Posted on 10/06/2020 8:46:37 PM PDT by No.6
The Victory of Lepanto and the Most Holy Rosary
by Rev. J.A. Rooney, O.P., 1892
Let us listen to the Angels of the Rosary. What do they say to us? “Take into your hands on this singular feast the joy-inspiring harp of the Rosary; play upon this harp to your Mother a new canticle; extol her power on earth and in Heaven, and repeat again and again the wonders of your loving helper (Responsory of the First lesson of the Rosary Office).” But why are the Angels of the Rosary so eager that we should play on the harp of Mary on this particular feast? Because this feast commemorates one of the grandest victories ever given by Heaven to the Church, and emphatically declares that it was achieved by the great Captain of God’s armies, Mary the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary. We do not intend to give a detailed account of the battle of Lepanto; we shall content ourselves with the bare narration of the main facts that called into existence this glorious feast of the Destroyer of all heresies, Mary the Mother of God. ...
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Perhaps particularly momentous this year with enemies at or in the gate, as you prefer your metaphors.
We have been praying a 54 day novena for our great country terminating on oct 7
“The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary, is a feast day of the Roman Catholic Church, celebrated on 7 October, the anniversary of the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto.“
Read up on it and see about the miracle
I should say a great mss as my of us have been praying this... together
Sigh. A great many of us. Praying.
Today the real, and most dangerous, enemies are inside our gates, opening them to our other enemies outside the gates.
Did not one of the recent Popes give back to the moslems the Green Flag taken at Lepanto?
Yes, it was Paul VI, of miserable memory.
He also claimed the UN was the world’s greatest hope.
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