10/03/2026
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
October 7 is Our Lady of the Rosary weekend. According to tradition, the concept of the rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition by the Virgin Mary in the year 1214 in the church of Prouille. This Marian apparition received the title of Our Lady of the Rosary. The practice of meditation during the praying of the Hail Marys is attributed to Dominic of Prussia (1382–1460), a Carthusian monk. In 1569, the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices by Pope Pius V officially established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church. From the 16th to the early 20th century, the structure of the rosary remained
essentially unchanged until in the 20th century the addition of the Fatima Prayer to the end of each decade became more common: O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. There were no other changes until 2002 when Pope John Paul II instituted five optional new Luminous Mysteries. Many blessings and favors, even a naval victory, have been attributed to praying the rosary but the most important result is a deepening of our faith through prayerful meditation on the mysteries.
The mysteries and their fruit are:
Joyful Mysteries (Monday & Saturday)
+ Annunciation. Fruit: Humility
+ Visitation. Fruit: Love of Neighbors
+ Nativity. Fruit: Detachment from the things of the world, Love of the Poor
+ Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Fruit: Purity, Obedience
+ Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. Fruit: True Wisdom and Conversion, Piety, Joy of Finding Jesus
Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesday & Friday)
+ Agony in the Garden. Fruit: Sorrow for Sin, Uniformity with the Will of God
+ Scourging at the Pillar. Fruit: Mortification, Purity
+ Crowning with Thorns. Fruit: Contempt of the world, Courage
+ Carrying of the Cross. Fruit: Patience
+ Crucifixion. Fruit: Salvation, Forgiveness
Glorious Mysteries (Wednesday & Sunday)
+ Resurrection. Fruit: Faith
+ Ascension. Fruit: Hope and desire for ascension to Heaven
+ Descent of the Holy Spirit. Fruit: Holy Wisdom to know the truth, Divine Charity, Worship of the Holy Spirit
+ Assumption of Mary. Fruit: Grace of a Happy Death and True Devotion towards Mary
+ Coronation of the Virgin. Fruit: Perseverance, Trust in Mary’s Intercession
Luminous Mysteries (Thursday)
+ Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Fruit: Openness to the Holy Spirit, the Healer
+ Wedding at Cana. Fruit: To Jesus through Mary
+ Jesus’ Proclamation of the Kingdom of God. Fruit: Trust in God
+ Transfiguration. Fruit: Desire for Holiness
+ Institution of the Eucharist. Fruit: Adoration
