Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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

Today, we are in the private chapel of Blessed Pauline Jericho, her chapel dedicated to St. Philomena.

Now, to understand what God achieved through Pauline in the Rosary, we must first grasp the devastating

impact of the French Revolution. The revolution sought to eradicate Catholicism in France,

seizing all church property, closing monasteries and convents.

The civil constitution of the clergy forced them to swear allegiance to the French constitution,

turning them into state employees, and those who refused, faced exile or execution.

The Catholic Mass was outlawed and replaced by the cult of reason which promoted atheism.

Churches were repurposed as temples of reason. Catholic schools were shuttered, and Sundays, holy days, and the seven-day work week were abolished.

Religious practice became dangerous.

And loyalty to the church could result in arrest, imprisonment, and death.

And many, many priests and lay people were executed often by guillotine.

Now, the concordant of Napoleon partially restored the church's rights,

but after the fall, but after his fall in 1814, King Charles X sought to revitalize the church, but his efforts

ended with the second revolution in 1830, which reversed all the gains of Charles the 10th. And many Catholics became disillusioned and disengaged

and stopped the practice of the faith.

So what in the world would you do if you grew up in this situation?

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow would be your name.

Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us to say our daily friend and forgive us our trespasses.

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