December 11, 2025, Thursday of the Second Week of Advent, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)
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Friends of the Rosary,
In today's Gospel reading (Matthew 11:11-15), Our Lord, while saying that "there has been none greater than John the Baptist", reveals to us:
"From the days of John the Baptist until now,
the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence,
and the violent are taking it by force."
This ambiguous passage has been interpreted essentially in two ways over the centuries. Many believed it meant that the kingdom of God is attacked by violent people, such as those who killed John the Baptist.
But others have interpreted it in the opposite direction, signifying that the "violent" are the spiritually heroic types who resist the traps and temptations of our fallen nature and discipline themselves.
We prefer this second interpretation, taking it as an invitation to be soldiers of Christ and warriors of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Ave Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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