Thirsting For Love
October 13, 2026 St Josemaria Institute Hello! How is each and every one? It just dawned on me that the past week was replete with feast days and I could not help spending time to gather them for you so you can savor each one of them even after we have celebrated them. Oct 7, 8, 9, 12. 7 October Our Lady of the Rosary Pope St. Pius V established this feast in 1573. The purpose was to thank God for the victory of Christians over the Turks at Lepanto - a victory attributed to the praying of the rosary. Clement XI extended the feast to the universal Church in 1716. The development of the rosary has a long history. First, a practice developed of praying 150 Our Fathers in imitation of the 150 Psalms. Then there was a parallel practice of praying 150 Hail Marys. Soon a mystery of Jesus' life was attached to each Hail Mary. Though Mary's giving the rosary to St. Dominic is recognized as a legend, the development of this prayer form owes much to the followers ...