October is the Month of the Holy Rosary & Respect for Life
The first week of October is jam-packed with amazing feasts. October 1st is the new feast of Saint Therese and the 3rd is her trad feast. The 2nd is devoted to the Holy Guardian Angels, the 4th is Saint Francis of Assisi, the 5th is Saint Faustina Kowalska (stay tuned for a post on our recent visit to the Divine Mercy Shrine) and the 7th, Our Lady of the Rosary. On the 11th, we have the Divine Maternity of Our Lady & Saint John XXIII, 20th Century Pope. The month goes on: 13th-Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima (not a feast), 16th & 17th (new/trad)-Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, 18th-Saint Luke, 22nd-Saint John Paul II, another 20th Century Pope, 24th-Saint Raphael the Archangel, 28th-Saints Simon & Jude, 29th-the traditional CHRIST THE KING and the 31st-All Hallows’ Eve, beginning the Triduum of Death.
Don’t forget the wonderful November plenaries the first week of November. Your departed loved ones will be eternally grateful!
In the last of the Marian Triad of the Months, we honor Mary under the title Our Lady of the Rosary…so important is this great devotion! Through Our Lady of Fatima, we know the Holy Rosary is the antidote to these unprecedented times of evil. One of the worst of these evils is the sin of abortion and all of the offenses against human life which are becoming more prevalent in a post-Christendom world. One of Our Lady’s requests at Fatima was the recitation of the Rosary daily. She saw what was coming upon the world and this great meditative prayer was given to us to obtain mercy and mitigate these evils. Let us pray the Holy Rosary for the sanctity of life this month and encourage others to do so as well.