This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary Meditation.

We celebrate the Feast of Blessed Bartololono on October 5th,

but that's the same day as the Feast of Saint Faustina.

See, my friends share many things in common therefore we will reflect on

blessed Bartololongo today since St. John Paul II called him the apostle of the

rosary so let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

and let's call to mind all those that we've promised to pray for.

Blessed Bartolo Longo was born on Italy's Adriatic coast in 1841.

At the age of 10, his mother died, and Bartolo began to lose his way.

During his time in law school at the University of Naples, he completely gave up

his faith. In his confusion and emptiness, without God to turn to, he began to visit some of

Naples' infamous mediums. That was his introduction into the occult. Soon, his thirst for the supernatural led him into outright Satanism,

where, after a period of intense study and rigorous fasting,

he was consecrated a satanic priest and promised his soul to a demon.

For the next year, he began to preside over satanic services

and to preach more boldly against God and the church,

treating them as the real evils.

Under the demonic influence,

the physical and psychological health of Bartolo

began to decline rapidly.

In his despair, he heard the voice of his deceased father, urging him,

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