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The Popish Plot
"Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary"

'Tis the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Malachi, chapter three, verses thirteen thru twenty(b);
Psalm One (R/. Psalm Forty, verse five[a]), verses one & two, three, & four & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses five thru thirteen.

Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, our Gospel today is about prayer and the power of prayer. This excerpt from Luke is filled with wisdom in regard to the proper attitude of prayer. What is prayer, and how should we pray? Prayer is intimate communion and conversation with God. Judging from Jesus’ own life, prayer is something that we ought to do often, especially at key moments of our lives.

Well, how should we pray? What does it look like? You have to pray with faith. Have you noticed how Jesus says before working a miracle, "Do you believe I can do this?" Can you hear the simple faith in this astonishing line of Jesus: "I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours."

And today he says, "Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one

Video reflection by Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers (U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.

Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.

Mass Readings—Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter one, verses twelve, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one , verses forty-six & forty-seven, forty-eight & forty-nine, fifty & fifty-one, fifty-two, & fifty-three, & fifty-four & fifty-five
(R/. verse forty-nine; or, "O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.");
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thirty-eight.

Saint Quote o' the Day

"If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith & love, Our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path."
—Saint Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975, feast: 26 June)