Friends of the Rosary,
Today, January 11, the faithful celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which marks the end of the Christmas season on its eighteenth day.
The mystery of Christ’s baptism is linked to the Solemnities of the human birth of the Word incarnate at Christmas and the Epiphany of the Lord, as the Light of all nations, represented by the wise men from the East, who came to adore the Child.
The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan is Our Lord’s second manifestation, or Epiphany, as the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah to Israel.
In this mystery, the entire Trinity intervenes. It’s a Theophany in which God appears in three persons.
The Holy Spirit descends upon Him in the form of a dove, showing the Trinitarian nature of the Divinity.
Jesus is proclaimed the “Beloved Son” of the Father, signifying that at our Baptism we become the adopted sons of God.
The heavens are opened, as at our Baptism, heaven is open to us, and we are encouraged to pray to avoid actual sin.
Christ, sinless and impeccable, did not need to be baptized.
By His baptism in the Jordan, at the hand of John, the Son of God humbled Himself, identifying Himself with our dysfunctions, and taking the sins upon his shoulders and burying them in the waters of the Jordan.
Loving and understanding the sinner and dwelling with us, He started a new creation as the new Adam, who came to repair the first Adam’s guilt. He did this as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” as John the Baptist proclaimed.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 11, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Like St. John the Baptist said, in today’s reading (John 3-22:30), “He must increase; I must decrease.”
At that time, John prepared the way of the Lord, presenting himself as a forerunner of the Messiah.
He was summing up the longing of the Israelites when, upon Jesus' coming to be baptized, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
Behold the one who has come to be sacrificed, bringing fulfillment.
John the Prophet did not draw attention to himself. Rather, he presented himself as a preparation.
Similarly, today we must decrease. which is to say, we must empty ourselves of our self and focus on Christ Jesus.
This way, we will open up a space in our hearts to receive the lavish grace of God.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 10, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of January 2026 highlight a way of praying with the Word of God:
"Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church."
In January, the month dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the first eleven days fall during the liturgical season of Christmas — until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, this Sunday on the 11th, when we read that after Jesus was baptized, He saw the Spirit of God coming upon him.
The remaining days of January are the beginning of the liturgical season of Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Epiphany), which is represented by the liturgical color green.
The remaining Feasts for January 2026 are:
St. Anthony, Abbot (January 17),
Sts. Fabian and Sebastian (January 20),
St. Agnes (January 21),
St. Francis de Sales (January 24),
Sts. Timothy and Titus (January 26),
St. Angela Merici (January 27),
St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)
St. John Bosco (January 31)
The Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25) are superseded by the Sunday liturgy.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 9, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Jesus defeated the old world of sin and darkness, shielding us with His divine body and blood against the fury of the Evil One and his minions and collaborators.
And though the second coming and the establishment of God’s kingdom haven’t taken place yet, the old world is broken and compromised. Its destruction is now just a matter of time.
The arrival of a new state of affairs is imminent, as Bishop Barron says.
Jesus came to heal the sick, the deaf, and the blind, to forgive the enemies, and to bring the good news through love. With His resurrection, He opened the door of our eternal life of joy and love for all.
Today in the Gospel (Luke 4:14–22), Jesus declares that he fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.”
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 8, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today in the Gospel (Mark 6:45-52), we see Christ Jesus coming toward the disciples walking on the sea, passing by the waters, signaling His lordship over all the powers of the disorder. Note that water is, throughout the Scriptures, a symbol of danger.
The Lord moves through the waters and appeases the wind, reaffirming dominion over nature and inviting us to abandon our hardened hearts and trust in Him.
The boat, with Peter and the other disciples on board, evokes the Church, which has weathered storms over time.
Still in Christmas, on this Wednesday after Epiphany, this passage is another affirmation of the divinity of Christ.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 7, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today, January 6, on the thirteenth day of Christmas, in many countries and dioceses, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated, the manifestation and revelation of the Lord as the light of the nations and the affirmation of our universal salvation.
The three Kings — the Magi — come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts.
The Epiphany symbolizes our religious journey, following and finding Him in the Eucharist. In our earthly pilgrimage, we try to remove the many attachments in our hearts.
St. Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians 3:2-3; 5-6, addresses the Gentile converts from Rome and reminds us of our great privilege of being called to the Christian faith. We are now God's new Chosen People; we are now members of Christ's mystical body.
Christmas brings us a new light. Christ begins to enlighten and bless the world, and we share the Church's confidence and her liturgy.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 6, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today, January 5th, Day Twelve of Christmas, is in the U.S. the feast day of St. John Neumann, bishop (1811-1860) and the patron saint of Catholic Education [in the picture]. Born in Bohemia (current Czech Republic), after coming to the United States, he worked in establishing parishes and parish schools. In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia and introduced the Forty Hours devotion.
In today’s Gospel (Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25), we see Christ Jesus in Capernaum and all of Galilee, teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel, and curing disease and illness among the people.
“His fame spread to all of Syria,
and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases
and racked with pain,
those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics,
and he cured them.
And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea,
and from beyond the Jordan followed him.”
And Our Lord only asked one thing: repentance from sins.
“Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Related to this divine invitation, in the first reading, St. John tells us (John 3:22–4:6)
“Beloved:
We receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this:
we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us
is from the Spirit whom he gave us.”
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 5, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the manifestation of our Lord to the Gentile nations, after it is made known to the shepherds of Bethlehem and revealed to the Magi who have come from the East to adore and offer Him gifts.
Epiphany means manifestation. It’s the revelation of the Messiah as the light of the nations. It’s an affirmation of our universal salvation.
In the adoration of the Magi — the wise men reaching Bethlehem, completing the nativity scene — we see the beginnings of Christian faith. As they find the Child, the newly-born king of the Jews, with Mary, His Mother, they all prostrate and adore Him.
This feast is celebrated either on January 6 or, at the episcopal conference's discretion, on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8.
This solemnity is a large celebration, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 4, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today, January 3, the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. And the month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.
Whenever we pronounce it, we should bow our heads, for the very name reminds us of the greatest favor we have ever received, salvation.
The name of Jesus, which means Savior, was revealed to Our Lady at the annunciation by the angel Gabriel: "You shall call His name Jesus."
To St. Joseph, the Angel not merely showed the name but explained its meaning: "You shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins."
His name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel before He was conceived in the womb." Luke 2:21.
The name of Jesus is a name of infinite mercy, hope, and love. It comforts us and gives us hope for every grace. "If you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it to you."
Persons who played prominent roles in the history of salvation often received their names from God Himself. Adam — man of the earth; Eve — mother of all the living; Abraham — father of many nations; Peter — the rock.
The sacred name of the Redeemer, given by God Himself, expressed His mission and the purpose of His existence: to save the human race.
The mention of the Holy Name has a kind of sacramental power: it conveys the grace which enables men to think, speak, love, sacrifice, and act like Him.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• January 3, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
At the beginning of the year, on the ninth day of Christmas, in the memorial day of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, and the day after the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, the Lord Jesus invites us to follow the humility of His mother, the first Christian and role model for all the faithful (Matthew 23:8-12):
“The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
To make the virtue of humility in our lives practical, we must worship our God and avoid false idols on earth.
“Call no one on earth your father;
you have but one Father in heaven.
Do not be called ‘Master’;
you have but one master, the Christ.”
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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Happy New Year!
Today, January 1st, a holy day of obligation in the U.S., we begin the year 2026 by celebrating the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title.
The Virgin Mary was born to be the Divine Mother and give birth to the Savior. Through her, we receive adoption and enjoy a new life of grace.
In adoring the Son of God made flesh in the Child of Bethlehem, we recognize that Mary is the Mother of God.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 721, states:
"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense, the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom."
Also, on the first day of the year, we gain a plenary indulgence by reciting or singing the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus. This hymn calling on the Holy Spirit is traditionally sung for the beginnings of new endeavors.
Today is also the World Day of Peace.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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Today, December 31, on the last day of the year, the Bible presents the beginning of the Gospel of John (1:1-18), proclaiming that because the Word became flesh and dwells among us, every moment is a new start.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Also today, on the Seventh Day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Sylvester I, Pope and Confessor (died 335 A.D.). He ruled the Church during the reign of Constantine when the Arian heresy and the Donatist schism had provoked great discord. He convoked the first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.
In addition, we honor St. Catherine Labouré (1806-1876). a member of the Daughters of Charity to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared three times in 1830 in Paris and commissioned the Miraculous Medal to spread devotion to it.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 31, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
Friends of the Rosary,
Today, on the sixth day of Christmas, we honor another saint who obtained the glory of martyrdom, the third-century martyr Felix, who, fearless of dangers, strengthened the weak, baptized the catechumens, and converted infidels to the faith.
Peace and joy permeate this season of Christmas. However, we must face the reality of hardships, persecutions, and other forms of suffering. And Christmas martyrdoms such as St. Stephen, Holy Innocents, Thomas Becket, and St. Felix speak to us today.
God transformed their cruel and tragic deaths, and they will forever be honored in Heaven.
Jesus’ birth didn’t remove suffering from our lives, but it did transform it, enabling us to share in the glorious sufferings of all saints who have united themselves most fully to Christ.
The example of Christ, and of all his saints, encourages us under all trials to suffer with patience, and even with joy. We should find that if we courageously take up our crosses, he will make them light by bearing them with us.
As St. Francis de Sales explained, the soul thus abandoned in the eyes of men now possesses God rather than creatures.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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Today, December 29, the fifth day of Christmas, the Church commemorates the Massacre of the Innocents by King Herod, the male children under two years old who were executed in Bethlehem as told in Matthew 2:16.
Upon hearing of the birth of the King of the Jews, a threat to his murderous rule and the fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy, Herod, King of Judea, ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem.
These children are considered martyrs, Saints of God, by the Church.
The feast has been celebrated since before the end of the fifth century.
And as we continue Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Christ and yet acknowledge the great suffering that surrounded His earthly life. The devil, his fallen angels, and minions (King Herod, Roman Emperor... and many of today's leaders) did (and continue doing) everything they could to try to destroy God’s perfect plan of salvation.
They stirred up hatred, jealousy, paranoia, and every other vile sin imaginable in an attempt to destroy our Lord’s mission. Their attack began at the time of Jesus’ birth and continued during his public ministry.
In the end, Jesus’ apparent defeat turned into His glorious triumph. So also with these innocent children. God has transformed their cruel and tragic deaths, and they will forever be honored in Heaven.
Today, it's also the Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in his Cathedral by agents of King Henry II of England.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 29, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Today, Sunday, December 28, the Fourth Day within the Octave of Christmas, is the Feast of the Holy Family, an invitation to every Christian family to live in harmony and in prayer, which are the pledges of joy and union.
At the end of the past century, Pope Leo XIII promoted this feast to present the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of all Christian families.
Although they were the holiest family that ever lived, or ever will live, on earth, as they were God's closest friends, they had more than their share of this world's troubles. Today's Gospel from Matthew 2:13-15; 19-23 tells us of some of these earthly woes and sufferings.
They had just settled in Bethlehem, and the Baby Jesus was only a few months old when, to avoid his murder at the hands of Herod, they had to flee from Bethlehem and become displaced persons in a foreign and pagan land.
This story is a message of encouragement and consolation for every one of us. If the Holy Family suffered such trials and hardships, we should be ready to bear the trials that God sends us for our own eternal welfare.
The devotion to the Holy Family was born in Bethlehem, together with the Baby Jesus. The shepherds went to adore the Child and, at the same time, to honor His family. Later, in a similar way, the three wise men came from the East to adore and give honor to the newborn King with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh that His family would safeguard.
Christ Himself showed His devotion to His mother and foster father by submitting Himself, with infinite humility, to the duty of filial obedience towards them.
Today’s celebration demonstrates Christ’s humility and obedience regarding the fourth commandment, whilst also highlighting the loving care that His parents exercised in keeping Him.
Let us imitate the Holy Family in our Christian families, and our families will be a prefiguration of the heavenly family. We say a prayer dedicating your family to the Holy Family. Also, we pray for all families to uphold the sanctity of the marriage bond, today under attack.
Traditionally, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated on December 28th. Still, since that falls on a Sunday this year, many Western churches, like those in the Archdiocese of NY, observe it on Monday, December 29, 2025, to commemorate the baby boys killed by King Herod, honoring them as the first martyrs for Christ.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 28, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Yesterday, we honored St. Stephen, who by his words and by laying down his life for his faith, bore witness to Christ. Today, December 27, we receive the testimony of John, Apostle and Evangelist (d. 101).
The Church celebrates the Feast of this Galilean fisherman born in Bethsaida, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother to St. James the Greater, who became the beloved disciple of Jesus.
John and James were called by Jesus to be disciples as they were mending their nets by the Sea of Galilee.
The pure and spiritual life of John kept him very close to Jesus and Mary, resting on the Master's breast at the Last Supper and being filled with divine wisdom.
He wrote the fourth Gospel (about sixty-three years after the Ascension of Christ), three Epistles, and an excellent and mysterious Book of the Apocalypse or Revelation.
John is the evangelist of the divinity and fraternal love of Christ. With James, his brother, and Simon Peter, he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration.
He was permitted to witness His agony in the Garden. At the foot of the cross, Jesus entrusted His Mother to his care as He hung dying on the Cross.
St. John was the only one of the Apostles who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion and Death.
He was brought to Rome and, according to tradition, cast into a caldron of boiling oil by Emperor Domitian's order, but he was miraculously preserved unhurt. He was later exiled to the Island of Patmos, where he wrote the Apocalypse.
In his extreme old age, he continued to visit the churches of Asia. Every time he preached, he said: "My dear children, love one another."
St. John died in peace at about ninety-four years old at Ephesus in the hundredth year of the Christian era, or the sixty-sixth from the crucifixion of Christ.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 27, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Today, December 26th, one day after the joyful celebration of the nativity of Jesus, is the feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr and deacon. Above all things, even life itself, we love Christ the Lord, as St. Stephen showed us.
As we read in the Acts of the Apostles today (6:8-10; 7:54-59), when he, thrown out of the city, was about to be stoned, Stephen, "filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."
St. Stephen showed perfect conformity to Christ. He said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit; do not hold this sin against them."
Merry Christmas!
(Until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, January 11, 2026, marking the conclusion of the Christmas season and the beginning of Jesus' public ministry).
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 26, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Today, December 25th, the Church joyfully celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, the Birth of Jesus Christ, and the First Day in the Octave of Christmas.
Throughout Advent, the faithful longed for the coming of our Savior. Today, with ecstatic wonder and amazement, we celebrate His birth.
"The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." The Son of God became man to give us a share in that divine life, eternally His in the Blessed Trinity.
Christmas time began on December 24 with the first Vespers of the feast and ends on the feast of the Baptism of Christ.
The radiance of the birth of Christ lights up the world, and in the luminous silence of the Nativity, Emmanuel, God with us, continues to speak to every one of us.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 25, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Today, Christmas Eve, the end of Advent, is a day of much joyous expectation, with families gathered in a Silent and Holy Night. It’s the anticipation of the arrival of the Savior of the Human race, the Light of the World.
The liturgy proclaims, "Today you shall know that the Lord shall come and tomorrow you shall see His glory."
Throughout Advent, we have seen how the preparation for Jesus' coming was heralded by Isaiah, John the Baptist, and the Virgin Mother.
The King of Kings, according to His human nature, was born at Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary and conceived of the Spirit of holiness.
Since our first parents were cast forth from the earthly paradise, the gate of eternity was closed. The Redeemer alone opens this door and enters in. On Christmas Eve, we stand before the gate of paradise, as the Psalm 23 of the vigil states,
Lift up your gates, O princes,
Open wide, eternal gates,
That the King of Glory may enter in
With a quiet mind, we devote ourselves to the great mystery of the Holy Night, with our prayer, the Christmas carols, and the tradition of the exchange of gifts, after the Christ-Child has been placed in the manger in Bethlehem.
Then on Midnight Mass, we can concentrate on the Greatest Gift given to all: the love of Christ.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• December 24, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET
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Today, December 23rd, when the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty (1390-1473), a priest distinguished for his piety and love of neighbor, we read in the Gospel about the birth of John the Baptist.
The four evangelists tell the story of the Baptist, who, like Mary in the hymn of the Magnificat, proved that he not draw any attention to himself. Instead, he presented himself as a preparation, a forerunner, preparing the way of the Lord.
He said, "Behold, the Lamb of God." Behold the one who has come to be sacrificed.
And explained, “He must increase; I must decrease.”
We are about to culminate the spiritual waiting of Advent, and the Messiah is about to manifest himself as Emmanuel, God with us.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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