Most recently, we celebrated the memory of St. John Bosco the patron of youth. Here is a great talk between two young people, Asher and Amelia from Jan. 4, 2024 which is featured on the Children’s Rosary website childrensrosary.org.
Amor Sabedoria Eterno | Gift & Mystery
In his book, Brian Kranick reviews “The Dreams of St. John Bosco” in this way:
St. John Bosco was an Italian priest who lived in the 19th century helping and educating youth, particularly disadvantaged young boys. Many of the vision-like dreams revolved around the state of the boys’ souls in his Oratory.
The dreams often involved the boys with weapons in fierce battles against gruesome animals and beasts. The weapons were metaphors for the sacraments and devotions, while the animals and beasts were various sins and vices.
Former Word on Fire author, Robert Mixa summarize’s one of the most famous dreams of St. John Bosco, “The Two Pillars” here:
a ship being tossed about by a sea storm. The ship rocked back and forth, almost cap-sizing. But this did not happen because two pillars guided the ship: one with the Blessed Virgin and the other with the Holy Eucharist.1
He continues:
St. John Bosco interpreted the ship in his dream as the Church sailing through the seas of time during which it is often kicked about by tumultuous storms, threatening to cap-size the Bark of Peter. Sometimes it seems like the violence and indifference of history will have the last word. But with St. John Bosco we can embrace the hope that the Church has a glorious future dependent upon the care of our Blessed Mother and the Holy Eucharist, i.e. Christ’s presence among us, continually constituting us as His Mystical Body.
Now… About the Eucharist, St. John Bosco said these things:
He also said:
At 19h00 tonight, 4 February Pe Nuno will expose the Blessed Sacrament and his parish at S. José across from the Albergue in Póvoa de Varzim. If you are looking to pray the Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament, he invites travellers on the Camino to join him in prayer. If you must walk directly from Vila do Conde to Esposende, or Esponsende to Viana do Castelo, you can stop to pray the Rosary in those spaces as well if you catch the evening masses. (See our previous posts for details).
Padre Nuno teaches below the prayer recited at the beginning of adoration here in the original Portuguese:
LIVING THE GOSPEL ON THE CAMINO
Reflecting on the Joy of good memories - Lisbon 2023 and the Rosary Ministry of Padre Nuno’s Youth Group which also welcomes Children’s Rosary to the Camino this summer, here is one of the voices of the parish community which helped organize the Procession on the Camino one year ago for World Youth Day. Meet Tomé!
On Feb. 2, 2023 the Symbols Procession on the Camino to Santiago marked the day the Archisprestado in Vila do Conde and the Archisprestado in Póvoa de Varzim welcomed the arrival of the cross and the image of Our Lady.
These two special cities are on the world map are known by pilgrims who have for centuries began the tradition of walking from the Sé in Porto, Portugal near the Atlantic coast in the Porto Region, and from other starting points more recently, like Lisbon, etc. There are many roads leading to Santiago, which became the new Holy Land of Europe according to National Geographic, due to the proximity of the pilgrim journey for those trekking the once named Iberian Peninsula inhabited by pre-Ancient Roman nomadic visitors who left flint and other tradable goods behind as clues to their presence before the Roman Empire took hold of this area of the world, and before San Tiago came to this very coast to preach the Good News in 40 A.D.
Some believe that the Blessed Mother appeared to San Tiago while she was still alive, encouraging him to persevere. It is not a surprise that this part of the world has so many processions honouring the Mother of God.
THE WHY OF THIS PROCESSION
Attended by a number of Archbishops and many priests in the local diocese, this symbols procession anticipating World Youth Day celebrated the pilgrim visit of delegates from around the world who were invited by the Archbishop of Portugal to pray with Pope Francis the Via Sacra, the Rosary, Holy Adoration, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in many parts of Lisbon and the surrounding territory.
Priests / Bishops / laity / onlookers who wanted to join via live stream or as friends of World Youth Day and who were unable last July to trek to Lisbon, Portugal, the capital city which moved from Guimarães in the district of Braga (Northern Portugal proper).
Lisbon welcomed over 1.5 million pilgrims for World Youth Day in the scorching sun, yet the essence of it remains. In the neighbourhood near Rato station is a lovely mass in a Church dedicated to St. Isabel which Pope Francis focused upon as part of the message of World Youth Day 2023: “Mary went in haste”.
This message of the 2nd Joyful Mystery he spoke of many years earlier as a reflection the end of the Rosary which marked the final day in the month of May dedicated to Our Lady: The Mother of God.
Here is the copy downloaded from the Vatican website dated
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Below are some reflections by Tomé who was interviewed by Children’s Rosary ® member, Amelia. This is Part 1 of the interview re-released for Terço on the Camino readers and those travelling today. Scroll down further for the Digital Toolkit for participating in the Youth Group’s monthly perpetual Rosary and the Children’s Rosary on the Camino, with prayers curated and edited by Pe Nuno.
MAKING THE ROSARY A SPACE FOR CONTINUING THE MEMORY OF JMJ
One significant contribution that this Youth Group began was a Youth Led Rosary on the Camino in conjunction with the efforts of Pe Nuno to implement a Rosary 52 weeks a year before the Children’s / Family mass.
Today, Tomé is leading with his delegates from World Youth Day, Young Professionals, and the parish community which gathers for the 11h30 mass on Sundays a solemn Rosary.
Tomé and his group pray Sunday, February 4th and again Sunday March 3rd, almost every First Sunday of the month with the Rosary curated by Padre Nuno Rocha.
If you are able to join in prayer, download this toolkit and lead a Rosary with your JMJ group online, in person, or before any mass. Even if you are not on the Camino, you can ask your local Parish to start a Rosary before the mass, once a month, and led by World Youth Day delegates.
You can arrange this with your pastor by using our downloadable version of this toolkit and having the prayers vetted and approved by the pastor by praying the Rosary together when he has time.
Here is the GLORIOUS MYSTERIES GOOGLE DOCUMENT to get started:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GMnSwvFQxNe1y2CEyP1hQ1xGCHKOOs8caG6R77CeCrw/edit
Even better, if you can have time for adoration as a Youth Group and offer a Rosary as a sacrifice prior to the beginning of advent on Feb. 14th, traditionally known as Valentine’s day, you would offer the Mother of God a great gift of love! It is easy. Pick a day, make a poster, and insert the invitation into the Church Bulletin. It is that easy.
Padre Nuno’s community now expects the Rosary before the mass on Sundays and many are able to join, even for one decade. Let’s make 2024 an opportunity to pray the Rosary every Sunday, and challenge ourselves to pray the Rosary every day.
For inspiration, you can use the Rosary toolkit designed by Nuno, Gustavo, and Tomé after they returned from World Youth Day and which is approved by their pastor, Pe. Nuno:
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FROM SUNDAY Feb. 4 to Feb 10, we reflect for 7 DAYS on KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST for the current 33-day Consecration Journey led by Children’s Rosary and the Rosary Hour Podcast. We invite to the show Father David Michael Moses, Founder of the Pilgrim Rosary.
This worldwide Consecration also coincides with a NOVENA to OUR LADY OF LOURDES which began yesterday FEB 3 and ends FEB 11th.
Here is our novena outline:
Those on another Camino processing together in a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France can be part of our 33-Day Consecration Journeys from the Camino by signing up here:
You can also learn to pray in French with our recently updated toolkit that helps you pray the Rosary on Camino in France, here:
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Above is our reboot of the talk by Fr. Chris Alar and Dr. Bob Schuchts. See Children’s Rosary’s interview with Fr. Chris here followed by Pe Nuno’s JMJ Symbols procession organized by Tomé and Inês for Pe Nuno and which took place one year ago on Feb. 1, 2023. Go to the segment AFTER Fr. Chris Alar’s interview.
PRACTICE READING IN PORTUGUESE
Why should we participate in World Youth Day? Porque deveriamos participar nas JMJ?
Original Article: Escrito por Tomé Alexandre,
Section Editor for Youth Ministry for Terço on the Camino Newsletter
This is the picture of the mass they attended:
As JMJ são uma atividade mundial que junta todo o tipo de jovens dos mais diversos locais.
Mas, para compreendermos melhor como decorreu toda esta caminha, terei de falar um pouco da minha renúncia “ao que eu quero” a favor do que o meu grupo “precisa e quer”. O que quero dizer com isto? Este tipo de grandes inventos é algo que não me chama, não tem, para mim, ligação comigo. Posso dizer que tive a oportunidade de participar nas JMJ de Madrid 2011, mas não quis. Não tinha vontade, não tinha ligação com quem ia da minha paróquia… Não queria participar, não é para mim, pensava eu. E, eventualmente chegou o anúncio das JMJ 2022, adiadas para 2023 por motivos da pandemia em que atravessámos no início da década. Nessa altura, ainda não existia o Grupo Renascer Jovem (GRJ), mas existia um grupo de catequese que trabalhava da mesma forma. Desse grupo vieram os atuais membros, e com eles uma decisão: Vamos às JMJ 2023? E eu pensava para mim, espero que não, não tenho vontade de participar. Mas, engoli. Engoli o meu orgulho e fui para a frente com eles nesta aventura. E, cada vez que se aproximava o tempo das JMJ, mais pensava que teria feito um erro, mas… De seguida vamos ver o que aconteceu.
Estas jornadas iniciam com as pré -jornadas, quando acolhemos e damos a conhecer a nossa comunidade e terra aos jovens estrangeiros. Nem todas as experiências podem ser boas, mas no nosso caso, foi algo que nos marcou não só em termos das amizades que ficaram, mas também no sentido espiritual, uma vez que o grupo que recebemos viviam a sua fé de uma maneira profunda. Graças a isso, ainda hoje, e sempre que nos for possível, rezamos o terço em conjunto com os nossos irmãos do Grupo Esperança Jovem da Lapa (GEJ). O que posso dizer sobre mim nesta altura? Apenas que ainda bem que decidi participar. Engolir em seco, deixar os meus desejos para o lado em prol dos jovens do GRJ foi a melhor decisão que tomei. E, não estou arrependido, e não me importo de voltar a fazer isso. Como o Senhor Jesus disse, quando abdicamos daquilo que queremos em prol do nosso próximo, seremos muito mais felizes.
A ligação com o GEJ foi levada para as próprias jornadas, uma vês que nós, GRJ, optamos por participar a semana inteira, e com isso, decidimos juntar-nos aos jovens da lapa, por essa ligação que já existia, e porque sempre era bom ser um grande grupo onde cada um olha se para o outro. É verdade que nos primeiros dias, nem tudo corria bem. Era a tal questão que nem todos os membros do GRJ tinham participado nas pré jornadas, e isso criava um certo fosso entre os jovens. Mas, as coisas são como são, e as próprias dificuldades que todos sentimos ajudou a fechar o fosso, e a tornar estes dois grupos um só. A partir daí, a experiência foi incrível e sem igual para todos nós. As atividades em que participamos, os momentos de oração, a reza do terço, o papa, os seus discursos e toda a paz e amor que ele transmitia... Deixou de haver o meu grupo e o deles, e todos éramos um, irmãos na fé, esperança e caridade. É claro que cada um de nós foi tocado de uma maneira diferente... cada um de nós verteu lágrimas diferentes, mas tudo teve o mesmo fim: saímos reforçados para a vida, e com ainda mais força para fazer o nosso grupo crescer, além de temos o ponto de partida para trabalhamos numa pastoral interparoquial com os nossos irmãos do GEJ da lapa, assim como os nossos irmãos da paróquia da Virgen de la Nueva, Madrid.
Nas palavras do Profeta Esdras “O Nosso Deus quis fazer brilhar os nossos olhos…” (Esd 9, 8), ou seja, Deus ilumina tudo em nós, mas, e como refere o Papa Francisco,
“…não ficamos luminosos… colocando-nos sob holofotes… Amar como Jesus: isto torna-nos luminosos.”
Estas palavras não podiam ser melhores para nós, coordenadores dos grupos, e em especial para mim. É verdade que nunca me fiz superior a eles, e sempre tentei pôr-me no mesmo pé de igualdade com os jovens, mas daí a “amar” o meu próximo, é um passo muito grande. E sim, foi esse passo que escolhi dar, e que resultou, provavelmente, na melhor aventura que alguma vez tive.
Fr. David Michael Moses visited the Digital Café Feb 2nd.
Here is our post:
Watch his latest video here:
You can also watch his documentary, “This is the priesthood” here:
COMING EASTER 2024: FR. DAVID MICHAEL MOSES PRAYED THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES WITH AMELIA AND ASHER ON THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST
Stay tuned for our upcoming show on Easter Sunday 7 PM on our YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@RosaryHourPodcast
CAMINO TO FÁTIMA IN 2024
Here is the original newspaper featured in 2022 at the exhibit on the Faces of Fátima, and which continues with a Rosary Exhibit in 2024.
ADORATION TODAY ON THE CAMINO
6 PM at S. JOSÉ across from the Albergue
Rosary during adoration
LEARN PORTUGUESE BY PRAYING THE ROSARY IN PORTUGUESE
The Rosary is the School of Mary. She invites all Children of God to learn Portuguese by also learning the prayers of the Rosary with Padre Nuno who teaches them to global travellers in 2024 here:
PADRE NUNO’S REFLECTIONS ON JOY IN 5 LANGUAGES | COMING SOON
So many people walk the Camino because the pilgrimage gives them great Joy. Why do we need joy? Visit odiario.substack.com for the latest posts in five languages coming soon Easter 2024 as we reflect on how we can sustain Easter Joy 365 days a year.
This is the first original digital publication authored to introduce the Joyful Mysteries in Portuguese, English, French, German and Italian. We are halfway to the full translations and look forward to presenting to you these texts which have been reviewed by Editor-at-large, Padre Nuno Rocha. We invite you to enjoy this animation of the original text in Portuguese when you subscribe to Padre Nuno’s Diary of Prayer for free via: odiario.substack.com.
Pray the Joyful Mysteries tomorrow using this Solemn Rosary Toolkit here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Wg9r3Zb9E0crRoedzjsFoue-vFzCYkzL3xi0moEhFA/edit
CHECK OUT THE PILGRIM ROSARY FOUNDED BY FR. DAVID MICHAEL MOSES (USA)
Maybe you will get a pilgrim Rosary on your journey! Connect with other pilgrims or simply pray for them, even if you are making a virtual trek to the Camino.
We welcome Fr. David Michael Moses to the Rosary Hour Podcast as our Spiritual Director for the Luminous Mysteries and for our Micro Masterclasses on Humor that will be released in segments prior to 2024. You can listen to Father David Michael’s presentation of his reflections about the 4th Joyful Mystery, “The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus in the Temple” here:
Also, Father Elias Mary Mills, who also joins the Rosary Hour Podcast as a Spiritual Director for our music ministry and other aspects related to promoting the Rosary, teaches the prayers for the 4th Joyful Mystery in English. If you are struggling with the sounds of English, you can learn with Father Elias how to master the complexities of American English. You can also study with Fr. Peter Turrone and Children’s Rosary using the following video led by the Pastor of Holy Rosary Church in Toronto, Fr. Peter Turrone:
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