The Rosary

It is said that if you are not in the habit of saying the rosary daily and you pick up the habit-be bold in your requests in the early days of your new-found practice as our Lady will grant these requests to solidify the habit.

This past Sunday was Respect Life Sunday and many "life-chains' were formed around our state (and I assume around the country.) I'll bet many rosaries were said at these events. There was no "life-chain" in our immediate area, so our parish opted for a rosary after Mass in the Church.



Sunday was also the feast of the Our Lady of the most Holy Rosary-celebrating the victory at Lepanto through the intercession of our Lady. For the second year in a row we were hoping to release our first children's book on this date, which is about Our Lady of Victory (of the Most Holy Rosary)-but haven't had the money to print it (it being full color, the cost structure is different.) Maybe by Christmas?




But tribulations on getting this book printed is an aside and not the object of my post this morning.


No, this weekend, on the anniversary of the miracle at Fatima, our diocese is having its 5th annual Rosary celebration in Kingstree, SC-home of the Shrine of Our Lady of South Carolina-of Joyful Hope. I mentioned it before and will be writing about it the rest of this week, and reporting on it next week.

As this year was proclaimed by Bishp Baker (now of Birmingham) as the "year of the family" in our diocese, families are the theme of this celebration. Bishop Baker returns from Birmingham to celebrate the Mass (10:30 AM). Holy Cross Father John Phelan will give the homily. Since the shrine itself is tiny, the Mass will be outdoors at the Kingstree Recreational Park, just down the street.

We are honored that altar boys from my parish are serving the Mass. Picnic lunch (bring your own) follows the Mass.

We've been looking forward to this for a long time. If you are in the area-come and see.

Oremus pro invicem!