54 Day Rosary Novena

Daily content for the 2020 54 day Rosary Novena for the Church and the Nation

Day 54: Queen of Peace, Pray for Us!

Day 54: Queen of Peace, Pray for Us!

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Over one hundred years ago, Pope Benedict XV added this title to the Litany in 1915, during World War I, and it finally came into use in May of 1917, the same month the Blessed Mother appeared for the first time at Fatima.  World War I was a terrible, terrible war, a colossal failure of […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-54-20201031.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 53: Queen of the Family, Pray for Us!

Day 53: Queen of the Family, Pray for Us!

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  Saint John Paul II added this title to the Litany in 1995, the Year of the Family, in the hope that Our Lady would protect families from the constant and merciless attacks of an aggressively secular culture. Whenever I visit someone’s home I can’t help looking for images of the Blessed Mother – a […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-53-20201030.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 52: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Pray for Us!

Day 52: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Pray for Us!

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So what’s the big deal about the rosary? Isn’t it a vain and repetitious prayer? Isn’t it rather simplistic? Couldn’t just anyone say it? It’s rather unoriginal, isn’t it? And yet…. Saint John Paul the Great prayed it frequently, and he was a brilliant man. Louis Pasteur prayed it, and he too was a brilliant […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-52-20201029.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 51:  Queen Assumed into Heaven, Pray for Us!

Day 51: Queen Assumed into Heaven, Pray for Us!

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El Greco; Botticelli; Murillo; Poussin; Raphael… All the masters have tried their hand at the Assumption of the Blessed Mother into heaven. For those who love Our Blessed Mother, it thrills the heart and fires the imagination just to envision this event. Each year we celebrate this Solemnity on August 15: a great festival in […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-51-20201028.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 50: Queen Conceived Without Original Sin, Pray for Us!

Day 50: Queen Conceived Without Original Sin, Pray for Us!

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“Conceived without original sin” refers to one of the four Marian Dogmas, known as the Immaculate Conception, defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854, when he said: We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-50-20201027.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 49: Queen of All Saints, Pray for Us!

Day 49: Queen of All Saints, Pray for Us!

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  How many saints are there in heaven? I don’t know, but I hope a lot. And Mary is Queen of all of them. She is the greatest of all the saints. There’s a parish in my neighborhood called Queen of All Saints, and it’s famous for its lovely Gothic-style basilica and vibrant parish community. […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-49-20201026.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 48: Queen of Virgins, Pray for Us!

Day 48: Queen of Virgins, Pray for Us!

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From the Book of Revelation we read, “They are Virgins and these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes” (Revelation 14:4). In the first Eucharistic prayer at Mass, also known as the Roman Canon, we remember Saints Cecelia, Agatha, Lucy, Anastasia and Agnes.  Perhaps one day we will also remember Blessed Anna […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-48-20201025.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 47: Queen of Confessors, Pray for Us!

Day 47: Queen of Confessors, Pray for Us!

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And who were the Confessors? They were and are the Christians who gave public witness to Christ even at the cost of difficulty, persecution, torture, and incarceration, but not actually a martyr. Many married people who persevere in their vows are confessors. But a ‘confessor’ is also a priest who dedicates much of his time […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-47-20201024.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 46: Queen of Martyrs, Pray for Us!

Day 46: Queen of Martyrs, Pray for Us!

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Here are the martyrs that come to my mind: The Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Mother Theresa, in Yemen, March 14, 2016. The 21 Egyptian Coptic Martyrs killed by ISIS on the coast of Libya in 2015. The Coptic Martyrs of Cairo, 2011. The Martyrs of Baghdad, 2010. The Martyrs of Pakistan, […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-46-20201023.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 44: Queen of Prophets, Pray for Us!

Day 44: Queen of Prophets, Pray for Us!

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Do you remember that day when Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and when they reached the top Jesus was suddenly transfigured into a shining and glorious vision flanked by the great prophets Moses and Elijah? Peter was stunned by the majesty and glory of the moment – it was a […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-44-20201021.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Day 43: Queen of Patriarchs, Pray for Us!

Day 43: Queen of Patriarchs, Pray for Us!

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There were patriarchs in the Old Testament (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and there are patriarchs today, as head of a Church, and as the head of a family. Precisely in an age when the secular culture calls into question the role of the father and the role of the mother – calls into question the […]https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/novena/54daynovena-day-43-20201020.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more