abortion is a sinful violation of the dignity of the human person.During the liturgical celebration of Mass, we give thanks to God for the gift of human life.Through the mystery of the incarnation, Christ Jesus confirmed the dignity of the body and the soul which constitute the human being, wrote Pope Benedict XVI.“It is only in the mystery of the incarnate Word that the mystery of man truly becomes clear.” (Gaudium et Spes).God created man in his image and likeness, and by becoming one of us, made it possible for us to become “sons of the Father,” and “sharers in the divine nature.”The dignity of each creature is elevated into a broader horizon of life.It's the boundless and incomprehensible love of God for the human being.“Human life is a manifestation of God in the world, a sign of his presence, a trace of his glory,” writes Benedict XVI.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 22, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 21, the faithful celebrate the feast of St. Agnes, one of the most notorious martyrs of ancient Rome, along with St. Cecilia. She was a young virgin martyred under the Roman emperor Diocletian around the year 304.Devotion to her is of ancient standing, and two churches in Rome commemorate her witness. Agnes is invoked in the canon of the Mass, in the Eucharistic Prayer I.The name of "Agnes" means "lamb-life." The lamb is the symbol of the innocence of the virgin-martyr.Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely died for Christ. When she was commanded to offer incense to false Gods, she raised her hand and made the Sign of the Cross. And when the son of the Roman prefect offered to marry her, she replied:"The one to whom I am betrothed is Christ Whom the angels serve. For Him alone I keep my troth, to Him I surrender with all my heart."Today, we also celebrate the feast of Our Lady of High Grace, in Spanish la Virgen Maria de la Altagracia.The image of Our Lady of Altagracia was crowned twice: in 1922 by Pope Pius XI, and in 1979 by Pope John Paul II, who, during his visit to Santo Domingo, personally crowned the image with a golden silver tiara, his personal gift to the Virgin, the first evangelizer of the Americas.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 21, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,We pray today's Rosary — the Sorrowful Mysteries — on the road.In today's main reading of the Gospel (Mark 2:23–28), Christ Jesus says:"The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."Friends, in today's Gospel, Jesus acknowledges that he is “lord even of the sabbath.”Bishop Barron explains this mystery, "Christians should enter the public arena boldly and confidently, for we are not announcing a private or personal spirituality but rather declaring a new King under whose lordship everything must fall. If Jesus is truly Lord, then government, business, family life, the arts, sexuality, and entertainment all come properly under his headship."Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 20, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, as on every third Monday of January each year, is the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, officially, the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.King was an American civil rights activist, a Baptist minister, and a Black church leader who led the movement against racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.His activism led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.Through his nonviolent fight for racial and economic justice, he embodied principles like human dignity, solidarity, and love for the marginalized, leading many Catholic leaders to praise him, as these ideas deeply resonated with Catholic Social Teaching (CST)Cardinal Wilton Gregory noted that King,  while not Catholic, lived Catholic social justice morality in an extraordinary fashion," following the Gospel's call to love one another.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed gratitude for his solidarity and nonviolence.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 19, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In today's Sunday main reading (John 1:29-34), our Gospel, John the Baptist sees Jesus approaching and says, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."John the Baptist immediately recognizes that Christ is the one the world has been waiting for. This leads John to testify that he is the Son of God.The same grace is given to us. And therefore, we become a light to the nations, our communities, friends, and families.Through us, God's salvation reaches to the ends of the earth. As we glorify the Lamb of God, God shows his glory through us.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 18, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot (251-356), the Father of the Monks, who retired to the desert at about the age of eighteen in order to live in perfect solitude and prayer.This 3rd-century saint exercised a profound influence upon succeeding generations.Born in Middle Egypt (about 250) to wealthy parents, he sold his possessions and gave his inheritance to the poor after hearing this passage in mass that we read today in Matthew 19:16-26.Jesus said,"If you wish to be perfect, go,sell what you have and give to the poor,and you will have treasure in heaven.Then come, follow me."The saint suffered repeatedly from diabolical attacks, but these made him more steadfast in virtue. He said to his disciples, "Believe me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings, their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their humility, but most of all their ardent love of Christ our Lord.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 17, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In the Old Testament, the Jewish people were asking, "Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated?"In the New Testament, in yesterday's reading (Mark 1:40-45), the leper asked himself the same question. But he recognized the authority of the Lord when he begged:“If you wish, you can make me clean."Moved with pity, Jesus said to him,“I do will it. Be made clean.”The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.But if he had not been “defeated” by this disease, he never would have attracted the attention and the pity of Jesus.Our struggle disposes us to receive God's mercy!Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• January 16, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET 

Friends of the Rosary,Saints are like anyone else, despite how we consider them as spiritual heroes preserved from our day-to-day activities. They struggled with the same things we do, and loved the same things we do. They are not simply models to be admired.There are saints in ordinary life, in art and poetry, in motherhood, psychology, and even politics. There is a huge diversity. Each one uniquely reflects some aspect of the divine reality.The only difference is that they were smart enough to understand that what finally matters is having a holy life by being the person that God wants us to be.Above all, the saints are friends of God.And we can find a saint who is like every one of us.Léon Bloy wrote, "There is only one sadness, and that is not to be saints."Let's keep in mind that only people in heaven will be saints.Bishop Barron wrote about the diversity of saints:"There is Thomas Aquinas, the towering intellectual, and there is the Curé d'Ars, who barely made it through the seminary. There is Vincent de Paul, a saint in the city, and there is Antony, who found sanctity in the harshness and loneliness of the desert. There is Bernard, kneeling on the hard stones of Clairvaux in penance for sins, and there is Hildegard of Bingen, singing and throwing flowers, madly in love with God. There is Peter, the hard-nosed and no-nonsense fisherman, and there is Edith Stein, secretary to Edmund Husserl and colleague to Martin Heidegger, one of the most famous philosophers of the twentieth century. There is Joan of Arc leading armies, and there is Francis of Assisi channeling peace. There is the irascible Jerome and the almost too sweet Thérèse of Lisieux. There is Catherine of Siena, who stood up to popes, and Celestine V, who only reluctantly became pope. There is the grave and serious Bruno, and there is Philip Neri, whose spirituality was based on laughter."Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 15, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET 

Friends of the Rosary,In today's reading (Mark 1:29-39), we see how people from Galilee brought to Jesus those who were ill or possessed by demons. His physical healing points to his spiritual healing.The Scripture says, "He cured many who were sick with various diseases,and he drove out many demons,not permitting them to speak because they knew him."During His public ministry, Christ the Lord drove out many unclean spirits. Today, through the presence of the Catholic Church and the grace of the sacraments, He continues cleansing our souls.As temples of the Holy Spirit, we must do our best to expel from our hearts any dysfunctionality that separates us from the Lord.The goal is to be Christified with the truth of divine power.As Bishop Barron says, "Much of Jesus's ministry consisted of teaching people how to see (the kingdom of God), how to hear (the voice of the Spirit), how to walk (overcoming the paralysis of the heart), and how to be free of themselves so as to discover God."Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 14, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In today's reading from the Gospel (Mark 1:21-28), we see the people of Capernaum in the synagogue astonished at Jesus' teaching, "for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes," Mark the Evangelist is telling us.They asked one another,"What is this?A new teaching with authority.He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."Their amazement came as there was a man with an unclean spirit, crying out:“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?Have you come to destroy us?I know who you are–the Holy One of God!”"Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet!  Come out of him!”The unclean spirit convulsed him and, with a loud cry, came out of him."At that time, Christ the Lord drove out an unclean spirit from the possessed man.Today, he wants to perform the same cleansing operation in our lives.From the beginning, He wanted our hearts to be temples of his presence. He is the One who has cleansing authority and cleansing power. He expels those things that don't belong to Him, inviting us to a full conversion. Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 13, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,With His Divine Power, and by becoming incarnate, Jesus Christified the human nature.Sent by the Father for the salvation of mankind,  Jesus of Nazareth, the Anointed One, the Messiah to Israel, showed the Word fulfilled.We saw this fulfillment yesterday at the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, aTheophany event in which God appeared in three persons, showing the Trinitarian nature of the Divinity.Jesus was proclaimed the "Beloved Son" of the Father, signifying that at our Baptism we become the adopted sons of God.By taking His body and blood in the Eucharist, we reaffirm that we want to be part of His mystical body, his shared divinity, without any sin and with total surrender. We say loudly that every one us belong to Him. That's how we want to conduct our free will.We abide by the proclamation of Christ, as we read in the Gospel today (Mark 1:14-20):“This is the time of fulfillment.The Kingdom of God is at hand.Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 12, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 11, the faithful celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which marks the end of the Christmas season on its eighteenth day.The mystery of Christ's baptism is linked to the Solemnities of the human birth of the Word incarnate at Christmas and the Epiphany of the Lord, as the Light of all nations, represented by the wise men from the East, who came to adore the Child.The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan is Our Lord's second manifestation, or Epiphany, as the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah to Israel.In this mystery, the entire Trinity intervenes. It's a Theophany in which God appears in three persons.The Holy Spirit descends upon Him in the form of a dove, showing the Trinitarian nature of the Divinity.Jesus is proclaimed the “Beloved Son” of the Father, signifying that at our Baptism we become the adopted sons of God.The heavens are opened, as at our Baptism, heaven is open to us, and we are encouraged to pray to avoid actual sin.Christ, sinless and impeccable, did not need to be baptized.By His baptism in the Jordan, at the hand of John, the Son of God humbled Himself, identifying Himself with our dysfunctions, and taking the sins upon his shoulders and burying them in the waters of the Jordan.Loving and understanding the sinner and dwelling with us, He started a new creation as the new Adam, who came to repair the first Adam's guilt. He did this as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” as John the Baptist proclaimed.Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• January 11, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Every generation asks "Who is Jesus?" but eventually it becomes deeply personal. Even John the Baptist, one of the strongest believers, wrestled with doubt while imprisoned. Yet when he doubted, he didn't turn away from Jesus - he turned TO Jesus with his questions.Jesus didn't rebuke John for his doubts. Instead, He patiently pointed to the evidence: "The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead are raised" (Matthew 11:5). These weren't random miracles - they were fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecies about the Messiah.If Jesus isn't our Savior, we'll inevitably look for someone or something else to save us. But when we truly believe Jesus is "the one," our future becomes secure no matter what circumstances we face.The question remains: Who do YOU say Jesus is?

Friends of the Rosary,Like St. John the Baptist said, in today's reading (John 3-22:30), “He must increase; I must decrease.”At that time, John prepared the way of the Lord, presenting himself as a forerunner of the Messiah.He was summing up the longing of the Israelites when, upon Jesus' coming to be baptized, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” Behold the one who has come to be sacrificed, bringing fulfillment.John the Prophet did not draw attention to himself. Rather, he presented himself as a preparation.Similarly, today we must decrease. which is to say, we must empty ourselves of our self and focus on Christ Jesus.This way, we will open up a space in our hearts to receive the lavish grace of God.Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 10, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of January 2026 highlight a way of praying with the Word of God:"Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church."In January, the month dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the first eleven days fall during the liturgical season of Christmas — until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, this Sunday on the 11th, when we read that after Jesus was baptized, He saw the Spirit of God coming upon him.The remaining days of January are the beginning of the liturgical season of Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Epiphany), which is represented by the liturgical color green.The remaining Feasts for January 2026 are:St. Anthony, Abbot (January 17),Sts. Fabian and Sebastian (January 20),St. Agnes (January 21),St. Francis de Sales (January 24),Sts. Timothy and Titus (January 26),St. Angela Merici (January 27),St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)St. John Bosco (January 31)The Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25) are superseded by the Sunday liturgy.Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 9, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Jesus defeated the old world of sin and darkness, shielding us with His divine body and blood against the fury of the Evil One and his minions and collaborators.And though the second coming and the establishment of God's kingdom haven't taken place yet, the old world is broken and compromised. Its destruction is now just a matter of time.The arrival of a new state of affairs is imminent, as Bishop Barron says.Jesus came to heal the sick, the deaf, and the blind, to forgive the enemies, and to bring the good news through love. With His resurrection, He opened the door of our eternal life of joy and love for all.Today in the Gospel (Luke 4:14–22), Jesus declares that he fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.”Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• January 8, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

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Friends of the Rosary,Today in the Gospel (Mark 6:45-52), we see Christ Jesus coming toward the disciples walking on the sea, passing by the waters, signaling His lordship over all the powers of the disorder. Note that water is, throughout the Scriptures, a symbol of danger.The Lord moves through the waters and appeases the wind, reaffirming dominion over nature and inviting us to abandon our hardened hearts and trust in Him.The boat, with Peter and the other disciples on board, evokes the Church, which has weathered storms over time.Still in Christmas, on this Wednesday after Epiphany, this passage is another affirmation of the divinity of Christ.Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 7, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 6, on the thirteenth day of Christmas, in many countries and dioceses, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated, the manifestation and revelation of the Lord as the light of the nations and the affirmation of our universal salvation.The three Kings — the Magi — come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts.The Epiphany symbolizes our religious journey, following and finding Him in the Eucharist. In our earthly pilgrimage, we try to remove the many attachments in our hearts.St. Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians 3:2-3; 5-6, addresses the Gentile converts from Rome and reminds us of our great privilege of being called to the Christian faith. We are now God's new Chosen People; we are now members of Christ's mystical body.Christmas brings us a new light. Christ begins to enlighten and bless the world, and we share the Church's confidence and her liturgy.Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 6, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 5th, Day Twelve of Christmas, is in the U.S. the feast day of St. John Neumann, bishop (1811-1860) and the patron saint of Catholic Education [in the picture]. Born in Bohemia (current Czech Republic), after coming to the United States, he worked in establishing parishes and parish schools. In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia and introduced the Forty Hours devotion.In today's Gospel (Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25), we see Christ Jesus in Capernaum and all of Galilee, teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel, and curing disease and illness among the people.“His fame spread to all of Syria,and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseasesand racked with pain,those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics,and he cured them. And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea,and from beyond the Jordan followed him.”And Our Lord only asked one thing: repentance from sins.“Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”Related to this divine invitation, in the first reading, St. John tells us (John 3:22–4:6)“Beloved:We receive from him whatever we ask,because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.And his commandment is this:we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,and love one another just as he commanded us.Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,and the way we know that he remains in usis from the Spirit whom he gave us.”Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 5, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the manifestation of our Lord to the Gentile nations, after it is made known to the shepherds of Bethlehem and revealed to the Magi who have come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts.Epiphany means manifestation. It's the revelation of the Messiah as the light of the nations. It's an affirmation of our universal salvation.In the adoration of the Magi — the wise men reaching Bethlehem, completing the nativity scene —  we see the beginnings of Christian faith. As they find the Child, the newly-born king of the Jews, with Mary, His Mother, they all prostrate and adore Him.This feast is celebrated either on January 6 or, at the episcopal conference's discretion, on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8.This solemnity is a large celebration, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• January 4, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, January 3, the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. And the month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.Whenever we pronounce it, we should bow our heads, for the very name reminds us of the greatest favor we have ever received, salvation.The name of Jesus, which means Savior, was revealed to Our Lady at the annunciation by the angel Gabriel: "You shall call His name Jesus."To St. Joseph, the Angel not merely showed the name but explained its meaning: "You shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins."His name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel before He was conceived in the womb." Luke 2:21.The name of Jesus is a name of infinite mercy, hope, and love. It comforts us and gives us hope for every grace. "If you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it to you."Persons who played prominent roles in the history of salvation often received their names from God Himself. Adam — man of the earth; Eve — mother of all the living; Abraham — father of many nations; Peter — the rock.The sacred name of the Redeemer, given by God Himself, expressed His mission and the purpose of His existence: to save the human race.The mention of the Holy Name has a kind of sacramental power: it conveys the grace which enables men to think, speak, love, sacrifice, and act like Him.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 3, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,At the beginning of the year, on the ninth day of Christmas, in the memorial day of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, and the day after the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, the Lord Jesus invites us to follow the humility of His mother, the first Christian and role model for all the faithful (Matthew 23:8-12):“The greatest among you must be your servant.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”To make the virtue of humility in our lives practical, we must worship our God and avoid false idols on earth.“Call no one on earth your father;you have but one Father in heaven.Do not be called ‘Master';you have but one master, the Christ.”Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play

Friends of the Rosary,Happy New Year!Today, January 1st, a holy day of obligation in the U.S., we begin the year 2026 by celebrating the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title.The Virgin Mary was born to be the Divine Mother and give birth to the Savior. Through her, we receive adoption and enjoy a new life of grace.In adoring the Son of God made flesh in the Child of Bethlehem, we recognize that Mary is the Mother of God.The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 721, states:"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense, the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom."Also, on the first day of the year, we gain a plenary indulgence by reciting or singing the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus. This hymn calling on the Holy Spirit is traditionally sung for the beginnings of new endeavors.Today is also the World Day of Peace.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠January 1, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 31, on the last day of the year, the Bible presents the beginning of the Gospel of John (1:1-18), proclaiming that because the Word became flesh and dwells among us, every moment is a new start.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.Also today, on the Seventh Day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Sylvester I, Pope and Confessor (died 335 A.D.). He ruled the Church during the reign of Constantine when the Arian heresy and the Donatist schism had provoked great discord. He convoked the first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.In addition, we honor St. Catherine Labouré (1806-1876). a member of the Daughters of Charity to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared three times in 1830 in Paris and commissioned the Miraculous Medal to spread devotion to it.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 31, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, on the sixth day of Christmas, we honor another saint who obtained the glory of martyrdom, the third-century martyr Felix, who, fearless of dangers, strengthened the weak, baptized the catechumens, and converted infidels to the faith.Peace and joy permeate this season of Christmas. However, we must face the reality of hardships, persecutions, and other forms of suffering. And Christmas martyrdoms such as St. Stephen, Holy Innocents, Thomas Becket, and St. Felix speak to us today.God transformed their cruel and tragic deaths, and they will forever be honored in Heaven.Jesus' birth didn't remove suffering from our lives, but it did transform it, enabling us to share in the glorious sufferings of all saints who have united themselves most fully to Christ.The example of Christ, and of all his saints, encourages us under all trials to suffer with patience, and even with joy. We should find that if we courageously take up our crosses, he will make them light by bearing them with us.As St. Francis de Sales explained, the soul thus abandoned in the eyes of men now possesses God rather than creatures.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 30, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 29, the fifth day of Christmas, the Church commemorates the Massacre of the Innocents by King Herod, the male children under two years old who were executed in Bethlehem as told in Matthew 2:16.Upon hearing of the birth of the King of the Jews, a threat to his murderous rule and the fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy, Herod, King of Judea, ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem.These children are considered martyrs, Saints of God, by the Church.The feast has been celebrated since before the end of the fifth century.And as we continue Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Christ and yet acknowledge the great suffering that surrounded His earthly life. The devil, his fallen angels, and minions (King Herod, Roman Emperor... and many of today's leaders) did (and continue doing) everything they could to try to destroy God's perfect plan of salvation.They stirred up hatred, jealousy, paranoia, and every other vile sin imaginable in an attempt to destroy our Lord's mission. Their attack began at the time of Jesus' birth and continued during his public ministry.In the end, Jesus' apparent defeat turned into His glorious triumph. So also with these innocent children. God has transformed their cruel and tragic deaths, and they will forever be honored in Heaven.Today, it's also the Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in his Cathedral by agents of King Henry II of England.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 29, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, Sunday, December 28, the Fourth Day within the Octave of Christmas, is the Feast of the Holy Family, an invitation to every Christian family to live in harmony and in prayer, which are the pledges of joy and union.At the end of the past century, Pope Leo XIII promoted this feast to present the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of all Christian families.Although they were the holiest family that ever lived, or ever will live, on earth, as they were God's closest friends, they had more than their share of this world's troubles. Today's Gospel from Matthew 2:13-15; 19-23 tells us of some of these earthly woes and sufferings.They had just settled in Bethlehem, and the Baby Jesus was only a few months old when, to avoid his murder at the hands of Herod, they had to flee from Bethlehem and become displaced persons in a foreign and pagan land.This story is a message of encouragement and consolation for every one of us. If the Holy Family suffered such trials and hardships, we should be ready to bear the trials that God sends us for our own eternal welfare.The devotion to the Holy Family was born in Bethlehem, together with the Baby Jesus. The shepherds went to adore the Child and, at the same time, to honor His family. Later, in a similar way, the three wise men came from the East to adore and give honor to the newborn King with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh that His family would safeguard.Christ Himself showed His devotion to His mother and foster father by submitting Himself, with infinite humility, to the duty of filial obedience towards them.Today's celebration demonstrates Christ's humility and obedience regarding the fourth commandment, whilst also highlighting the loving care that His parents exercised in keeping Him.Let us imitate the Holy Family in our Christian families, and our families will be a prefiguration of the heavenly family. We say a prayer dedicating your family to the Holy Family. Also, we pray for all families to uphold the sanctity of the marriage bond, today under attack.Traditionally, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated on December 28th. Still, since that falls on a Sunday this year, many Western churches, like those in the Archdiocese of NY, observe it on Monday, December 29, 2025, to commemorate the baby boys killed by King Herod, honoring them as the first martyrs for Christ.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkNew Upgrade! Enhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 28, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Yesterday, we honored St. Stephen, who by his words and by laying down his life for his faith, bore witness to Christ. Today, December 27, we receive the testimony of John, Apostle and Evangelist (d. 101).The Church celebrates the Feast of this Galilean fisherman born in Bethsaida, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother to St. James the Greater, who became the beloved disciple of Jesus.John and James were called by Jesus to be disciples as they were mending their nets by the Sea of Galilee.The pure and spiritual life of John kept him very close to Jesus and Mary, resting on the Master's breast at the Last Supper and being filled with divine wisdom.He wrote the fourth Gospel (about sixty-three years after the Ascension of Christ), three Epistles, and an excellent and mysterious Book of the Apocalypse or Revelation.John is the evangelist of the divinity and fraternal love of Christ. With James, his brother, and Simon Peter, he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration.He was permitted to witness His agony in the Garden. At the foot of the cross, Jesus entrusted His Mother to his care as He hung dying on the Cross.St. John was the only one of the Apostles who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion and Death.He was brought to Rome and, according to tradition, cast into a caldron of boiling oil by Emperor Domitian's order, but he was miraculously preserved unhurt. He was later exiled to the Island of Patmos, where he wrote the Apocalypse.In his extreme old age, he continued to visit the churches of Asia. Every time he preached, he said: "My dear children, love one another."St. John died in peace at about ninety-four years old at Ephesus in the hundredth year of the Christian era, or the sixty-sixth from the crucifixion of Christ.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkNew Upgrade! Enhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 27, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 26th, one day after the joyful celebration of the nativity of Jesus, is the feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr and deacon. Above all things, even life itself, we love Christ the Lord, as St. Stephen showed us.As we read in the Acts of the Apostles today (6:8-10; 7:54-59), when he, thrown out of the city, was about to be stoned, Stephen, "filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."St. Stephen showed perfect conformity to Christ. He said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit; do not hold this sin against them."Merry Christmas!(Until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, January 11, 2026, marking the conclusion of the Christmas season and the beginning of Jesus' public ministry).Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 26, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 25th, the Church joyfully celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, the Birth of Jesus Christ, and the First Day in the Octave of Christmas.Throughout Advent, the faithful longed for the coming of our Savior. Today, with ecstatic wonder and amazement, we celebrate His birth."The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." The Son of God became man to give us a share in that divine life, eternally His in the Blessed Trinity.Christmas time began on December 24 with the first Vespers of the feast and ends on the feast of the Baptism of Christ.The radiance of the birth of Christ lights up the world, and in the luminous silence of the Nativity, Emmanuel, God with us, continues to speak to every one of us.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 25, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, Christmas Eve, the end of Advent, is a day of much joyous expectation, with families gathered in a Silent and Holy Night. It's the anticipation of the arrival of the Savior of the Human race, the Light of the World.The liturgy proclaims, "Today you shall know that the Lord shall come and tomorrow you shall see His glory."Throughout Advent, we have seen how the preparation for Jesus' coming was heralded by Isaiah, John the Baptist, and the Virgin Mother.The King of Kings, according to His human nature, was born at Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary and conceived of the Spirit of holiness.Since our first parents were cast forth from the earthly paradise, the gate of eternity was closed. The Redeemer alone opens this door and enters in. On Christmas Eve, we stand before the gate of paradise, as the Psalm 23 of the vigil states,Lift up your gates, O princes,Open wide, eternal gates,That the King of Glory may enter inWith a quiet mind, we devote ourselves to the great mystery of the Holy Night, with our prayer, the Christmas carols, and the tradition of the exchange of gifts, after the Christ-Child has been placed in the manger in Bethlehem.Then on Midnight Mass, we can concentrate on the Greatest Gift given to all: the love of Christ.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 24, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 23rd, when the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty (1390-1473), a priest distinguished for his piety and love of neighbor, we read in the Gospel about the birth of John the Baptist.The four evangelists tell the story of the Baptist, who, like Mary in the hymn of the Magnificat, proved that he not draw any attention to himself. Instead, he presented himself as a preparation, a forerunner, preparing the way of the Lord.He said, "Behold, the Lamb of God." Behold the one who has come to be sacrificed.And explained, “He must increase; I must decrease.”We are about to culminate the spiritual waiting of Advent, and the Messiah is about to manifest himself as Emmanuel, God with us.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 23, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In today's Gospel (Luke 1:46-56), we hear the Magnificat, Mary's hymn of praise to the Lord.The hymn commences with a declaration, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God my savior.”Her whole being is ordered to glorify and give honor to God. She wants nothing for herself; she wants only to be an occasion for honoring God.“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;my spirit rejoices in God my savior.for he has looked upon his lowly servant.From this day all generations will call me blessed:the Almighty has done great things for me,and holy is his Name.He has mercy on those who fear himin every generation.He has shown the strength of his arm,and has scattered the proud in their conceit.He has cast down the mighty from their thronesand has lifted up the lowly.He has filled the hungry with good things,and the rich he has sent away empty.He has come to the help of his servant Israelfor he remembered his promise of mercy,the promise he made to our fathers,to Abraham and his children forever.”Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 22, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 21, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, marks the final week of waiting before Christmas, symbolizing Love, the ultimate gift of God, sending his Son, Jesus, to save humanity.This Sunday sees the lighting of the fourth candle on the Advent wreath (often called the "Angel Candle").As we await Christ's birth and anticipate his second coming, we reflect upon God's great love and His promise of fulfillment, bringing hope, peace, and joy.As the Angel told Joseph in a dream (and we read in the Gospel today, in Matthew 1;18-24), the Son of God is the one who saves his people from their sins.He will conquer humanity through the irresistible power of love, the same power with which he made the universe.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York• ⁠December 21, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In today's main reading (Luke 1:26-38), St. Luke narrates the magnificent event of the Annunciation, the encounter between the Angel Gabriel and Mary, who was betrothed to a man named Joseph of the house of David.Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive and give birth to Jesus, the Son of God, through the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the ancient prophecies and establishing the eternal kingdom.Greeting her as “full of grace,” the angel announces that she will conceive in her womb and bear a son. “He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High.”Mary, initially troubled but humble, responded with faith, saying, “I am the Lord's servant; may your word to me be fulfilled,” accepting her role in God's plan.This way, the whole meaning of God's promise was revealed.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 20, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,We read today in John 15:4:“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 19, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today is Day Three of the Christmas Novena. It's also the Second of the O Antiphons, O Adonai (O Almighty God/O Lord and Ruler).As Moses approached the burning bush ("Put off the shoes from thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground . . . I am who am."). So we approach the divine Savior in the form of the consecrated host, falling to adore Him.We say, "Come and redeem us with outstretched arm." Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 18, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today's main reading (Matthew 1:1–17) features the genealogy of Jesus, showing that Christ didn't appear out of the blue. He emerged from a dense history of a long line of great and not-so-great characters. Like most families and ancestors, a mixed bag: saints, sinners, cheats, prostitutes, murderers, poets, kings, insiders, and outsiders.God became one of us, in all of our grace and embarrassment, in all of our beauty and ugliness. And this is good news because it means that God can bring Christ to birth even in people like us.St. Irenaeus tells us that the incarnation had been taking place over a long period, with God gradually accustoming himself to the human race.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• December 17, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV, over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica, recalled that Mary brings “that joy wherever human joy is insufficient, wherever the wine has run out.” “At Tepeyac, the Virgin Mary “awakened in the inhabitants of America the joy of knowing God loves them.” Thus, amidst ceaseless conflicts, injustices, and sorrows that seek relief,” Mary of Guadalupe proclaims the core of her message: 'Am I not here, I who am your mother?”“It is the voice,” the pope continued, “that echoes the promise of divine fidelity, the presence that sustains us when life becomes unbearable.”The pope then focused his message on Our Lady of Guadalupe's motherhood. Before her image, he expressed his desire that the faithful might feel like “true children of yours,” and he asked for her guidance to maintain their faith “when strength fails and shadows grow.”He also prayed to the Virgin for young people, “that they may obtain from Christ the strength to choose what is good and the courage to remain steadfast in the faith, even when the world pushes them in another direction.” Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 16, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,In today's Gospel (Matthew 21:23–27), the chief priests and elders question Jesus: “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?”They missed the fact that Jesus speaks with authority of being God himself, as he said to the followers of John the Baptist, as we learned yesterday on Gaudete Sunday.“Go and tell John what you hear and see:the blind regain their sight,the lame walk,lepers are cleansed,the deaf hear,the dead are raised,and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.”It's the same God who says, “Lazarus, come out!” (John 11:43), and the dead man comes out of the grave. He rebukes the wind there is calm (Mark 4:39).And Christ's authority is the wisdom of his Church.“If we are simply the guardians of one interesting philosophical perspective among many, then we are powerless. Our power comes—and this remains a great mystery—only when we speak with the authority of Jesus Christ,” Bishop Barron writes.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 15, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, is known as Gaudete Sunday as the Church emphasizes the joy that should be in our hearts as Christmas draws near.The term Gaudete refers to the first word of the Entrance Antiphon, "Rejoice". The rose candle on the Advent wreath is light, and priests wear rose vestments.The joy of Christians is to see when the Lord will come again in His glory to lead them into His kingdom.The Veni ("Come") of Advent is an echo of the prophets and also of the conclusion of the Apocalypse of St. John: "Come, Lord Jesus," the last words of the New Testament.And on today's Mass, as the color violet or rose is used, we read about the answer of the Lord to John the Baptist, the herald of Christ."Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me."Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 14, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 13, we honor a fourth-century saint, Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr, who consecrated herself to Christ at a young age despite the marriage arrangements that her mother made.As in Agatha's case, tradition suggests that Lucy's tormentors were determined to violate her virginal body, and her eyes were torn out, but she was miraculously preserved. She was executed by being stabbed to death with a dagger.On the other hand, in today's Gospel (Matthew 17:9a, 10–13), we see John the Baptist, the herald of Christ, in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance and announcing that One is coming, the One who will baptize in the Holy Spirit.People were coming to John from everywhere to listen to the Truth. He was standing in the desert, a lifeless place of sin, purposely reminding us of our need for grace.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 13, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,Today, December 12, is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.On December 9, 1531, Juan Diego, a Chichimeca Indian, encountered a beautiful young woman speaking in the native Nahuatl, who revealed herself as “Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live.”She requested that a chapel be built. After the local bishop refused to believe Juan, the Virgin herself arranged roses in Juan's rough cloak, on his tilma.When Juan opened his cloak before the bishop, a miraculous image appeared.After Mary appeared at Tepeyac (in Mexico City today), humanity witnessed the most significant conversion movement. Within seven years, practically the entire Mexican people, nine million native people, converted to Christianity.With this miraculous national conversion, the Aztec practice of human sacrifice came to an end, and the God of the eternal truth, nonviolence, and forgiving love defeated the fallen spirits in an astounding culture-changing victory.Our Lady of Guadalupe proved a more effective evangelist than Peter, Paul, Patrick, and Francis Xavier combined. We join the same fight when we honor Our Lady today.Today, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the “Marian heart of America,” as Pope John Paul II called it, is one of the most significant pilgrimage centers in the world.The shrine conserves the cactus-fiber cloth of Juan Diego, which should have lasted 15 to 20 years. Today, nearly 500 years later, it shows no signs of deteriorating.In Our Lady's eyes, there is an image depicting the very moment Juan Diego revealed his tilma to Bishop Juan de Zumárraga. The encounter preserved in the eyes of Our Lady of Guadalupe now serves as a sign for others.The veneration of the Beautiful Guadalupana continues to inspire millions around the world, bringing ageless joy.Ave MariaCome, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠December 12, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET