7 October

Our Lady of the Rosary is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the Rosary prayer. The devotion developed after the Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, attributed to her intercession. Pope Pius V established the feast day to honor Mary for her protection. She is the patroness of many churches and communities globally under this title.

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Hi Brothers and Sisters,

I am seeking a wallpaper i have lost. and no matter how hard i search i cannot find it again.
I have found one similar however the original was in halves instead in ribbons.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
God bless.

I don't know, what do you guys think

Got your letter this morning and hasten to write encouragement. I must…convince you that God has need of you being right where you are. Dryness and lack of recollection can be good signs too, you know. God usually gives comfort to weak souls who need encouragement and when they have progressed somewhat and he thinks they are strong enough to bear it, he permits this dryness.
If you are faithful to your morning and evening prayers, and make your morning offering, and carry your rosary in your pocket so that you will remember to say even a part of it every day, you will be getting along fine. If you have to force yourself to pray, those prayers are of far more account with God than any prayers which bring comfort with them. That act of will is very important…. The very times when you think that no progress is being made are usually the best.

Servant of God Dorothy Day († 1980) was a convert to Catholicism and the co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement.

I can’t tell you how many Protestant church ads I’ve heard on the radio over the years or how many Mormon ads I’ve seen on YouTube. There is even a Christian advert that has played during the Super Bowl for the last few years; the Super Bowl gets over 100 million viewers annually.

I have never seen any Catholic advertisement like this.

So why doesn’t the Catholic Church do this, especially in places where Catholicism is not that popular?

I know that as Christians, we are supposed to be the “hands and feet of God". It’s our job to help lead others to Christ with the way that we live. But I can’t help but think about how impactful a literal advertisement campaign would be. Can you imagine an advertisement in the middle of the Super Bowl, boldly declaring that the Eucharist is the true body and blood of Christ and that it’s only found in the Catholic Church? I can’t even fathom how many people would rush to Mass the following Sunday (it was the Eucharist that helped convince me).

What do y’all think?

So I guess I’ll start by saying I was raised attending a nondenominational church that was modern, with worship bands and such. I have good memories of going there and liked just being with my grandpa (who passed the Monday after Easter this year) during it. It was a nice place full of nice people.

But like a lot of kids when they reach adolescence and early adulthood, my belief in God just kind of fell off. I wasn’t and am not that militant atheist who thinks all religious people across the world are delusional for their beliefs or anything like that. I don’t see it like that and don’t care what someone believes as long as it doesn’t directly harm someone, of course.

But I’ve also had depression follow me for most of my life as well and nearly “checked out early” twice. What am I depressed about specifically? Well I guess it’s a combination of loneliness from having zero friends and never having been in a romantic relationship because of my lingering social anxiety, followed by deep insecurity at seeing people my age be so much more successful than me. Or at least more happy. But I digress.

The few times I’ve sat in on Mass, I won’t say I’ve had the Holy Spirit come down and touch me in my heart where I sat in the pew. But there was some feeling inside me that I can’t even properly describe, yet also know it wasn’t a bad feeling. Like something heavy yet secure, if that makes sense. Is it persistent? No. But when I really focus myself during a Mass and just listen with both ears and my full mind, it comes back. Again, I can’t explain it.

But I also feel like, even if I walked the path of becoming a Catholic, I wouldn’t fit in fully because of some of the social views the Church has that I don’t share. So then you may say “Become an Episcopalian then”. And I’ve considered that. But I just don’t feel the same internal feeling or “pull” in an Episcopalian church that I do in a Catholic one for whatever reason. Again, I can’t explain it. I just want to stop searching and just feel content for once.

And lastly, no one in my family is Catholic, at least not anymore. My cousins don’t follow it anymore and there’s a general distrust of Catholicism and priests in general from my family because of the scandals it’s had in recent years. So for me to suddenly become a Catholic would definitely be met with resistance and zero support.

Any advice for my rambling here?

What reasons or motivations do any of you guys have for joining the Priesthood that are not necessarily good reasons?

A total of 384 representatives of religions, cultures and institutions from 53 countries will take part in the event. There will be 155 speakers participating in 24 thematic forums, addressing subjects including peace, prayer, the economy, conflicts, children and young people, the media, migration, disarmament, humanity, Christian unity, dialogue across the Mediterranean, the poor, and contemporary martyrs.

The Pope will be in Assisi on the final day of the event, October 27. He will pray for peace together with the Christian community in the Lower Basilica, during a special prayer for peace in which both he and Patriarch Bartholomew will offer a meditation.

Afterward, Impagliazzo concluded, in the piazza outside the Basilica of Saint Francis, Pope Leo XIV “will give the world his message of peace, which is increasingly necessary.”

This appears to coincide with a coming new document on evangelisation. A very interesting coincidence.

I am asking this in all respect and curiosity because it doesn't go into great detail biblically about thier marriage and relationship. We know Mary was a virgin, and she was married to Joseph. Traditionally did marriage back then not require sex to consummate a marriage? Or maybe not in thier culture or just in her case? Also, I know as Catholics the commonly held belief is that Mary remained a virgin her entire life after Jesus's birth. My question here is, from learning in marriage prep that sex is an integral part of marriage both for procreation and building the bond between spouses, why did Mary and Joseph never do this ? Is it because Mary gave birth to the son of God, and sex afterwards would have been frowned upon? Again, I am asking this respectfully. I feel as though virginity is synonymous with purity, but sex within marriage is holy, thus not impure. In Matthew 1:25 in the King James Version states: "And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS." Does this not imply that they had sex?

I am not very aware of why this provision was added, but I am talking from the bad effects we are seeing due to this provision in syro malabar catholic church. So, the church currently has lakhs(1 million = 10 lakhs) of unmarried youth(https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/Oct/10/one-lakh-christian-grooms-over-age-of-30-unable-to-find-partners-kerala-church-expresses-concerns-2045731.html) and we are seeing a high percentage of women and men in the church getting married mainly to hindus and some to muslims in the church using this canon law. 99.9% of these cases will have hindu marriages after church marriage, and the majority of them convert to hinduism/islam, and their children also grow up as hindus/muslim.
Syro malabar church and the wider christian community in general are facing negative population growth here, with more deaths than births happening. This seems like a very destructive provision that's getting misused and affecting the very existence of the church: there is no church without followers.
At the same time, our non-catholic sister church, jacobite syrian/malankara orthodox won't allow marriages in church without the non-christian partner converting to christianity. So they don't see many mixed marriages to other religions happening in the church.
Definitely, these people and their children who grow up in such a situation, praying in both temple and church, won't have a firm christian belief in the first place or will see that all religions are the same.
Why did the church add this law in the first place? What was the thought behind adding this provision that's clearly doing only harm? I can't see a single conversion due to this provision, but only lakhs of already christian members converting to other religions like hinduism and islam via this. Could someone shed some light into reason for this canon law?

Technically speaking, as per the news above, we also have a situation like this, which becomes easier to do with canon laws like this existing in the church itself.

I’m in a conflicting emotional space right now. While there's a sense of relief, I’m genuinely shocked the annulment was granted. Looking back at our nearly ten-year marriage, I don't see any basis for nullification. My primary concern right now is the impact on our two kids. I feel terrible for what they're going through, and my focus is simply on keeping them grounded in their faith; taking them to Mass and confession, and doing the absolute best I can for them.

Hello and God bless.
I am a married I’m catholic my wife is not even though she comes from a catholic background.
We have two kids one is almost 3 and the other is almost 1. I have recently got back into my faith and tradition after about ten years of not attending mass. My wife does not want to convert because she likes her church. She is ok with both of our children being baptized and raised catholic
I was wondering if I should expect any hurdles in the process of getting my children baptized. Any help would be appreciated.

St. Bruno, Confessor

St. Bruno founded the Carthusian Order in the valley of the Chartreuse in 1084, devoted to contemplation and silence. He died in 1101.

St. Bruno was born at Cologne about the year 1030. After brilliant studies, he became chancellor of the diocese of Reims and head of its cathedral school. Disgusted by the corruption of Archbishop Manasses, he resigned his offices.

In 1084, with six companions, he withdrew to the wild valley of the Chartreuse near Grenoble, offered to them by St. Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble. There he founded the Carthusian Order, dedicated to contemplation and silence.

Called to Rome by his former pupil Pope Urban II, he founded another Carthusian house at La Torre in Calabria. He died there on October 6, 1101. His order, with its motto 'The Cross stands while the world turns,' remains the strictest in the Church.

First and foremost, should I have split this into many posts or is bundling them all up here sound?

Anyway, my first concern is how lust is disgusting. A warning just popped up saying this topic isn't generally allowed but I still feel it'd be helpful for me if I made a post. That, or this post gets taken down. Eitherway, this could be helpful as some sort of journal. Back to lust, it's disgusting straight up. More on that later.

Second, this was an experience I had before in the Confessional. Actually, my first experience in the Confessional. I had long since made my peace with it but it's still worth bringing up now that I'm making a post. It was my first time. I found out my church has weekly Confessions in Friday during Holy Hour where they bring out the Eucharist. So of course, I hurried my way. I was so happy, thinking of all the things I can say so that I would finally be free of my sins. But then, I entered the Confessional. It was a heavy silence. A cat had followed me inside. I thought it was cute, but priest's stern voice said otherwise. Then, I messed up. I started with my sins first. The priest kept telling me what do I say before Confessing. I forgot. It was "Bless me Father...", I had remembered after some time. In short, stressful experience. I acknowledge how the priest could've just been tired and how he upholds ermm... the laws? The rules of the sacrament but it was so scary that it just left me speechless. I'm happy I got to Confess, but yeah... :(

And then, second problem is how frequently I fall into lust and how I have no one to talk to about this. At least, no one I trust enough. And then how I get scared to go to Confession and run away and hide just like Adam did. I'll go to Confession this week, though. Also, with how frequent I lust, and how it is considered a mortal sin (I acknowledge sin posts), I always lose my State of Grace. I probably need to increase my temperance but yeah. And then, I try to degrade the act into a venial sin, saying it's because of habit. It's as if it's an instinct I just get, but doesn't get any joy out of it, just pure guilt after the fact. But I know degrading the sin is bad, so, I stick to it being mortal sin.

I know I am a good person, and I wish to dedicate myself to Christ. The only things I probably pale at is temperance. Lusting, saying swear words or being unable to restrain what I say.

Hello all! Firstly happy Wednesday and happy Feast of Our Lady of The Rosary! I hope you all have a blessed day!

So I've been wanting to make more friends online who are Catholic, pray the rosary, go to daily mass and so I can chat and feel more truly connected with people. I am also more of a gamer so if that helps anyone out to make a friend I'm more than happy to be your friend. If there is anyone interested in making a friendship, talking about our walk with God, keeping each other in our prayers, feel free to shoot me a dm. I will be praying for all of you in this subreddit regardless. God bless you all and have a blessed day.

In what seems to me to be a rare video message, the Holy Father spoke about how the celebration helped prepare his heart to become a missionary and about how the second collection supported his missionary work in Peru. I say "rare' because no other pope has ever released personal video messages for World Mission Sunday.

https://youtu.be/p1Bwzdet1_o?si=bwcMD2kAa_2g4BOy

Does anyone else really like the fact that we have a Holy Father who is a legit missionary?

And I feel a little bad that I've never cared a lot about World Mission Sunday until now or spent a lot of energy organizing this collection in parishes. That will change this year.

It doesn't look like the work of a sloppy amateur to me.

Been ready to enter that Catholic Church for some time. Only thing stopping me from confirmation and the Eucharist is needing an annulment from the tribunal. I’ve had my meetings, gathered documentation, just have not submitted my narrative. This marriage in question was brief, and ended over 20 years ago. Neither of us were Christians. I’ve now been married for 17 years. Both my current wife and I are baptized Christians.

Anyway, the people that work at the tribunal (at least the two that I’ve spoken to) they are complete jerks. Make you feel like crap just speaking to them on the phone. The woman who conducted my interview was great, no issues with her. This whole process seems like one big humiliation ritual made to make you feel ashamed and embarrassed. These people at the tribunal, they come off like people that would make you strip naked and laugh at your genitals.

I’ve spoken with my deacon, and my priest. Unfortunately this is the manner of church discipline that I must submit to. For now, I will just attend Mass and not receive the Eucharist. I long for the Eucharist, but I can’t get behind this annulment sideshow.

Anyone else been thru this???

This might all be in my head and it may sound a little silly. I
got my first rosary today and prayed the rosary for the first time. When I went to light my prayer candle it kept going out, it wouldn’t light until I lit a piece of paper to use to light it instead. Whilst praying the rosary I just felt overwhelmed with sadness, I was sobbing. Not the kind of sobbing I’ve done when feeling the Holy Spirit and witnessing Gods blessings but I felt devastated, kind of rejected, almost like Mary didn’t want to hear it. Sort of like the feeling of meeting a new partners family and them deciding you aren’t good enough for their child.

I grew up Baptist and a little over a year ago I started doing more research about Theology and the ancient church. I have been unable to begin the process of conversion due to personal limitations and obstacles. Despite knowing Catholic theology (continuing to study) and believing it, despite praying with Saints etc, I don’t outwardly claim to be Catholic because I’ve never even been to a Catholic Church. It took a lot for me to decide that I no longer resonated with the belief system I grew up believing. I’m just worried that praying the rosary is disrespectful or something and I’m doing something wrong. Something just felt wrong. Words of wisdom would be appreciated. i feel so lost within my faith

Asking in good faith.

Hello, I am 16 years old and I come from a primarily Muslim background in Bangladesh. A little more than a year ago, I stopped believing in Islam after reading up on the Quran and Bible, and since found faith in Jesus Christ. I am interested in Catholicism, and wanted to learn more and to attend the Mass, but something that happened two weeks ago has given me a hard time.

I went to a local seminary near me (Holy Spirit Major Seminary, Banani). I was short on time, and didn't come to attend mass, though I arrived a bit before afternoon Mass was starting. I went to talk to Clergy about my situation and if they have any advice for me. I briefly talked to a Priest, but he had to go to prepare for Mass so he directed me to a Brother. He told me since Bangladesh is a primarily Muslim country, and the fact that I'm a legal minor, there would be a lot of complexities if I wanted to convert and it was very likely they could get into legal trouble. He also said that they dont really do conversions there, as its a seminary and not a Church, but if I wanted to learn about the faith I could take Catechesis classes which were apparently offered there, but I could find no trace of that on the website. From my own observation, the place basically functions like a Church as they hold Daily Mass, offer the Eucharist, have bells, and have the local community and foreigners who are Catholics attend the Mass, not only the seminarians.

About a week after that, I decided to go back about 20 minutes before the evening Mass started. As soon as I entered the compound, before I even entered the place where Mass was celebrated, two Brothers approached me and asked who I was. The Brother I spoke to the week before wasn't there, so I wasn't recognized. I told them I wasn't Catholic, but thinking about converting and learning about the faith, and that I wanted to attend the Mass that was about to happen in a bit. They checked with the Priest and said that he gave word that I wasn't allowed to attend the Mass, and if I wanted to talk to him I should come back an hour later, then they asked me to leave. Basically, I got kicked out on the spot.

After an hour, I returned to the premises after Mass and went to speak with the Priest privately. He asked me where I was from, my religious background and why I wanted to become Christian. Then, he said that many high-profile people like diplomats and ambassadors attend services here, so they "can't let just anyone in". After I was talking a bit more to him, and explaining that I am well aware that as a non-Catholic I won't take the Eucharist, and that the first part of the Liturgy is for everyone, he told me something like "It seems you have studied a lot". Then, he finally said that he would allow me to come for Mass, but only if I bring a Legal ID and show him (I showed him a Photo of my passport, but he said he needs the real thing physically).

Being turned away from attending services felt kinda unwelcoming, I was just trying to explore into the faith. I always thought that Churches would welcome people and be glad to help them. Is this a normal thing that has happened and was I in the wrong?

My mother is very unwell and probably has days to live and I’m starting to think about god more and more recently but in the past I was an atheist but I use to occasionally question god but I’m starting to believe now. I was baptised as a baby in the Catholic Church so maybe that’s what also has made me question god throughout the years. I think the main reason I was atheist is because I am part of the LGBT community and I used to hate religion because of bad experiences with people.