Commentary

"Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled."

Most Catholics know that May is the month we honor the Virgin Mary, but many people do not realize that October is another month of the year in which we especially venerate our Lord’s mother.

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The month of the most holy rosary comes upon us in October to remind and refresh us — body and soul— that the prayer time we devote in honor of the Blessed Mother is a timeless treasure. To help keep us in the love of Christ, protect us from the evil of the world and lead us to the safe haven of the heart of God — this most powerful prayer we pray with the most powerful woman in the world is for all Christians.

It was my habit as a freshman to attend daily Mass on my university campus. As I was leaving Mass one day, I ran into the boyfriend of a friend, we’ll call him “Brian.” He was a senior — and haughty. He had hopes of becoming an evangelical minister one day and starting his own church. He was also deeply suspicious of Catholics and didn’t hesitate to attack my faith when he could.

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When I was a practicing therapist, I would often talk with my clients about "knowing our why.” Our “why” was the reason, or reasons, we told ourselves was the impetus for the actions, or inactions, we took in life. When we know our “why,” we can more clearly understand the “what” we must do to achieve this “why.” And our “what” always sends us back to our “why,” so that the process is circular in nature, as well as progressive.