Traditionally, during the month of October we commemorate The Holy Rosary. Students have been gathering together every lunchtime since the beginning of remote learning in Term 2 to pray a decade of the rosary through MS Teams. Personally, I have been humbled by the wonderful response and growth in devotion of our students during this time. Many students attend regularly and have made it part of their daily prayer life. A number of students who have never prayed the rosary before have expressed their desire to learn the various Marian prayers. The rosary can sometimes be seen as a repetitive prayer devotion but when it is accompanied with the contemplation of the mysteries we can journey deep into the life of Christ. St John Paul II stated “With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love” (Pope John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae). Many graces have come from praying the rosary and it is a wonderful devotion to begin to pray as a family especially with young children. Struggling in prayer is quite normal, even the saints did, but with persistence the Holy Rosary is waiting for us to guide us closer to God.
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Sunday Gospel Focus
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Mt 22:15-21 Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s
