Article – Mysterium Fidei! – The Mystery of Faith! 5. “Mysterium fidei! – The Mystery of Faith!”. When the priest recites or chants these words, all present acclaim: “We announce your death, O Lord, and we proclaim your resurrection, until you come in glory”. In these or similar words the Church, while pointing to Christ…
From the Friars: Having All Sweetness Within It My grandmother made the best cookies in the world. Her husband, my grandfather, was a farmer by trade before moving to Detroit from Quebec one hundred years ago. He owned an empty lot next to his house in the big city and cultivated a large garden which…
From the Friars: A Simple Communion of Love It is commonly said that Trinity Sunday is the one day of the year when heresies are uttered from the majority of the pulpits of the Catholic churches throughout the world. While to say it that way may be a bit extreme, and given that we can…
Article – Maker or Creator? Someone called the Shrine recently regarding the procession we had for Our Lady of Fatima. They were very complimentary except they wanted to point out that, while reciting the Apostle’s Creed during the Rosary, I had said “Maker of heaven and earth” as opposed to “Creator of heaven and earth.”…
This Wednesday, May 31st, we will celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In St. Luke’s account of this important event we find the “Magnificat”, the beautiful canticle of Our Blessed Mother that the Church prays every day at Vespers (Evening Prayer). Here the young virgin mother cries out: “My spirit…
From the Friars: Fire and Wind Today we celebrate the great Solemnity of Pentecost. We remember the miraculous outpouring of the Holy Spirit manifested by the sound of a strong driving wind and the descent of tongues of fire on the Apostles and Our Blessed Mother. The English translation of the Sequence says: “Come, Holy…
Article – The Patroness of Baseball Happy Feast of St. Rita! We are very blessed to have the St. Rita Sodality and devotion to this great saint as part of our tradition at Holy Rosary Shrine. St. Rita has the official title of the Paton Saint of Impossible Causes, but she also has the unofficial…
From the Friars: If Onlys The tradition of nine days of prayer, a novena, has its origin in today’s first reading. After Jesus’ Ascension to His Father, the Apostles “devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.” They waited nine days in the…
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023 – 8:00PM HOLY ROSARY SHRINE May 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. On this date in 1917 Our Blessed Mother appeared for the first time to three shepherd children in this small town in Portugal. She told them: “pray the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the…
Dear Shrine Community, Happy Mother’s Day! During the entire month of May we venerate Our Blessed Mother and the essential role She plays in bringing us Yeshua—the Aramaic version of the name for Joshua in Hebrew; the roots from which comes the Holy Name of ‘Jesus’, which means “God saves!”. The middle name of Jesus…