Day: October 1, 2024

Posted in NOTES to Followers

Welcome and Thank You!

Posted on by AnaStpaul

Firstly, a big welcome and thank you to all new followers, for joining our pilgrimage on Breathing Catholic. I hope you find inspiration, acquire knowledge and achieve joy on the Site.  
If you would like me to post a particular subject, Saint, Novena, et al, please let me know.

Secondly, I beg your indulgence for a little while – I am rather tired and need a little break. Please excuse my absence for a few days BUT I will continue to post the Link to the Rosary Novena.

Finally, I am begging you all – to please consider assisting this Apostolate – as little as a regular $5 monthly, when multiplied by 20 people, would make a huge difference. Because I live in Cape Town, South Africa, the expenses related to Breathing Catholic are exorbitant (SA Rand Exchange Rate to USD).
And many costs have doubled, some even trebled in 2024 – Site and App costs, WiFi, Electricity, Cost of Living, a new PC Chair (most DESPARATELY needed to alleviate back, shoulder, neck and arm pain) 😥.
Bottom line – Anastpaul.com needs committed monthly Donors to survive – remember, no amount is too small!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

I send my humble prayers to Heaven daily, for you all and, for the love of our Good and Gracious Lord, I beg! 🙏💘🤗 Ana

Posted in OCTOBER - The HOLY ROSARY and The HOLY ANGELS, ROSARY QUOTES

1 October, The Month of the Holy Rosary (and a Link to Day 4 of the Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary)

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Devotion for October,
The Month of the Most Holy Rosary

Beginning on 1 September 1883, with Supremo Apostolatus Officio, Pope Leo XIII wrote a total of eleven Encyclicals on the Rosary, ending with Diuturni Temporis in 1898.
In 1885, Pope Leo XIII ordered the Rosary to be recited everyday during the month of October in every Parish Church and Cathedral, throughout the world.
Those of the faithful who could not be present at this recital he exhorted to say it with their families or in private.

An Indulgence of 7 years is granted to all the faithful who devoutly recite
the Rosary during the Month of October–granted by Pope Leo XIII, in the same Encyclical, Supremo Apostolatus Officio.

Whenever I Say Hail Mary
Blessed Alain de la Roche (1428-1475)

Whenever I say Hail Mary,
The Court of Heaven rejoices
And the earth is lost in wonderment
And I despise the world
And my heart is brim full
Of the love of God.

When I say Hail Mary,
All my fears wilt and die
And my passions are quelled.

If I say Hail Mary,
Devotion grows within me
And sorrow for sin awakens.

When I say Hail Mary,
Hope is made strong in my breast
And the dew of consolation
Falls on my soul
more and more,
Because I say Hail Mary.
And my spirit rejoices,
And sorrow fades away
When I say …
Hail Mary!

“The greatest method of praying
is to pray the Rosary.”

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary –
Day Four – 1 October
FOURTH DAY:
“Relief for the Souls in Purgatory”