Friday, October 07,
2016
The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
I remember a time in high school
when the class bully along with his “crew” had threatened to do me great harm
after school whenever they saw me. For several days I managed to slip out the
door as soon as the bell rang and run home from school by a secret route.
Needless to say, I was living in constant fear, and as the school day was
coming to an end, my anxiety was almost unbearable.
Finally, after several days of
running and hiding, I gave up. That night, I said a rosary asking the Blessed
Mother to help me. I prayed as fervently as I was able at that time in my
development. The next day I went to school and lo and behold, the bully was
absent! It turns out that he had come down with Scarlet Fever or something like
that. It was an ailment that kept him out of school for two entire weeks. When
finally, he returned to school, for some reason his vendetta had evaporated and
he and his friends troubled me no more.
My motto from that day on was, “It’s
not nice to mess with the Blessed Mother.”
I always remember this story on
the day we honor Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7.
Perhaps you have stories of your
own to tell about the power of the Rosary prayer in your own life. Reflect on
these things today, and give thanks.
Inspired by yesterday’s Gospel
Passage (“ask, seek, knock”), perhaps you might pray your rosary today for a special
need or intention which you carry your heart but have neglected to ask for, or
for a person who is suffering whom you might unite with the sufferings of
Christ as you pray the Sorrowful Mysteries today. Today, I will pray for that
bully, wherever he is.
God bless you! Have a nice
weekend!
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