October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary
by VP
Posted on Friday October 07, 2022 at 12:00AM in Prayers
"This feast was instituted by Pope St. Pius V in thanksgiving for the great naval victory over the Turks at the battle of Lepanto on this day in the year 1570, a favor due to the recitation of the Rosary. This victory saved Europe from being overrun by the forces of Islam.. Source: Catholic Culture"
John Vianney, Greatly Devoted to Our Blessed Mother O holy Priest of Ars, your life was consecrated to the Blessed Mother. You prayed earnestly to her, entrusting your Priesthood to her care. You begged all the faithful to pray the rosary, the favorite prayer of Mary, our Mother. You summed up the reason for your great love of our Lady by saying: We have only to turn to the Blessed Mother to be heard. Her heart is all love.
O great John Vianney, I ask you with all my heart through the merits of Jesus and the intercession of Mary, the Virgin Mother to make our parish priests' life patterned after that of our heavenly Mother, full of love for God and neighbor. Obtain for them a deeper love for our Lady and a filial confidence in her. She is the person to whom they can turn in times of distress when lonely or upset or in times of temptation. Inspire our parish priests to consecrate their life to their Mother in heaven. May they know the powerful protection of Maryʼs Mantle all the days of their life.
