The Rosary And The Year Of Faith
The Year of Faith celebrates the 50th year of Vatican II Council. This Council was formally opened on October 11, which at that time was the day the Church celebrated Mary’s Divine Motherhood. Was it mere coincidence that Vatican II began on Mary’s day and in the month of her Rosary? Something might have been intentional in the mind of the Holy Father John XXIII, who convoked it. Or something providential in God’s mind, the Lord of history and world events. And so, it is most fitting that our celebration