The nightly Rosary and Ember Days: a faith of thanksgiving
The Gospel for October 5 pairs "Ask and it will be given to you" with the Ember Days of thanksgiving and the 10:00 p.m. Rosary prayed from Lourdes.
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Rosary at 10:00 p.m. and Ember Days: a faith of thanksgiving
The Gospel for Monday, October 5 opens with a promise that sits uncomfortably with anyone expecting instant results: "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be peine to you." The liturgy does not stop at consolation. The first reading, from Deuteronomy, warns that abundance has a downside: "your heart grows proud and you forget the Lord, your God." And the second, from Saint Paul to the Corinthians, drives it home: whoever is in Christ "is a new creature."
The day closes with the praying of the Holy Rosary at 10:00 p.m., a gathering repeated every night, this time accompanied by the litanies and the Salve Regina from Lourdes. The material circulating among those summoned is no ordinary devotional: it lists the promises attributed to the Marian apparitions, among them that the Rosary is "a powerful weapon to avoid going to hell" or that it will deliver from purgatory those who pray it devoutly.
Ember Days: thanksgiving after the harvest
Today's liturgy celebrates the Ember Days, defined in the Missal as "days of thanksgiving and petition that the Christian community offers to God once the holidays and the harvest gathering are over." The timing is no accident: the agricultural year is closing and it is time to take stock. The reflection is by Friar Germán Pravia, of the Royal Convent of Preachers in Valencia.
The text of Deuteronomy insists on memory. The people enter a land of streams, springs, wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive groves and honey. They will eat their fill. And there comes the warning: "lest, when you eat and are full, when you build fine houses and live in them (…) your heart grows proud." Abundance, the passage says, forgets where it came from.
The psalm that gives the day its title
"You are Lord of the universe" runs through today's psalm, taken from the First Book of Chronicles. The formula leaves no room for doubt: "Yours, O Lord, are greatness and power, glory, splendor and majesty, for yours is all that is in heaven and on earth." The psalmist attributes wealth, glory and strength to God, and closes with an idea that ties into the Gospel: "you exalt and strengthen all."
The passage from Matthew completes the circle with a homely comparison. If a son asks for bread, no one gives him a stone; if he asks for fish, no one gives him a serpent. "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" The logic is that of a father, not a bureaucrat.
The Rosary promises being spread
The material accompanying the gathering includes the promises attributed to the Marian apparitions. Among them: "The soul that entrusts itself to me through the Rosary shall not perish," "I will deliver from purgatory those who pray the Rosary devoutly" and "They shall obtain all they ask of me through the Rosary." It also states that whoever prays it devoutly "shall not know misfortune" and will not suffer "a violent death."
The list includes a communal dimension: those who spread the Rosary "shall be aided by me in their needs," and those who entrust themselves to the Virgin while praying it will have "the entire heavenly court as intercessors in life and at the hour of death." The text closes with a statement of identity: "Those who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ."
A devotion with a fixed time
The 10:00 p.m. Rosary gathering is presented as a recurring initiative, with an estimated duration of 25 to 30 minutes. The material includes instructions on how to pray it, the mysteries of the day and the option of joining a list of participants. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also shared, with a recommended time: "THE IDEAL IS TO PRAY THE CHAPLET AT 3:00 P.M.," as it is "the hour of Mercy."
The devotional package is completed with the saints of the day, the homily by Father Santiago Martín and commentary on the Gospel. The structure is no improvisation: readings, psalm, Gospel, reflection and final prayer. A format its trinc know by heart.
Can thanksgiving be measured? The Ember Days put a date on gratitude, but the Gospel leaves the door open: whoever asks, receives. What the text does not say is when.
The Gospel for Monday, October 5 opens with a promise that sits uncomfortably with anyone expecting instant results: "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be peine to you." The liturgy does not stop at consolation. The first reading, from Deuteronomy, warns that abundance has a downside: "your heart grows proud and you forget the Lord, your God." And the second, from Saint Paul to the Corinthians, drives it home: whoever is in Christ "is a new creature."
The day closes with the praying of the Holy Rosary at 10:00 p.m., a gathering repeated every night, this time accompanied by the litanies and the Salve Regina from Lourdes. The material circulating among those summoned is no ordinary devotional: it lists the promises attributed to the Marian apparitions, among them that the Rosary is "a powerful weapon to avoid going to hell" or that it will deliver from purgatory those who pray it devoutly.
Ember Days: thanksgiving after the harvest
Today's liturgy celebrates the Ember Days, defined in the Missal as "days of thanksgiving and petition that the Christian community offers to God once the holidays and the harvest gathering are over." The timing is no accident: the agricultural year is closing and it is time to take stock. The reflection is by Friar Germán Pravia, of the Royal Convent of Preachers in Valencia.
The text of Deuteronomy insists on memory. The people enter a land of streams, springs, wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive groves and honey. They will eat their fill. And there comes the warning: "lest, when you eat and are full, when you build fine houses and live in them (…) your heart grows proud." Abundance, the passage says, forgets where it came from.
The psalm that gives the day its title
"You are Lord of the universe" runs through today's psalm, taken from the First Book of Chronicles. The formula leaves no room for doubt: "Yours, O Lord, are greatness and power, glory, splendor and majesty, for yours is all that is in heaven and on earth." The psalmist attributes wealth, glory and strength to God, and closes with an idea that ties into the Gospel: "you exalt and strengthen all."
The passage from Matthew completes the circle with a homely comparison. If a son asks for bread, no one gives him a stone; if he asks for fish, no one gives him a serpent. "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" The logic is that of a father, not a bureaucrat.
The Rosary promises being spread
The material accompanying the gathering includes the promises attributed to the Marian apparitions. Among them: "The soul that entrusts itself to me through the Rosary shall not perish," "I will deliver from purgatory those who pray the Rosary devoutly" and "They shall obtain all they ask of me through the Rosary." It also states that whoever prays it devoutly "shall not know misfortune" and will not suffer "a violent death."
The list includes a communal dimension: those who spread the Rosary "shall be aided by me in their needs," and those who entrust themselves to the Virgin while praying it will have "the entire heavenly court as intercessors in life and at the hour of death." The text closes with a statement of identity: "Those who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ."
A devotion with a fixed time
The 10:00 p.m. Rosary gathering is presented as a recurring initiative, with an estimated duration of 25 to 30 minutes. The material includes instructions on how to pray it, the mysteries of the day and the option of joining a list of participants. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also shared, with a recommended time: "THE IDEAL IS TO PRAY THE CHAPLET AT 3:00 P.M.," as it is "the hour of Mercy."
The devotional package is completed with the saints of the day, the homily by Father Santiago Martín and commentary on the Gospel. The structure is no improvisation: readings, psalm, Gospel, reflection and final prayer. A format its trinc know by heart.
Can thanksgiving be measured? The Ember Days put a date on gratitude, but the Gospel leaves the door open: whoever asks, receives. What the text does not say is when.
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