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Tuesday 2025-10-07

Read about the Battle of Lepanto, and Our Lady of Victories (and the Rosary)

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Tuesday @ LunchMusings from Deacon Michael Halbrook for your Tuesday lunch time

Battle of Lepanto Mosaic, Basilica of Notre Dame, Lyon, France

Our Lady of the Rosary

Today is remembered one of the most consequential naval battles in Western civilization, the Battle of Lepanto. Because of the role the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary played, through the praying of the rosary, the day was known as Our Lady of Victories. In recent years, it has become Our Lady of the Rosary.

Read about the battle & the feast on Catholic.com

Read about the current feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on Word on Fire

Also: Pope Leo has asked the faithful to pray the rosary for peace in the world every day this month of October.

And Cardinal Burke invites us to pray the daily rosary in a nine week Novena starting tomorrow, leading up to the Centennial of Fatima on December 10. Read more.

This Sunday’s Mass Readings

This Sunday we’ll celebrate the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Here’s a link to the Scripture readings for Holy Mass, My #2MinuteHomily for this week will be on the YouTube Channel tomorrow morning. Do you subscribe?

This week’s Catholic Cartoon

from Joshua Masterson

Saint Joseph, pray for us. Saint Michael, defend us in battle.

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