Oct 7 Monday: (Lk 10: 25-37) (Our Lady of the
Rosary)
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/our-lady-of-the-rosary/ USCCB
video reflections: To be added
Lk 1: 26-38: This feast was
established by Pope St. Pius V in thanksgiving for the victory at Lepanto, 7
Oct 1571, which stopped the Turkish invasion of Europe.
Importance: The
word Rosary means “Crown of Roses” and each prayer in the Rosary is considered
a flower presented to Mary. It is called the “Breviary of the Common People”
and the “Psalms of the Illiterate.” The prayers we repeat are Biblical and
hence “inspired,” and the mysteries we meditate upon are taken from the lives
of Jesus and Mary. The “Our Father” is a prayer taught by Jesus himself.
The “Hail Mary” is also rooted in the Scriptures. Its first half echoes the
words of the Archangel Gabriel and those of Elizabeth, both addressed to Mary.
The third prayer — the “Glory be to the Father” — ancient in its wording,
surely reflects the unceasing prayer of adoration and praise found in the Book
of Revelation. The various events in the lives of Jesus and Mary on which we
meditate during the Rosary are expressions of the Paschal Mystery, that is, the
Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus, in which Mary shared.