PLAYLIST UPDATES FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL for 2nd EDITION
The following 2 videos were added to a “Testimonies” playlist under the title of
ETERNAL WISDOM
A letter from St. James “the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting”.
2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.
7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
11 For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him. 13 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man. 14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. 15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death. 16 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
(From the Letter of James 1 on Faith and Wisdom, Trial and Temptation, Hearing and Doing the Word -- from the Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST NEWSLETTER | PREVIEW
How do we communicate to one another and how does this bring about joy?
In today’s meditation on “The Secret of Joy”, Fr. Nuno invites us to contemplate what is “authentic communication”, as we continue this special conversation on suffering moderated by Fr. Elias Mary.
Today’s Live Record Trailer previews stories and testimonies from Dr. Blythe Kaufman, Fr. Anthony Gramlich, and Amelia — to be released April 11th, 2025 on our Rosary YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@travessadasenrahousepress) on the Feast of St. Gemma, who suffered greatly before her passing in 1903. Read her autobiography here: https://www.ecatholic2000.com/galgani/auto/untitled.shtml
On the language of suffering…
“I am taking you into My school for the whole of Lent.
I want to teach you how to suffer…”
(Diary Entry #575, Jesus to St. Faustina)
What does it meant to Journey Together “in Hope” during Lent?
Pope Francis reminds us that we need to “journey together in hope, for we have been given a promise”. Further, he prays:
May the hope that does not disappoint (cf.Rom5:5), the central message of the Jubilee,[5]be the focus of our Lenten journey towards the victory of Easter.
As well, he continues:
As Pope Benedict XVI taught us in the Encyclical Spe Salvi,
“the human being needs unconditional love. He needs the certainty which makes him say: ‘neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord’ (Rom8:38-39)”.[6]
Christ, my hope, has risen![7]
He lives and reigns in glory.
Death has been transformed into triumph, and the faith and great hope of Christians rests in this: the resurrection of Christ!
CALLED TO CONVERSION AND RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
Pope Francis teaches:
This, then, is the third call to conversion: a call to hope, to trust in God and his great promise of eternal life. Let us ask ourselves:
Am I convinced that the Lord forgives my sins?
Or do I act as if I can save myself?
Do I long for salvation and call upon God’s help to attain it?
Do I concretely experience the hope that enables me to interpret the events of history and inspires in me a commitment to justice and fraternity, to care for our common home and in such a way that no one feels excluded?
Sisters and brothers, thanks to God’s love in Jesus Christ, we are sustained in the hope that does not disappoint (cf. Rom 5:5).
HOPE: A SURE AND STEADFAST ANCHOR FOR THE SOUL
Finally, Pope Francis explains that
Hope is the “sure and steadfast anchor of the soul”.[8]
It moves the Church to pray for “everyone to be saved” (1 Tim 2:4) and to look forward to her being united with Christ, her bridegroom, in the glory of heaven.
This was the prayer of Saint Teresa of Avila:
“Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes doubtful what is certain, and turns a very short time into a long one”
(The Exclamations of the Soul to God, 15:3).[9]
May the Virgin Mary, Mother of Hope, intercede for us and accompany us on our Lenten journey.
Rome, Saint John Lateran, 6 February 2025 Memorial of St Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs.
PRAY WITH CHILDREN’S ROSARY on RADIO MARIA, USA | APRIL 12, 2025
The Children’s Rosary is a lay prayer movement that started in 2011, with the help of Dr. Blythe Kaufman. The rosary prayer groups are composed of children, and led by children. The target age of the children for these prayer groups is between 4 and 14 years old.
We invite you to hear The Children’s Rosary on the 2nd Saturday of each month, at 3:00 p.m. Central/4:00 p.m. Eastern, and visit their website at childrensrosary.blogspot.com.
O purgatório: necessária purificação para o encontro com Deus
Link to previously released “Subscriber Only” Linked video trailer, now available on our Rosary YouTube channel.
