John Walsh OP

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Rosary Newsletter – The Finding in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52)

December 9, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

In this mystery with Mary we consider three long days and nights when the Christ child goes missing. When in life have you lain awake at night worrying about the […]

Rosary Newsletter – The Presentation in the Temple (Luke 2.22-40)

December 8, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

Mary is told in this mystery that a sword will pierce your own soul so that the secret thoughts of many maybe laid bare. Mary pondered these words of Simeon […]

Rosary Newsletter – The Nativity (Luke 2.1-20)

December 7, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

In this mystery we too like Mary gaze in wonder at the Christ child. For the first time in history heaven comes down on earth. Human beings will gaze down […]

Rosary Newsletter – The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56)

December 6, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

In this mystery we hear Mary’s song of thanksgiving, the Magnificat. “For he who is mighty has done great things for me,” Mary sings in the presence of her cousin […]

Rosary Newsletter – The Annunciation (Luke 1.26-38)

December 5, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

In this mystery, we hear the words of the Angel Gabriel to Our Blessed Lady, “The Lord is with you.” As Catholics we hear these words at the beginning and […]

How The Whimper Of A Sick Child Is Like The Rosary

June 7, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

As you know I am Catholic. Recently a friend of mine asked me why I, and Catholics in general, say the rosary. It seems like such a boring prayer. I […]

100 years of Fatima

June 5, 2017/in Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

One hundred years have passed since the Virgin Mary appeared on six occasions to three shepherd children in a small village called Fatima in Portugal. The world was at war […]

5th Jubilee Mystery: Revelation in Word and Sacrament at Emmaus

December 18, 2016/in Jubilee 800, Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

Luke 24:13-35 “They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?” And […]

4th Jubilee Mystery: ‘Go tell my brothers,’ Mary Magdalen, Patroness of Preachers.

December 17, 2016/in Jubilee 800, Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

John 20:11-18 “Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” Mary Magdalene went and said […]

3rd Jubilee Mystery: The Commissioning and Sending Forth of the Seventy-Two Disciples.

December 16, 2016/in Jubilee 800, Rosary Letter/by John Walsh OP

Luke. 10:1-9 “Say to them, the kingdom of God has come near to you.” While travelling toward Jerusalem, Jesus appoints, and sends out in pairs, seventy-two disciples. He sends them […]