You're listening to I Pray with the Gospel on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my father, and Lord, my guardian angel,

and receive for me. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. A reading from the Gospel of Luke

Chapter 1. The angel said to Mary, hail full of grace, the Lord is with you.

But she was greatly troubled at this saying,

and considered it in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

And the angel said to her,

Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

And behold, you will conceive in your room and bear a son,

and you shall call his name Jesus.

The month of October is a special month of the rosary. We all love to be reminded of the things

that make us happy. A mother, for instance, may love a particular song that reminds her of her first date

with her husband

or the birth of her child. The song may not be the best song ever, but she loves it. And Mary

loves to be reminded that she is the mother of God, that the Lord is with her, that she is blessed

full of grace. A man once told a priest that he preferred to full of grace.

A man once told the priest that he preferred to say other prayers,

to which the priest answered,

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