March 8, 2025, Saturday After Ash Wednesday, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)

Friends of the Rosary,On this Saturday after Ash Wednesday, in our itinerary of conversion of Lent, the Lord Jesus tells us, through the instantaneous conversion of Matthew (Luke 5:27-32), to get up and follow him from a lower form of life to a higher, from a preoccupation with the temporary goods of this world to an immersion in the goodness of God.“Follow me,” Jesus tells Matthew in today’s Gospel. It’s a call to repentance and conversion, “Walk as I walk; think as I think; choose as I choose,” as Bishop Barron explains.A life of discipleship entails an entire reworking of the self according to the pattern and manner of Jesus.It’s an invitation to contemplate life in its whole dimension. Our earthly life is a kind of illusion; a false self is not entirely authentic.It’s how the father of the prodigal son says, “This brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.”St. Paul gives us the real meaning, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.”Lent calls us to be transformed and liberated in Christ by purifying in the desert through fasting and discipline, following him in his Passion to the Calvary, and entering the glory of the Resurrection on Easter.Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠March 8, 2025, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET