October =Month of the Holy Rosary & Respect Life
As October falls upon us, we welcome a month dedicated to the Holy Rosary and Respect Life.
Pray the Rosary
Take time for yourself to pray the rosary. Consider it a time well earned – a moment to concentrate on your prayers, joy, sorrow, pain, and thanksgiving. As you recite the Our Fathers, Hail Marys, Glory Bes, and the Fatima Prayer – know that Mary is praying with you and for you. When you steal away time to reverently reflect on the lives of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, call upon the Blessed Mother to intercede for you to her son Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Picture yourself holding Mary’s hand as you hold each bead. That image is exactly what St. Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) lovingly and habitually did as she invited Mary Queen of Peace into her reverent prayer.
Satan will try to influence your thoughts, so you believe you are too busy or that it’s too difficult. Let the rosary bring you peace, comfort, grace, and hope.
Resources online are endless. The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has several on the website: https://dwc.org/rosary-crusade/.
(While there Pledge Rosaries for an increase in vocations for the Mountain State.)Respect Life Month
Life=Our Sign of Hope
As Catholics we are to be “agents of hope.”
“With great joy we celebrate October as Respect Life Month amid the Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope,” announced Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, in a statement.
“The daily headlines remind us of how desperately our world is thirsting for the hope that only God can provide…. the gift of human life exists as a sign of hope to our world today, defying the powers of darkness and the culture of death. It is of the utmost importance that we work to ensure that every life, in every stage and circumstance, is protected in law.“This Jubilee Year we are challenged to be agents of hope to those whose hearts are burdened by trial, difficulty, or suffering, offering them the hope that comes from Christ Jesus alone,” Bishop Thomas said.
