On his visit to Palermo, Sicily, Pope Benedict and 30,000 others prayed to the Virgin Mary for strength and support. The Catholic News Agency followed the story:
He asked Our Lady to give people “courage in trials, hope in difficulties and renewed impetus to do good.”
I find the Pope’s use of the word “trial” interesting given Mary’s September message at Medjugorje. In the September 2 message She offers Her assistance in our trials in life. We should all be mindful that Mary and the saints’ greatest desire is for us to live in God’s grace and eventually in His kingdom of Heaven. All we have to do is have the courage to ask for their help and the will to follow it.
Pope Benedict also mentioned Anna Maria Adorni and her devotion to praying the holy Catholic rosary and called us to remember that October is Mary’s month:
The Holy Father prayed that the “daily meditation of the mysteries of Christ in union with Mary, the ‘praying Virgin’, might fortify us all in faith, hope and charity.”
In the spirit of Mary’s month, try to make it priority to pray the rosary every day. Even if you cannot pray an entire mystery, try to set aside five minutes to pray a decade. When our eternal souls are at stake, is five minutes too much to set aside for God?
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